Recent stories by Dudley E. Dawson
Offensive line to get reboot
It seems likely that the Arkansas offensive line that takes the field against Vanderbilt in Fayetteville today will look vastly different when the two teams meet in Nashville in 2019.
The Razorbacks w...
October 27, 2018
Hogs hope speed thrills in 2019
There are two things I am sure of about next season’s Arkansas football team: It will be faster and more talented when the team kicks the season off on Aug. 31 against visiting Portland State.
That’s ...
October 20, 2018
Several early enrollees could be in place in January
Arkansas’ football program won’t have to wait until next summer to start getting better.
At least six high school players and a few junior college transfers could be in place in January as early enrol...
October 13, 2018
Hogs work to close talent gap
Bits of the past, present and future will all be on display today when rebuilding Arkansas (1-4, 0-2) takes on No. 1 Alabama (5-0, 2-0), college football’s best program which simply just reloads every...
October 6, 2018
Help, hope on the way in 2019
Even before halftime last Saturday, Twitter and message boards were alive with talk of how the last two Arkansas losses meant the Razorbacks would go 1-11 in 2018 and that the futility would surely wi...
September 22, 2018
In-state recruits shine in opener
Once upon a time, almost every young man who grew up playing football in Arkansas wanted to be a Razorback.
I was certainly one of those while coming of age in the ’70s on a farm 30 miles outside of N...
September 8, 2018
Practice no comparison to the games
There are 12 months in a year, but there is no doubt which one is my least favorite.
That would be August, even if my birthday arrives at the end of the month and this year comes with the bonus I'll n...
August 23, 2018
Morris aims to emulate Broyles-era recruiting prowess
It's been more than four decades since Frank Broyles left the sideline as the most successful football coach in the Razorbacks' program history.
The formula that brought the program to an elite level ...
August 16, 2018
Middle Henry aims to carve out own path at UA
When your older brother is a former Razorback All-American tight end and current NFL player and your younger brother is the nation's top-ranked high school tight end, it might be a little tough to car...
August 9, 2018
Hogs take big jump up into Top 25 recruiting rankings
If Arkansas' defense makes a big leap over the next few years, it might be easy to look back at 10 days in the summer of 2018 as the starting point.
The Razorbacks landed eight prospects -- seven on d...
August 2, 2018