Colder And Colder: No. 1 Alabama Shows Arkansas New Low

Starting to wonder if Singing Arkansas Lady’s pep level is inversely proportionate to how Arkansas football is actually doing, as if maybe her powers only get stronger as the Razorbacks fade, like those superheroes who get invincible whenever they’re hit with nuclear bombs (that’s all superheroes). 52-0 counts as a nuking, so evidently the answer is yes. It’s Monday, people! Unfreeze your urine!

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Wilson, who suited up but did not play after a game-time decision to let the quarterback rest a while longer from the concussion he suffered last week, apparently told his teammates to buck up or go home.

Clearly frustrated, Wilson has forgotten the two fundamentals of Razorback Nation.

No. 1 Alabama laid a whupping on Arkansas in Fayetteville Saturday afternoon. The Razorbacks couldn’t afford a whole lot of mistakes playing without starting quarterback Tyler Wilson, and they goofed a bunch, early and often.

The Crimson Tide outgained Arkansas 441-171, and made 27 first downs to the Razorbacks’ 12. The Alabama defense turned over Arkansas three times.

Guessing Nick Saban just isn’t a fan of the Aflac Trivia Question. Either that or someone at CBS is an absolute genius for putting this together. Whatever the case, we have an amazing GIF of Saban tripping the Aflac duck.

All of your arguments are invalid.

Down 24-0 to the best team in the country thanks to turnovers, with your starting quarterback out for the game a week after losing to a Sun Belt team? There’s remedies and responses galore, but the John L. Smith way to inspire a team? YOU GOTTA GIVE EM A SLAP ON THEIR BUTTS, GUYS.

Let’s just cut the glib blog-talk and stack these two head to head:

Up yonder in The Ozarks, Arkansas and Alabama are playing in the rain this afternoon, which means weird, slippery things are happening at Razorback Stadium.

Also, weird stuff like the next play, a punt that looked like an Alabama fumble: (It was overturned, too)

You know, we never really got the final word on whether Arkansas is going to play Tyler Wilson against Alabama or not. He was reportedly ruled out Friday morning, but John L. Smith has left it a mystery all week long.

Here’s the Hogs’ starter about an hour and a half before kickoff, working out in shorts:

The SEC conference schedule kicks into high gear on Saturday, with rivalry showdowns in each division. In the West, Alabama will travel to Fayetteville for a Saturday afternoon game on CBS. This matchup lost some of its luster last week when the Razorbacks were upset by Louisiana-Monroe.

What was expected to be a top-ten clash will now also likely be without one-time Heisman hopeful Tyler Wilson, who was battered last week by the Warhawks. Wilson took a number of shots, but was knocked out with a blow to the head when he was planted on the turf in Little Rock. He did not practice all week and has been reportedly ruled out for the game against the No. 1 Crimson Tide.