It’s Tuesday and your on. Close-outs:
* HE LIKES MIKE: Columnist Mark Shields writes warmly of Mike Huckabee and recounts how Huckabee thinks he could beat Barack Obama in 2012, if only he could survive the Republican primary first.
Arkansas Razorbacks
Petrino Agonistes
Let me recreate a scene for you. Fayetteville. An August scrimmage. Your team was ranked 12th in the final AP Poll of 2010 and is returning 15 starters from a 10-3 record that resulted in the first BCS Bowl appearance in school history. You have 14 pre-season All-Southeastern Conference Team selections, the second most of any conference school.
I’d rather see them paint
Brummett has a funny column today about the Razorbacks’ absurd move to trademark the phrase “We didn’t come to paint.”
Burlsworth on College Football Hall of Fame ballot
The late Brandon Burlsworth, a walk-on Arkansas Razorback football player who finished his career a second-team All-American, is on the ballot for the 2011 College Football Hall of Fame.
Ex-Hog fighting cancer
The New York Times today features Darrel Akerfelds, a former Razorback linebacker and now a coach with the San Diego Padres, who continues to work while undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer.
QB deficiency bodes well for Mallett
Analysis of Ryan Mallett’s decision to go pro.
Razorback football schedule released
The Razorbacks’ 2011 schedule was released by the UA Athletic Department today. Two Little Rock games again this year: Sept. 10 vs. New Mexico and Nov. 19 against Mississippi State.
Friday To-Do: Arkansas Razorbacks Men’s Basketball v. University of Alabama-Birmingham Blazers
Make room for the Hogs, Central Arkansas. And not just on Saturday. Friday, the men’s basketball team makes its annual visit to Verizon to face off against the University of Alabama-Birmingham Blazers.
A Boy Named Sooie is hopin’ and wishin’ and prayin’…
A Boy Named Sooie guest posts on Arkansas Ex Pats today.