OPINION | WALLY HALL: Hogs looking more like a complete team
On Tuesday night, the Arkansas Razorbacks looked like the team that was voted to finish second in the preseason in the SEC behind Kentucky.
On Tuesday night, the Arkansas Razorbacks looked like the team that was voted to finish second in the preseason in the SEC behind Kentucky.
If it had been a game of H-O-R-S-E, Georgia would have only lost by five letters.
On paper, and probably on the court, the Arkansas Razorbacks are better than Georgia.
It certainly appeared the wait was worth it; that Nick Smith Jr. made the team better in a game that was an Arkansas Razorbacks highlight video.
It wasn't so much the number of free throws Texas A&M shot as it was how many Arkansas missed.
Last Saturday was not the perfect storm. Granted, no one really expected the Arkansas Razorbacks to lose to Mississippi State in Walton Arena, but it happened.
It was just beautiful clock management.
When Jerry Izenberg and Jerry Green started covering the Super Bowl, it was called the AFL-NFL Championship.
At this point in the season, every game is important for the Arkansas Razorbacks, who are tied for sixth place in the SEC with Missouri and Florida.
It was a big win, but don't let expectations get too high too soon.
Every time the University of Arkansas plays Kentucky in basketball, there's a flood of memories.
David Wallace is one of those guys who is at church every time the doors open.
Escaped or survived, take your pick.
Apparently, all the talk and concern about Name, Image and Likeness was not a major influence on the 2023 recruiting class, at least not overall.
Texas A&M is a good basketball team, but the Arkansas Razorbacks were better Tuesday night.
Sunday morning after church a few men, including F.H. Lyons and Tom Fowler, were talking football and Henry Moore's name came up.
A few random thoughts while waiting on the ice storm.
It was that dreaded four-letter word.
While Tom Brady, who at 45 is old enough to be the father of the four quarterbacks in the NFL championship games Sunday, deliberates his future, young guns hav…
Undefeated: That's what the University of Arkansas men's basketball team is when wearing pink.
Davonte "Devo" Davis was the most invaluable player in Tuesday night's crazy 60-40 win by the University of Arkansas over LSU.
In a showdown of defenses, the difference was quarterback play.
It appeared the Arkansas Razorbacks turned the corner.
They had a chance to turn the corner Wednesday night against Missouri but blew a 10-point lead in the last five minutes and fell 79-76.
The Arkansas Razorbacks' offense was built around 6-10 Trevon Brazile and 6-5 Nick Smith. Both can score inside or out.
It had rained for days and Candlestick Park was a quagmire.
It was dubbed Super Wild-Card Weekend, and going into Monday night's Dallas-Tampa Bay game pretty much lived up to the hype with four of the five games decided…
Arkansas went on a run in the first half to take a 42-34 lead into intermission Saturday. Vanderbilt went on runs in the second half and put the Razorbacks awa…
Ja Morant might have been showing off for a special fan Wednesday night when he scored 38 points as the Memphis Grizzlies downed San Antonio 135-129.
Alabama is and always will be a football school.
It was frustrating to fall asleep on the sofa for an hour AFTER the national championship game.
It is not too late, but it will be soon because tickets are going fast for the Little Rock Touchdown Club's annual awards banquet on Friday.
Sonny Dykes is breathing rarefied air.
Chris Beard was never returning.
Damar Hamlin was living the dream.
Bragging rights for which conference has the best football programs are still up in the air.
Going into this season, no one could have seen TCU playing for the national championship.
Ringing in a New Year with predictions and a couple of resolutions.
MEMPHIS -- What started out on a high note ended here with a sigh of relief.
In 2000, Mike Tyson knocked out Lou Savarese 38 seconds into the first round.
MEMPHIS -- It was a simple question that came from watching the Arkansas Razorback players at Monday's news conference when they were loose and laughing.
MEMPHIS -- It's cold and the city is under a water boil order, but all eight of the Arkansas Razorbacks who took part in a Liberty Bowl news conference Monday …
'Tis the season to be jolly and what better way than to share.
Mike Leach defied the odds.
Overall, the Arkansas Razorbacks' basketball team had a good week -- good enough that Nick Smith was named the SEC Co-Freshman of the Week.
Oklahoma is a good basketball team. Arkansas was just better.
Maybe it is too early to be making predictions for the Liberty Bowl, but it appears the Arkansas Razorbacks' offense might need to be running on jet fuel again…
There is no doubt that some believe a two-loss Alabama team deserved to be in the College Football Playoffs over one-loss Ohio State or TCU.
HOUSTON -- Sitting here in a hotel room the anticipation was great.
While there are 11 conference football championship games, this weekend most of the country will be watching or at least keeping up with the big four.