Nate Olson wasn’t surprised Kevin Kelley has moved on from Pulaski Academy to college level and thinks it’s a good spot in Pioneer League.
Bulldogs know they face tall mountain with weekend series
Georgia radio announcer Jeff Dantzler previews the matchup with the Razorbacks this weekend with the Halftime crew on ESPN Arkansas.
Torres on Musselman blending high school talent with portal
Fox Sports Radio’s Aaron Torres thinks Eric Musselman, new assistant Gus Argenal, will do solid job of blending local talent with quality transfers.
Deifel on how Hogs deal with long break headed into postseason
Hogs coach Courtney Deifel didn’t plan on a week off before the SEC Tournament, but she said Friday it comes at a good time.
McEwen on virtual reality helping Hogs to title; downtime
Arkansas outfielder Hannah McEwen talked Friday afternoon about the new virtual reality way of practicing and how big winning title is for program.
Yurachek should move Bud Walton improvements to front
Hunter Yurachek said Thursday at the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce that improvements to Bud Walton Arena were not going to happen immediately.
It probably should, though, because basketball is a sport Arkansas could be competing regularly for SEC and national championships along with baseball and some other spring sports.
Football is probably going to be stuck around 6-7 wins a year on a consistent basis, which is what the Razorbacks are. Sorry, fans, but you are what your record says you are.
The Hogs have won a national championship in men’s basketball. They’ve never won a football title. Don’t throw 1964 out there because that’s something that was a five-man committee of football writers the morning after officials didn’t think Joe Namath was in the end zone in the Orange Bowl against Texas.
Even that little committee was not unanimous choosing the Hogs.
The official ones were handed out before the bowl games were even played. Whether it is right or wrong doesn’t matter because it didn’t happen that way. Central Florida claims the 2017 title using an argument about as flimsy. Claiming a football title for the Hogs in 1964 is creating a myth to what was a mythical official championship.
But Arkansas won the 1994 national title in basketball with no disputes.
That also was the first year of operation for Bud Walton Arena and it has become seriously out-dated. The contrast is not as stark as when they moved out of Barnhill Arena, but there are fan-based things they are seriously behind a lot of other schools with for a home arena.
Yurachek said Thursday it may be three to five years before anything happens at Bud Walton. That’s probably accurate.
Most of it will be politics and that involves forming committees and paying for intensive studies to find out what is pretty obvious if you’ve been to some other arenas built in the last few years.
In basketball this past season, the Hogs finished the year going deeper into the NCAA Tournament than any other SEC team, playing in the Elite Eight.
Football’s best season in the last 40-plus years was a fifth-place national finish after the 2011 season … which was third among SEC West teams behind Alabama and LSU.
That’s probably not going to change.
Basketball has made giant leaps in both men’s and women’s areas and the total number of fans in attendance for the season is going to be higher than a football season.
Playing for championships should get a home fit for champions.
Holt on Wiggins thrown into mix for possible third day starter
In his press conference Thursday, Dave Van Horn mentioned freshman Jaxon Wiggins as a possible starter Sunday in Georgia series.
Van Horn keeping starter for third game against Georgia on TBA
Razorbacks coach Dave Van Horn isn’t settled on who will be starting the third game of weekend series against the Bulldogs.
Deifel after Hogs have share of title, and pulling for Aggies
Razorbacks softball coach Courtney Deifel now joining Tye and Tommy in pulling for Texas A&M to win a game this weekend.
