If you fell into a Rip Van Winkle-like sleep in August, and awoke to find Arkansas sporting a 6-4 record and favored in remaining home games against Mississippi State and Missouri, you might be inclined to think that the season went about as planned.
Arkansas probably started 4-0 before losing to a super-hot Tennessee team coming off a win over Florida. After falling to Alabama, Arkansas upset Auburn but lost to Ole Miss and LSU on the road. Sounds accurate?
Not quite. This season has been anything but normal. Arkansas started slow, but lost in Hog fans' agony was the fact that plenty of other SEC teams ranged from disappointing (Auburn, Tennessee) to obviously flawed (Ole Miss, Missouri).