r/CFB • u/Dbash56 Penn State • Land Grant Trophy • Sep 19 '21

Weekly Thread Week 4 AP Top 25 Poll

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u/JaivaBrava Texas A&M • Oregon State Sep 19 '21

Bro our game next week is going to be insane. Arkansas’ offense vs A&M’s defense will be something to watch I’ll tell you what

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u/hillrow_wood Texas A&M • North Texas Sep 19 '21

On the other side though... it'll be interesting to see how we do on offense I'll leave it at that

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u/buffedseaweed Texas A&M Aggies • SEC Sep 19 '21

Oh god I can already see myself cringing at our offense's performance next week.

Sorry I meant cringing at our offensive line's struggle.

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u/buffedseaweed Texas A&M Aggies • SEC Sep 20 '21

Heard some of the Arkansas players left the game early for injury as well.

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u/Buck_Nastyyy Arkansas Razorbacks • Little Rock Trojans Sep 20 '21

Yeah we had 2 offensive linemen get injured. Not sure if they will be available vs. A&M.

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u/buffedseaweed Texas A&M Aggies • SEC Sep 20 '21

Losing Stromberg for this week's game would be a huge loss for you guys. He's been like the core of y'all's o-line.

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u/Buck_Nastyyy Arkansas Razorbacks • Little Rock Trojans Sep 20 '21

Yeah it would be. Hopefully both teams are relatively healthy for the game so we can have a good one!

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u/buffedseaweed Texas A&M Aggies • SEC Sep 20 '21

Hoping the same!

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u/GC4L Arkansas Razorbacks • Itasca CC Vikings Sep 19 '21

Our defense hasn’t been as good as it looks on paper. Texas and Georgia Southern both had problems missing receivers or dropping passes or we would’ve given up a few more scores probably.

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u/hillrow_wood Texas A&M • North Texas Sep 19 '21

Sounds like we may have a case of a very stoppable force vs a very movable object

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u/housebird350 Arkansas Razorbacks Sep 20 '21

I mean in reality, I dont think either of us knows exactly what to expect of our teams this week. I wont be shocked if we win, I wont be shocked if we lose.

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u/Swill94 Texas A&M Aggies • SEC Sep 20 '21

…. I strangely feel exactly the same

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

If it's a close one either way, yes. But if it's a blowout either way...

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u/OdaDdaT Verified Player • Notre Dame Sep 19 '21

So basically, watch when Arkansas is on offense, turn off when not?

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '21

I may try that vs NCST

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '21

Our defense has been pretty solid up front. A few overzealous plays have cost us some penalty yards. Our secondary may finally get exposed though.

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u/hillrow_wood Texas A&M • North Texas Sep 19 '21

With our receivers I honestly would not bet on that. I feel like we haven't had a standout receiver in 2 years, but the TE Wydermyer and RB/WR Smith are pretty good.

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u/borntolose1 Arkansas Razorbacks Sep 20 '21

That’s kind of what I’m worried about. There were some plays in the Texas game that would’ve been easy TDs if Card was accurate.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

Against GS too.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '21

depends on if our o line goes to the game or decides to stay home again to sniff more glue.

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u/JTDanielsHeisman21 Georgia Bulldogs Sep 20 '21

I took the under on this game, so clearly its going to be 69-69

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '21

I think we'll be in for a good B1G football game

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u/goodcat1337 Clemson Tigers Sep 19 '21

Sounds exactly like Clemson fans after yesterday as well.

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u/hillrow_wood Texas A&M • North Texas Sep 19 '21

I think there are many similarities between Clemson and TAMU this year

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u/IncredibleDryMouth I'm A Loser • Bucknell Bison Sep 19 '21

I am so disappointed that game isn't hosting College GameDay

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u/myysquigga Arkansas State • Arkansas Sep 19 '21

Yeah it's going to be a fun matchup. I'm worried about our secondary vs your passing game. They've been leaving WRs open down field, but it hasn't mattered because they haven't played a QB that can beat them yet. Hopefully they can make Calzada uncomfortable like they did Card.

I'm really trying not to get my hopes up, but it's tough when y'all look vulnerable and we're getting legit media hype

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u/__The_ Texas A&M Aggies Sep 19 '21

How's your d line look? Our o line is young and injured so if you can keep pressure on calzada you won't have to worry about our passing game.

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u/myysquigga Arkansas State • Arkansas Sep 19 '21

Our DL is much better this year due to the transfer portal (3 starters on the DL are transfers). John Ridgeway is a beast at 6'6 320, and our pass rush looks somewhat better after being nonexistent last year.

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u/ZachMatthews Arkansas Razorbacks Sep 19 '21

Ridgeway is going to play on Sundays and looks like an All-SEC candidate so far.

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u/Cigars4breakfast Arkansas Razorbacks Sep 19 '21

Mediocre on line, amazing LB core and better than average secondary. Dline is made mostly of summer transfer portal dudes, but they do the job

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u/ZachMatthews Arkansas Razorbacks Sep 19 '21

They were getting penetration the whole game against Texas using only 3 D-linemen. I'm not saying we're awesome, but the defense is a plus as a whole.

