RAZORBACK INTERNET TALE: Truth-seeking or fan interference?
A new breed of Razorback fan has gone from mere spectator to actively investigating coaches
By Mark Minton
This article was published April 17, 2007 at 6:00 a.m.
PHOTO BY RICK MCFARLAND
University of Arkansas head football coach Houston Nutt talks on a cell phone during practice Dec. 29 in Orlando, Fla
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LITTLE ROCK — Nineteen minutes before kickoff at the Capital One Bowl, Houston Nutt dug out his cell phone and punched in a text message to Donna Bragg, a television news anchor in Fort Smith.
The message - one of 1,063 text messages that Nutt and Bragg exchanged between Nov. 30 and Jan. 11 - surfaced in a batch of records obtained by fans who used the Arkansas Freedomof Information Act to analyze Nutt's use of his university-issued cell phone. The two also exchanged 25 phone calls during that time.
One fan took his concerns to the University of Arkansas board of trustees.
For more information see today's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
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