Hog baseball has come to an end for the season at the hands of the mighty LSU Tigers. Yesterday's 14-5 loss was a schooling for the Hogs who really didn't stand a chance. They were coming in with no pitching, and a bunch of position players having to play out of their natural position. Arkansas pretty much left everything they had left on the field when they played Virginia on Wednesday. It was awesome to see them on the biggest stage of college baseball and play well. Should help with recruiting.
With that said, baseball is over, which means football is around the corner. For anyone that hasn't gone to a "football" school (the UofA is defiantly a football school), even if you are just a casual sports fan, football season is a freaking blast. It's so much fun that I start to get excited about it in April, and the excitement just builds until August.
When I first moved to Arkansas in high school, I didn't know anything about football, and I didn't care either. How things have changed. I think it is just this town. It's excitement over Razorback football is contagious and after a while there is no fighting it, you become a fan of Razorback football. You may never become a fan of the sport itself, but when you wake up on Saturday morning you can't help but be pumped. All anyone cares about is the game and you can feel it in the air.
Soon there will be tailgating, BBQing, yelling at opposing team's fans, enjoying beverages, hours and hours of football watching, etc, etc.
Notice I didn't mention anything about the team having to be any good for football season to rule. Truly, it doesn't matter, it helps, but ultimately,it doesn't matter. Football season is still a blast.
That being said, I think we will be pretty decent this year, a little better than last, but not by much. Our timing on offense will probably still be a little off with a quarterback that hasn't played consistently in a couple years, but our defense looks to be better. At least we will have some linebackers this year.
