Entries from October 2007

October 31, 2007

Yabba Dabba Dooooooo!

Darren McFadden and Felix Jones spent Halloween dressed as Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble after a vote on Hogwired.com. The Following is the vote total and a picture from the Hogwired site…

Courtesy: Gary Yandell / Arkansas
Fred and Barney–41.2% (2,056 votes)
Sonny Bono and Cher–32.4% (1,618 votes)
The Blues Brothers–26.4% (1,322 votes)
The costumes will be placed up for [...]

October 31, 2007

Mid-Week Trough

I’m on vacation so I’ve sorta neglected the ole’ blog. So, this will be a big one…
Charles Thomas, Sonny Weems, Patrick Beverley, and Steven Hill were named to the Coaches All-SEC teams on Wednesday. The possible QB controversy I mentioned this weekend…it’s not happening. AS360 profiles Chuck Barrett. A recruiting breakdown for Nutt from ‘03 [...]

October 30, 2007

FTB:Rumors abound

Robert Sheilds weekly column has this tidbit…

Now, if I was an AD and was being shown the door but was still going to be hanging around, I would want to keep in place as many people as possible that were friendly to me. Also, all these multi-year contracts for assistants make it all the more [...]

October 28, 2007

Sunday Trough

As Others have pointed out, If Pelphrey continues to do things like playing in the red white game, and hitting threes, He’ll find himself firmly planted in the hearts of all hog fans. Red 84 White 78. Fox Sports has the Hoop Hogs at #15 in their rankings. FIU post game Notes & Quotes. The [...]

October 27, 2007

Arkansas-58 Florida International-10

Casey Dick out early with a concussion, McFadden scores 4 TD’s, Michael Smith has a 81 yard TD run, Nathan Emert passes for 154 yards, Monk scores a TD, the Defense had 7 turnovers. Overall a good day. Did Emert’s performance create a QB controversy?
When the recap goes live it’ll be at the following link…
ESPN [...]

October 26, 2007

Friday Trough

Here’s the Whole Hog Sports story on the Track and Field Team losing 2 National Titles and the NCAA’s statement. The Messages aren’t flying for the Hogs (story I mentioned in the FYI post). The red-white basketball game is tonight. Patrick Beverley has been Named to the Naismith Trophy Pre-Season Watch List. Clay Henry has [...]

October 26, 2007

FYI on Banners

I just wanted to make sure that everyone knows that I don’t have an opinion on the people who fly the banners. Well, to be honest I do but I won’t be making my feelings public. I publish the emails that Reganite sends me so you, the audience, can see his side of the story [...]

October 25, 2007

Statement from Banner Flyers

I recieved the following from Reganite… (all emphasis that is added was added by him)…

The demonstration of fan backlash in the form of flying banners is the unfortunate culmination of a number of things. Ultimately, the decision to fly the banners was precipitated by a perceived unwillingness to act by those with the power [...]

October 25, 2007

Thursday Trough 2

StubHub names Arkansas-LSU 12th most popular rivalry (HT fanblogs). Razorbloggers have their predictions up for FIU. The NCAA withdraws 2 outdoor track and field championships—AS360 story….UA response to NCAA. Patrick Beverley named to Wooden award watch list.

October 25, 2007

Thursday Trough

I’m heading out of town again today so here is your Thursday Trough (look for the story to be updated with news if something breaks when I’m gone).
USC quarterback Mitch Mustain has issued a Freedom of Information act request to the University of Arkansas. He’s asking for the records from the investigation into the harassing [...]

October 24, 2007

Wednesday Trough

These out of town trips are killing me! Here’s your late Wednesday Trough….
The Expats look into the Butch Davis rumors…Fanblogs says Davis’ contract with North Carolina has no “out” clause. The Hog Blogger beats me to the punch by posting the “Vote For Ned” video first during FIU week. The media has picked the hoop [...]

October 24, 2007

Saturday’s Banner Info…

I received the following from Zook Nutt!/Reganite (who’ll be called Reganite going forward)….
There will be a third banner flying before this weekend’s game against Florida International in Fayetteville. The flight time is between 9:00am and 9:30am, due to a previous engagement scheduled for the plane after that.
This weeks banner offers a helpful suggestion for [...]

October 23, 2007

Tuesday Trough

The Razorbloggers look at the rest of the football schedule. The Hogblogger says DMac’s Heisman Hopes are Dead. Arkansas Sports 360 touches on DMac’s NFL Draft future. The Morning News thinks Felix is faster this year than DMac. Arkansas defensive end Adrian Davis is listed as Co-Starter after his performance at Ole Miss. QB Kale [...]

October 22, 2007

FTB:Taking the Darksider Turn on Nutt

This week from Robert Shields…

Sometimes you have to take a side. You can’t serve two masters, even when trying to serve neither. Eventually, you’re either for us or against us.
I am frequently condemned in e-mail messages after a column is printed for being a bad fan. My reply over and over again is that being [...]

October 21, 2007

Sunday Trough

The Expats Thank God for Mississippi
Brummett makes the case for firing Nutt
Houston’s Sunday Press Conference Highlites via Hogwired.com
The Morning News says Big Win started in Meeting Room.