Spring Break
Red-hot Dawgs tackle Razorbacks
Jonathan Brown
Issue date: 11/16/07 Section: Sports
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While Saturday's win over Alabama may have given the Bulldogs the required number of victories to reach the post-season, that doesn't necessarily mean fans should start making plans for a Christmas vacation.
"It was a big win for us and it got us bowl-eligible, but that's really all it did," Croom said at the mid-week press conference. "It means we're eligible to go to a bowl, [but] we're not in one. Now we have to go about the task of getting in a bowl."
This week, the task stays just as difficult as the Bulldogs head on the road to take on the Arkansas Razorbacks. Since Arkansas joined the Southeastern Conference in 1992, the Bulldogs' results against the Razorbacks have not been stellar, especially when MSU visits the Natural State.
Mississippi State (6-4, 3-3 SEC) has never won in the state of Arkansas, only managing one tie with the Razorbacks during the 1993 season.
Saturday's game will be played in Little Rock at War Memorial Stadium, the Razorbacks' home-away-from-home. Since 1998, Arkansas has been nothing short of dominant in Little Rock, posting a 21-2 record.
"It's going to be a great challenge this week for us," Croom said. "Even though they've hit some low points here lately, one week to the next they can be as explosive as any team in the country."
The Razorbacks, who two weeks ago racked up 651 total yards of offense against South Carolina en route to a 48-36 win, managed only 289 yards and 13 points in a loss to Tennessee a week ago.
Their season has been up and down, but the one thing that has remained constant for the Razorbacks (6-4, 2-3 SEC) has been tailback Darren McFadden. McFadden, a pre-season Heisman Trophy candidate, fell out of the national spotlight midway through the season but regained national attention with his record-setting performance against the Gamecocks. Against South Carolina, McFadden racked up a SEC-record 323 rushing yards, and Croom said he's not sure why there is even any discussion of who the nation's most outstanding player is.
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