FAYETTEVILLE - Texas A&M will accept an invitation to become the 13th member of the Southeastern Conference on Wednesday, according to multiple reports late Tuesday. Presidents of the 12 SEC universities met Tuesday night in Atlanta and approved to formally extend an offer to Texas A&M, according to reports. The Fort Worth...
Read More Post a comment (23)If the last page of the latest Arkansas athletic department's annual report is any sign, fans should expect to be asked to give more money to the program in the coming months. You can read more about the annual report here. It's safe to assume, based on the last four pages...
Read More Post a comment (2)Seven cities, including Little Rock, requested bid packages for the SEC Baseball Tournament starting in 2012 but Little Rock will not submit a bid because its stadium is too small, according to The Birmingham News. Here's more from the report: Bid packages for 2012 and beyond were sent to Hoover, Memphis, Duluth,...
Read More Post a comment (18)A quick burst here this morning: The Slophouse is now on Facebook. "Like" it to get more updates, including my tweets, thoughts, articles, columns, blogs, videos and random pop culture references. Click here to join. "What does this mean?" the audience pleads to the heavens. Click to find out. After all, the Slophouse...
Read More Post a comment (0)Ladies and gentlemen, you will not see much in the way of updates here in the Slophouse for the next few days. Why? (Hint: Push play) I'm on (starting Saturday) a rare vacation. And, no, I'm not going on a grand adventure to the Old West in search of Curly's gold. You...
Read More Post a comment (2)Three players from Arkansas' 2010 roster are officially professionals after signing contracts with pro teams. Arkansas outfielder/pitcher Brett Eibner, a second round selection by the Kansas City Royals, remains unsigned at the moment and a contract agreement could take some time, according to the Kansas City Star. “There’s a lot of time...
Read More Post a comment (1)I've been reporting here since late last week that Arkansas wasn't heading anywhere or exploring the possibility of leaving the Southeastern Conference. A report from Orangebloods.com citing three executive sources within the Big 12, however, provided a different story. Arkansas was sending out "feelers," Chip Brown wrote, to the Big 12...
Read More Post a comment (3)The conference realignment/expansion/shrinking discussions seem to be over for now, but people are still weighing in with their "winners and losers" a week after the fallout and the Big 12 saving itself from collapse. Alabama columnist Paul Finebaum weighed in again today, and made sure to take another shot at Arkansas...
Read More Post a comment (20)Jerry Jones has not talked to Arkansas about making a move to the Big 12, according to team officials with the Dallas Cowboys. Calvin Watkins of ESPNDallas.com reported Jones' involvement of coaxing the Big 12 to lure Arkansas and Notre Dame to the 10-team Big 12 was "untrue." A source close...
Read More Post a comment (6)Our man Tom Murphy spoke to Arkansas athletics director Jeff Long on Tuesday to wrap up this conference expansion/realignment mess and how the Southeastern Conference stood pat and seemingly still remains one of the strongest conferences in America after Texas' flirtation with the Pacific-10 and Texas A&M's cat calls to...
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