Just To Lift Your Spirits

The whole Matt Jones thing, the whole linebacker situation, the whole no more D-Mac, no more Felix, another brutal schedule upcoming... time to take it easy and reflect for a little while longer with this beauty thanks to the magic of youtube...

She Don't Lie, She Don't Lie, She Don't Lie...

... (everybody, now!) Cocaine.



Well, if anyone was looking for a reason as to why many feel Matt Jones is a little lazy and unmotivated, doing white lines in the back of 4Runner after midnight in an unlit parking lot in Fayetteville may be a good place to start.

Former Arkansas QB and (for now) current Jacksonville Jaguar, Matt Jones was arrested earlier this morning on felony drug possession charges in the backseat of a Toyota 4Runner. Cocaine and marijuana residue were found in the vehicle along with two other men - former Arkansas TE Jared Hicks was in the driver's seat, and Ben Cook was in the front passenger seat.

Here's a copy of the police report. Umm, without saying anything too specific, can anyone see potential problems with them posting this type of information for the whole world to see?



If you want to hang out, you've got to take her out...

We Are Awesome

There is no level of awesomeness that can't be achieved with the University of Arkansas athletics.

It was announced that there will be a new website up and running very soon.

ArkansasRazorbacks.com will be up and operational at 8 am on July 21st which will coincide with SEC media days. The site will combine the lame hogwired.com and the lamer ladybacks.com into one all-powerful, all-glorious website.

Here's the official story at hogwired along with a running clock counting down until the new website is launched.

Don't know about you, but I'm taking off work that day and having a launch party beginning the night before at my house where there will be heavy drinking and a 24 hour loop of the Arkansas-LSU game from last year playing on the flatscreen.




We still got dat boot!

Happy Post 4th of July

I trust everyone didn't blow any limbs off and had a safe and fun-filled July 4th weekend. As for myself over the past four or five days, I packed in a live rodeo, my first ever LPGA event in person, some swimming, some BBQ, an unbelievable Wimbledon final on TV, and even a DVD movie - "Jumper". I watched that movie and thought to myself what the hell was that movie about? And what's with all the jumping around? Anyway, I give it a slight thumbs up just because it had the baddest man on the planet in it - a white-haired Samuel L. Jackson.


(No way am I ever doing this)

For the rodeo thing, it's kind of getting to be a tradition with me and the family. You don't have to wear your wranglers and boots and spurs to attend. I take the Jimmy Buffett cowboy approach and go in shorts and flip flops. But, if you've never seen a bull jack-up a cowboy in a bull riding event live, then you, my friend, need to find a rodeo to attend one day.

As for the LPGA event held here in Northwest Arkansas for the second year, I have to say that those chicks can pound the ball and hit 'em straight. Unfortunately, the LPGA's slogan or whatever you want to call it might need a slight adjustment. Currently, it says something like "These Girls Rock!" Might want to think about changing it to "These Asian Girls Rock!" because the LPGA tour is being engulfed and dominated by Asian chicks especially those hailing from South Korea.



(With one tour victory, Natalie Gulbis is at least one notch above the Anna Kournikovas of the sporting world)




A few links...

The Arkansas College and High School Football Preview Magazine is out and also available online with articles about Coach Petrino, Casey Dick, and Jonathan Luigs. The magazine's only mistake is not picking Arkansas to win the National Championship next season. In fact, they are only picking Arkansas to finish 5th in the SEC West. How is that going to sell any magazines? Would you want that magazine or say "The Hog Tale's College Football Preview" with a large caption reading "Why Arkansas Will Win the National Championship This Season" on it?

Arkansas Sports 360 also has a list of Arkansas athletes that have made the Olympic team and will be representin' in Beijing soon.

And, here's a full rundown on the aforementioned LPGA event won by some Korean chick who beat another Korean chick. I think it's safe to say that Korea will be dominating women's golf for years to come.

Happy 4th of July

The Hog Tale hopes your 4th of July is filled with freedom and justice, and plenty of round-house kicks to the head.

SEC Donkey Basketball

I don't care what these so called "expert" talking heads have to say, the donkey in the video below known as "Scraps" couldn't hold Eeyore's jock.

"Scraps" would ride the bench in SEC donkey basketball. Just take a look and judge for yourself...



2-Year-Old Donkey Called Up To Pro Donkey Basketball League

Don't Touch My Scooter!

By now, most everyone around here is familiar with seeing the moped gang, errr, Arkansas Razorback football players on their scooters in and around campus.

I don't know when or where the whole scooter thing actually originated, but it was mentioned several times last season especially in feature articles about D-Mac.

Anyway, the gang is apparently getting out of control this summer as junior linebacker Wendel Davis was involved in an altercation yesterday afternoon when some dude named Onyebychi Chukwunonso Odunukwe (I think he's a born and raised Arkansan) bumped into the back of Wendel's scooter with his '05 Nissan Altima at a traffic light.

Davis, who is already recovering from winter knee surgery, proceeded to pound his fists on Odunukwe's car causing dents and even cracking the dude's windshield. Davis had to be taken to the hospital for an evaluation on his possibly injured hand or hands.

First of all, what's up with the Razorback linebackers? Freddie Fairchild was released from the team about a month ago and sophomore linebacker Freddy Burton was charged with driving while intoxicated. Davis, who had 39 tackles last season, is sixth in tackles among returning defensive players from a year ago.

The Tennessee fans are all over this minor story already that comes during the sloooowwwest part of the sports calendar.

There has been no official statement from Davis yet, but this is what my inside sources tell me really happened when he got off of his scooter:

Odunukwe: Ahh, so sorry man, I wasn't paying attention and I will pay for any damages to your awesome scooter.

Davis: No problem, man. Give me your name and phone number and all of that stuff. You didn't even hardly cause a scratch on here.

Odunkwe: Hey, aren't you future All-American Wendel Davis of the soon to be 12-0 Arkansas Razorbacks? (I'm pretty sure this guy is an English major)

Davis: Yeah, that's me.

Odunkwe: My car here is piece of junk, so show me what you all are going to do to Alabama next season. Just do it on my car.

(Davis pounds car with one fist)
Davis: That's what we're gonna do!

Odunkwe: That's weak, man! We'll get killed! Now, show me, man! Really show me!

(Davis starts pounding the car with both fists and screaming "This is what I'm going to do to your head, Nick Saban!"

Odunkwe: That's it! That's it! Yeah! What about Ole Miss and Houston Nutt!?

(Davis starts going nuts and begins pounding on the windshield as well)

Odunkwe (going into a Howard Dean psycho-tirade): How about Texas! And Florida! And LSU!!!

ahhhh!!!!


(Davis cracks the windshield at this time, and with both fists bleeding, lays a head-butt into the driver side door deploying the airbags inside the car due to the extreme force of his punching and head-butting)

Odunkwe: Hell yeah! Woo! Pig! Sooie!

Odunkwe and Davis take a couple of photos together. Davis signs a few autographs. Police show up and escort Davis to the hospital for an evaluation on his hands and head.

It's pretty cut and clean from this point of view - Wendel Davis is fired up and ready to jack opposing offenses this season. I say this incident is a good sign for Razorback football. Let's hope we see more passionate destruction of personal property in the coming weeks!