Two wins in a row for Kentucky against Louisville, coupled with two dismal seasons under Steve Kragthorpe as the Cardinals' head coach, has prompted a serious question from a columnist covering the school. Just who is to blame for the drop off since Bobby Petrino left the program in January of...
Read More Post a comment (1)I spoke to Arkansas State coach John Brady and the school's athletics director at length Thursday during an ASU rally in Lowell. We discussed a few things, but we mainly talked about their desire to help break a long-standing history and play Arkansas in all sports. You can read the...
Read More Post a comment (7)Times are tough. The economy is down, unemployment rates are rising and people are spending less money. And that has former Arkansas athletic director Frank Broyles worried when talking college sports. Broyles, who was a coach or athletic director at the UA for 50 years, was in San Diego last week to...
Read More Post a comment (0)It seems whenever the acronym pops up, athletic directors' lips tighten up. And there's a reason: nothing good can happen when your APR (Academic Progress Rate) is released. Seriously. The best you can hope for is to be above the NCAA's benchmark score, which means no penalties or sanctions. We've talked a lot...
Read More Post a comment (0)As expected, Arkansas' Academic Progress Rate score for basketball is well below the 925 benchmark set by the NCAA. The NCAA just posted the APR scores for Arkansas' 19 sports for the 2007-08 academic year online. Arkansas basketball's multi-year APR score in the latest report is 888. That's the bad news...
Read More Post a comment (0)Arkansas had a pretty good week on the diamond. Taking two of three games at Tennessee was pivotal and a road win at ORU was also good for the Hogs' confidence. This week is huge for the Razorbacks, too. In fact, every series is big the remainder of the season. First...
Read More Post a comment (0)Mike Anderson, the men's basketball coach at Missouri who learned the profession as an assistant to former Arkansas coach Nolan Richardson, might be a prime candidate for the coaching position with the Georgia Bulldogs. ESPN is reporting that Anderson has been offered a contract at Georgia worth a reported $2 million...
Read More Post a comment (2)Junior safety Latarrius Thomas is leaving the University of Louisville and is eyeing a landing at the University of Arkansas, according to a report tonight. Thomas, who is also looking at Eastern Michigan, said he'd like to follow his former head coach, Bobby Petrino. Or his former defensive coordinator, Ron English, at...
Read More Post a comment (0)Arkansas 67, No. 7 Texas 61 (FINAL) Arkansas played an entertaining second half to rip this one away from Texas. Courtney Fortson and Michael Washington, who both struggled with fouls in the first half, really stepped up in the final 6 minutes for the Hogs. Washington's dunk with 22.5 seconds remaining with...
Read More Post a comment (1)If you had just one Christmas or Holiday Wish as a Razorbacks fan, what would it be? Would you go back in time and wish the Hogs held on for a win at Kentucky on Oct. 18 and, ultimately, become bowl eligible? Would you wish that Patrick Beverley was still...
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