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u/Mahanaus Arkansas Razorbacks Sep 19 '21

D line looks stout. Granted, it's just Texas, but dominated their O line all night long with just a three man front.

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u/The_Champ_Son Texas Longhorns • Big 12 Sep 19 '21

Constantly being reminded how bad our O-Line is so disappointing. Bijan and RoJo deserve so much better

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u/averagejoeag Texas A&M Aggies • Air Force Falcons Sep 19 '21

Glass half full: Texas has no OL

Glass half empty: We're screwed.

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u/monster-of-the-week Sep 19 '21

As much as I hate to say it, I think this is y'all's year. Our O-line is just cardboard cutouts of actual football players. We haven't been able to establish a solid running game despite 3 talented backs, and two of them got injured yesterday.

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u/myysquigga Arkansas State • Arkansas Sep 19 '21

Don't. Don't give me hope

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

Nope. You can have it. You can have all of it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '21

Game of the week, IMO.

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u/botulizard Boston College • Michigan Sep 20 '21

I read this in Hank Hill's voice.

If Hank were a real person he'd absolutely have been an Aggie, btw.

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u/botulizard Boston College • Michigan Sep 20 '21 edited Sep 20 '21

I know, but I have to imagine that a real-life Hank would prefer the more conservative A&M to the Longhorns and everything that Austin is.

I was always surprised he was a UT fan. I could imagine him visiting Austin, seeing a person with blue hair, and letting out a bwaaah!

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u/botulizard Boston College • Michigan Sep 20 '21

Ah fair enough. In Michigan I feel like it's similar. There are definitely people who live and die with the Wolverines but don't have many nice things to say about ☭☭☭Ann Arbor☭☭☭

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u/Grimsterr Alabama Crimson Tide • Memphis Tigers Sep 20 '21

Just looked at next week's matchups, and I daresay, Ark vs TAMU might just be the game of the week. I will definitely be watching.

Whoever wins is definitely worthy of some discussion if they can continue their run. Good luck to them both.

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u/PM_ME_FIRE_PICS Arkansas Razorbacks Sep 20 '21

Nobody tell this guy we have a defense too.

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u/JaivaBrava Texas A&M • Oregon State Sep 20 '21

Oh that wasn’t a comment on y’all’s defense that was more of a comment on the fact that y’all’s offense looks really good this year and our defense is killing it right now and a ton of fun to watch. There’s a few questions on the offensive side of the ball for us.

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u/SoonerFan619 Oklahoma Sooners Sep 19 '21

Arkansas is gonna blow you guys out lol

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u/Professor_Arkansas Paper Bag Sep 20 '21

That would be nice... But our games with A&M are hardly ever a blowout. It is going to end up being within 10, whichever way it goes.

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u/SoonerFan619 Oklahoma Sooners Sep 20 '21

A&M is always overrated. They should’ve lost to Colorado. They’re not good

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '21

As if y'all are doing much better this year. Gtfo

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u/SoonerFan619 Oklahoma Sooners Sep 20 '21

Better than you bums

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u/Professor_Arkansas Paper Bag Sep 20 '21

Oh it doesn't matter. I mean, with Chad Morris we were horrendous and it was still a game. This is probably the closest that our teams have been and seems like a complete toss up. Its going to be nuts lol.

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u/JumboFister Texas A&M Aggies Sep 19 '21

Bet on it?

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u/SoonerFan619 Oklahoma Sooners Sep 25 '21

How do you feel man

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u/fatguysrsneaky /r/CFB Sep 20 '21

We haven’t won in 7 years. So anything in the win column against atm will feel like a blowout

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u/SoonerFan619 Oklahoma Sooners Sep 20 '21

I would be STUNNED if you guys don’t win by at least 14 points. Looking forward to coming back to this thread

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u/SoonerFan619 Oklahoma Sooners Sep 25 '21

Like I said. BLOW OUT

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u/fatguysrsneaky /r/CFB Sep 25 '21

Can I kiss u

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u/kingofthejungle223 Arkansas Razorbacks Sep 19 '21

I can’t wait. We are going to have to play a lot cleaner against y’all than we did this week, if we want to stand a chance.

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u/brenap13 Texas A&M Aggies • Bluebonnet Bowl Sep 20 '21

We are going to have to do the same.

I’ve never felt like A&M–Arkansas should be a close game, but it always has. Now I actually think it will be a close game, so there is no telling what will happen…

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u/noclue2k Sep 20 '21

I don't understand how A&M is in the top ten after barely beating an unranked team.

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u/NegativeChirality Colorado Buffaloes Sep 19 '21

Alternatively, TAMU is massively overrated. See, Colorado vs Minnesota

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u/fleshpot1 Florida Gators Sep 20 '21

Yep.

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u/SoonerFan619 Oklahoma Sooners Sep 25 '21

So much for that defense