LITTLE ROCK—For openers last Saturday, Arkansas narrowly escaped lower division underdog Western Illinois, 28-24 in Fayetteville.

Meanwhile the University of Louisiana at Monroe Warhawks were the season-opening yolk of a 34-0 goose egg scrambled by Auburn.

So ULM coach Charlie Weatherbie might well chorus Bobby Petrino’s “God, I hope so,” when the Arkansas coach was asked last Sunday if he believed the old football adage a team improves most from its first to second game.

It’s Game 2 today both for Petrino’s Razorbacks and Weatherbie’s Warhawks at 6 p.m. at ...

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