From The Hill: Difficult Season Awaits Razorbacks In Petrino's Debut

(Video: Check out a video preview from Chris Bahn on this season's schedule. You can also find out more about the Petrino offense, the defense, the tight ends, Jonathan Luigs and Bahn's season prediction.)

While waiting until July to make predictions on Bobby Petrino's first season probably seems like a nice bit of restraint, all it really means is I waited until everybody else's predictions were out so I could do some, uh, "research." There's still no guarantee they are any better than if they'd been made the day Petrino was hired.

Good luck if you choose to read further. Bless you if you base any sort of wager off them. And, if you think I need to be reminded how idiotic these picks are (winners in bold), I don't. Oh, by the way Arkansas goes 6-6.

Western Illinois at Arkansas

Nobody's complaining about this game weakening the schedule. Arkansas is facing what some are calling the second-toughest schedule in the country. Fans go Hog wild as the Razorbacks score a lot.

Arkansas at Louisiana-Monroe (Little Rock)

Imagine the difficulty Arkansas endured when looking for a Sun Belt Conference team willing to take years of abuse in exchange for healthy paychecks and the chance to claim Little Rock dates with the Razorbacks as a home game. No in-state school could have helped? Anyway ... Arkansas wins easily.

Arkansas at Texas

Arkansas gets a true look at where it stands in this game. So, too, will football fans across the country as ABC televises. Texas will again fan those burnt- orange flames of hate as it hands Petrino his first loss.

Alabama at Arkansas