And if I don't make it, know that
I loved you all along
Just like sunny days that
We ignored because
We're all dumb and jaded
And I hope to God I figure out what's wrong.
— Our Lady Peace "4 a.m."

It's 4 a.m., I can't sleep and I hope to God I figure out what's wrong. I have class and a trip to Arkadelphia tomorrow. I'm not getting home any earlier than midnight, I have a paper due Friday I haven't started, and there's probably other stuff I need to do, too. But here I am, 4 in the morning and insomnia is getting the best of me.

Anyway, random thought here ... interesting that there is a song for 3 a.m. (Matchbox 20), 4 a.m. (Our Lady Peace) and 5 o'clock in the morning (Nonchalant). Jermaine Dupri has mentioned 6 and 8 a.m. in various songs, but I'm not sure about the other times. The point is, could you make a 24-song album with a song containing a reference for each hour of the day? That would be a big hit on late-night TV. Put it up there with Monster Ballads, Classic Love Songs, Totally 80s, and so on. Right there in the mix, Timeless Classics ... although, I guess they wouldn't be timeless at all if they're all about time, right? Heck, you could even stick bonus tracks like Bill Haley's classic "Rock Around The Clock" and Juelz Santana's not-so-classic "Clockwork" on there.

So I fell asleep on the couch earlier watching the Arkansas-LSU game. I woke up once, saw the Bayou Bengals were up 12 or 14, so I rolled over, flipped the pillow, and went night-night again. I woke up later to the sounds of my buddies' dogs chewing each other's necks in the floor, glanced at the TV and saw the Hogs down only four. I asked the other guys what had happened, but they didn't really know since they too had fallen asleep about half a dozen times.

So we watched the last few minutes, basically knowing the outcome. But, we thought for a brief, fleeting second this one might be different. But no sir, not at all. The Razorbacks keep finding ways to lose. There's nobody better.

If the game was played in the Farris Center, I'm fairly certain the Echo Sports All-Stars could pull one out over Stan Heath's crew. That's how bad they are on the road. To their credit, they didn't blow a huge lead in this one. They managed to come back from a huge deficit to take the lead late for a change, but then remembered to get back on track and play like Razorbacks and completely crap the bed there at the end.

That makes them a lot like my roommate's dog, who did just that her first night here. Because of that, she now stays locked up in the kitchen. But she's like the Hogs in several other ways. Poor thing jumps about as well as Steven Hill and gets to play about as much as Sean McCurdy. Her legs all look like Ronnie Brewer's arm when he's shooting, and she drops several piles of Dontell Jefferson all over the yard every day.

Watching this year's Hogs team is like being a Cubs fan on one of those rare years when they're pretty good. They have talent, do just enough to get you good and excited, and then break your heart/kick you in the crotch time and time again. But for some reason, you feel oddly compelled to go back for another dose or two instead of just getting out the first time. But, it's never, ever worth it. It's just going to turn out bad.

Anybody waiting on this Razorback team to rip off four or five wins in a row ... or at all the rest of the way ... give up. Let it go. Ain't happening. Getting to 20 wins will be an amazing feat. Breaking even in the most watered-down SEC in recent memory might be a long shot. NCAA Tournament? I am going to go ahead and say that's going to be unrealistic, too. It might happen, but I'm sure not going to think it's a possibility for more than .0003 seconds.

The Bears have played a ton of close games this year and even blown a lead or two resulting in a couple losses, but at least you think they have a pretty good chance to pull most of them out. You basically go in with a defeatist attitude watching the Razorbacks. It's not "will they lose?" but "how will they lose? and by how much?"

Tonight's game (well, last night's game) also made me think of something ... early in the season the Boll Weevils played LSU. That means Mike Newell and John Brady were in the same arena, coaching in the same game, standing on the same sideline. How much would you have to pay an official to take that assignment? It's got to be at least what ... 8, 9 thousand dollars? Do they make that game like a movie and assign a rating system? It'd have to be R, maybe NC-17. If I had a kid and took him to that game, we're sitting in the top row so he's out of earshot of them, and out of eyeshot of a Glen Davis nipple slip.

On that note, I'm going to attempt to go have some nightmares.