This Day in Arkansas-Texas Revisionist History: 1977

Sweet Lou, looking more and more like his mother everyday, inherited a talented group of Razorbacks in his first season after taking over for Coach Broyles.

The battle in 1977 was a battle of kickers as Texas' Russell Erxleben had kicked a 67 yard field goal two weeks before against Rice while Arkansas' Steve Little was a kicking machine in his own right.

Erxleben started off the scoring with two Texas field goals of 58 and 52 yards only to see Little respond in the second quarter with two of his own from 33 yards and a record tying 67 yard one as well as the half ended 6-6.

Little nailed another field goal to give the Hogs a 9-6 lead before Texas' man-child, Earl Campbell took over. Campbell, who was the first Texas Longhorn in a long line of running backs to use performance enhancing drugs, started running over the Razorback defense as the game went on. Back then, no one really cared, so the yellow rose of Texas juiced up between series and ended up with 188 yards on the ground that day and his reception late ine fourth quarter set up a Jam Jones one yard touchdown run to give Texas a 13-9 lead.

Arkansas' Ron Calcagni, who was 6-17 at the time for only 67 yards, started lighting it up and led Arkansas down the field for another Little field goal to cut the lead to 13-12 with just under two minutes remaining.

Little's onside kick was recovered by the Hogs at their own 46. After three unsuccessfull passes, the Hogs lined up for a 70 yard field goal kick into the wind. Little's blast was true as it split the uprights as time expired. The kick was so powerful that it hit poor Bevo right in the face killing it. The Razorback fans let out a tremendous roar and yelled even louder as the Longhorn cheerleaders and band members were forced to drag poor dead Bevo off the field after a Razorback win for the ages 15-13.



(Eight year old Longhorn fan, Matthew McConaughey cried for a week after that game.)




(Little's blast won the game and killed Bevo at the same time)

This Day in Arkansas-Texas Revisionist History: 1969

Sometimes referred to as The “Game of the Century,” the 1969 battle pitted #2 Arkansas against #1 Texas in front of a capacity crowd in Fayetteville which included President Richard "I am not a crook" Nixon.

With a comfortable 14-0 lead after three quarters, Coach Broyles inserted all his bench players knowing that this could never become the "Game of the Century" if his Hogs continued dominating the poor Horns. The break was just what Texas needed to rally and take a 15-14 lead on a Jim Bertelsen touchdown run and Happy Feller’s extra point late in the fourth quarter.

But Broyles would rip out those black Texas hearts on the game's final possession by inserting his well rested first team again.

The Hogs rallied behind QB Bill Montgomery who was almost intercepted by Tom Campell, but instead, the fastball the Montgomery whipped broke Campell's hands as it went through them, and the pass was complete to the Texas 21 with less than a minute left.

All-American kicker Bill McClard was called on and booted a 38 yard field goal as time expired giving the Hogs the 17-15 win. McClard’s kick also hit one of the many obnoxious Longhorn fans that were in attendance on the head knocking him unconscious. When the fan came to, he was half naked and hog-tied to the field goal post that had been torn down and carried down to Dickson Street for post-game partying.

The exhuberant fans in attendance tore down the stadium in celebration of their win over #1 Texas and the national championship that came with it. It didn’t matter though as Frank Broyles resurrected the stadium by himself in just three days time.



(Tricky Dick couldn't believe his own eyes as he witnessed The Game of the Century in person in Fayetteville)

Longhorn Butchering Time!

Well, through two weeks and the two toughest non-conference rivals in the world, the Arkansas Razorbacks possess a 2-0 record and the SEC's top passing yardage QB and the league's top receiver. The flying Petrino's are in full effect. Beware, Texas.

Joe Adams was named SEC freshman of the week. If this kid keeps his head on straight and avoids injury, he is going to be a stud for us the next two to three years.

Thankfully, Raycom Sports decided to pick up coverage of Alabama coming to Reynolds Razorback Stadium for an ass kickin' on Sept. 20. Kickoff for that game will be 11:30. (You know you're scared, Dorsey)

Over the course of this week, The Hog Tale will bringing you the best in Arkansas-Texas football revisionist history from years gone by right up to the preview on Friday.

As always, feel free to leave your prediction in the shout box on the right side of this page. Congratulations to the smartest person alive (next to me), JP, for being the closest in his prediction of an Arkansas win 24-17.

Dick Dominates Monroe

I'm not sure what was scarier for me this weekend - Eddie Money's face after a 90 minute concert or listening to last night's Razorback game on the radio.


Yes, mock me if you will, but I went to the Amp in Fayetteville on Friday night to check out the man born Edward Mahoney some 59 years ago. Dude is old, but I remembered that he had quite a few hits so I thought I'd check it out. The two tickets I had weren't to paradise, but they were free so the only Eddie Money I spent was on some nice cool beverages while I was there.



(Double K was sh sh sh shakin' after three quarters of the Arkansas - UL Monroe game.
Eddie Money, by the way, was like watching your alcoholic, hard-livin' run-down dad dance around on stage. It was entertaining and sometimes excruciating to watch.
His 20 year old daughter, Jesse Money, on the other hand, can definitely carry a note, and was plenty easy on the eyes.)


Anyway, by the time 6 pm Saturday night had rolled around, I had just completed my seven stages of grief, and had come to the acceptance (stage 7) that Arkansas did in fact play Western Illinois last weekend and did have to come from behind to defeat the Leathernecks.

Now, I feel like I'm going to have to go through the seven stages again this week as the Razorbacks snatched victory from the jaws of defeat as UL-Monroe shanked a field goal in the final seconds and the Razorbacks escaped with a 28-27 win, and are now 2-0 on the season.

Casey Dick had another outstanding game completing 22 passes for 323 yards and two touchdowns, and was half of the duo that came up with the game's biggest play. On a fourth and one with the Razorbacks trailing 27-21 and many coaches would opt for some sort of QB sneak or a power running play, Petrino showed his huge kahonas and opted for play-action. Dick completed a twenty five yard pass to seldom used tight end Chris Gragg which set up the winning TD toss from Dick to D.J. Williams (5 receptions, 126 yds., 2 TDs) with just over a minute to go. The Warhawks missed a 45 yard field goal in the final seconds. Michael Smith (making his first appearance after serving a one game suspension) was awesome as he rumbled for 157 yards and scored two touchdowns on 22 carries.

Texas week is officially upon us and the Horns were pretty shaky early on at UTEP before routing them.

Baby, hold on to me, this could be a wild season.

First All-Gay Divison One Football Team Faces Razorbacks: The Arkansas - UL-Monroe Preview

Arkansas (1-0) vs. UL-Monroe (0-1)
6pm Saturday at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock
TV: available on Pay-per-view and on Sirius Satellite Radio's Gay and Lesbian Channel


Wow, this society has come a long way when one actually gets to witness the first all-gay football team in division one history. Sadly, I'm not making the trip to Little Rock this weekend, but thousands of fans will attend the momentous occasion at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock when the all-gay UL-Monroe Warhawks take the field against the Arkansas Razorbacks.

This is a classic case of change being inevitable, even in the most sacred of sports - American football. UL-Monroe, in an effort to appeal to all walks of life and to garner some national attention to their football team has done just that by becoming the first division one all gay team.



(Not that there's anything wrong with that)



UL-Monroe QB Kinsmon Lancaster, who idolizes Dallas Cowboy QB Tony Homo, and prefers to go by his nickname "Buck Naked" is looking forward to the hostile, mostly anti-gay, crowd in Little Rock this weekend:

"We know we will be up against it this weekend like Heath Ledger in Brokeback Mountain. Is that comment in poor taste? Whatever. We're loud and we're proud and we're going to slam and bam those Razorbacks. All week, we've been playing certain clips from the movie "Deliverance" - I think you know which ones - over our speaker system at practice to get us all jacked up and ready to play! I, for one, am overly excited and pumped up to roll around in the mud and slop with some Hogs!"

(Just to be clear and correct: Not ULM players and not gay... not that there's anything wrong with that)




Some famous UL-Monroers from days gone by...


(Stan Humphries - had a pretty good career in the NFL)




(Bubby Brister - at one time, the great hope of the Pittsburgh Steeler organization, but we all know how that ended up)


The final analysis:

I hope we don't get beat by a bunch of gays (not that there's anything wrong with that). Not because it would be embarrassing, but because we shouldn't lose to the Warhawks especially since Auburn punked them 34-0 last week (though the Auburn offense didn't score the first half). I realize that these vicious birds went in and beat Alabama last season, but it ain't happening this week at The Rock.

It's Petrino's debut at War Memorial this weekend where the UofA hasn't lost to a non-SEC opponent since 1993 (Memphis State). The Razorbacks are 7-0 all-time against ULM and 24-0 all-time against the SunBelt Conference. I think Michael Smith returning after a one game suspension makes a huge difference on the ground, and Casey Dick continues his assault through the air. The Hogs stay strong and beat up on gays. 97-3 is your conservative right-wing final score.

As is a new tradition here at The Hog Tale, feel free to leave your prediction in the Shout box on the right side of this site and you will be rewarded handsomely next week with praise and accolades should you be closest.

The Rock

Coach Petrino will be getting his first taste of Razorback football at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock on