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21 NWA COLLEGE FOOTBALL PREVIEW | 9.20.2020 We are a Family Owned and Operated Award Winning Level 2 Assisted Living Community located in Bentonville Independent & Assisted Living Community 2300 SE 28th Street | Bentonville 479.273.9969 www.themeadowsinbentonville.com Closely located to Northwest Medical Center, Mercy Hospital and various specialized and general medical clinics. Amenities Include: ✧ Free Wi-Fi ✧ Security cameras at all entrances and hallways ✧ Inviting common areas with fireplaces on 2 floors Additional luxuries: ✧ Library ✧ Beauty salon ✧ Snack room ✧ Billiard room ✧ Therapeutic whirlpool baths ✧ Pleasant home-style laundry rooms ✧ Activity/craft room with kitchen for family use ✧ Spacious chapel with adjacent multipurpose center for group activities 5% Discount for Veterans Best of Northwest Arkansas the Covid-19 Free ARKANSAS FORECAST NO ARMY CAN STOP ARKANSAS FROM WINNING BOWL GAME TOM MURPHY ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE FAYETTEVILLE — The Razorback Forecast dares to get chesty here in mid- September. Sure, there is the lingering, gloomy coronavirus pandemic draped over not only our college football universe but also the globe. And Arkansas football, trying to overcome three dreadful seasons in a row, got kicked in the teeth by the SEC scheduler, who added No. 4 Georgia and No. 8 Florida onto what was already a difficult conference-only slate for the Hogs. The gifted games presented first-year Coach Sam Pittman with what has been rated the toughest schedule in the country. Welcome to the SEC head coaching fraternity Sam! Here's your 10-game schedule with games against all seven SEC teams ranked in the preseason Associated Press Top 25. Good luck! Yet the Forecast is in a different, perhaps semi-gloating mindset today. That's because we looked it up and in this space last year the Forecast correctly predicted the outcome of eight of the Razorbacks' games. That's an 8-4 record. Outback Bowl territory when translated to SEC-speak. Outside of the College Football Playoff and just short of the New Year's Six bowls, but solidly in the second tier of the SEC postseason pecking order. Every missed prediction was an Arkansas loss. Where the Forecast saw Razorback wins over San Jose State, Mississippi State, Western Kentucky and a season ending victory over Missouri to get the Hogs "bowl eligible" at 6-6, Coach Chad Morris' group veered hard from the right lane straight into the breakdown lane, conked out at 2-10. The Forecast saw clearly on these predictions: Texas A&M 29, Arkansas 27 (actual score: Aggies 31-27); Kentucky 28, Arkansas 21 (actual score: Wildcats 24-20); Alabama 52, Arkansas 16 (actual score: Bama 48-7). The Forecast was fuzzier on these: Arkansas 44, San Jose State 10 (31- 24 Spartans in an absolute shocker); Arkansas 38, Mississippi State 31 in overtime (Bulldogs 54-24); Arkansas 31, Western Kentucky 16 (Hilltoppers 45-19, congratulations Ty Storey). Not our fault. The Razorbacks stayed on rock bottom by losing their last nine games. Enter Pittman. We think the Razorbacks are going to be closer knit and play harder and have more explosive players on both sides of the ball this season. But it's really difficult to put a rosy projection on a team that enters the year on a 19-game SEC losing streak. Tongue always in cheek, the Forecast sees the following outcomes, coronavirus postponements notwithstanding. See FORECAST, Page 22

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