[Tuck4Bama]

Unless his Razorbacks had won, Houston Nutt couldn't have obliged more fans than he did last Saturday night.

" I told the team, blame it on me, " Nutt said Since a segment of fans seemed ready to blame the Arkansas coach for everything from the common cold to global warming even as the Hogs went 10-4 and won the SEC West last year, it's a cinch now the blame chorus booms after Arkansas' 42-29 SEC loss to Kentucky last Saturday night at Reynolds Razorback Stadium.

Most of the attending 74, 015 seemed in full blame game during their departure with the 1-2 Hogs now 0-2 in the SEC West.

How do you get 306 combined rushing yards from superstar tailbacks Darren McFadden and Felix Jones, even with both ailing from stomach flu, plus Jones' 82-yard kick return touchdown and still lose ?

Rightly or wrongly, blame ultimately befalls the head coach but also flows on assistants and players when a team self-destructs like Arkansas did last Saturday.


It was different a week ago at Alabama, even though Arkansas couldn't finish that one, either, leading in the fourth quarter but losing 41-38.
That was on the road. Arkansas had made an amazing comeback from down 31-10 in the third quarter to lead 38-31 before Alabama, with help from some questionable officiating, rallied to win.

Hogs self destruction tough pill to swallow