So you can't take anything for granted. Take care of business against the nonconference teams and you're halfway to collecting the six victories needed to qualify for a bowl game. Arkansas' teams in 1992 and '93 might have gone to bowls if they had swept their nonconference games. Even the 1995 Razorbacks, who won the SEC West, might have benefited from another victory. If they had beaten SMU and totaled nine victories instead of eight, it would have been more difficult for the SEC to relegate the Razorbacks to the Carquest Bowl instead of, say, the Peach Bowl.
Scheduling can make or break the bowl goal.
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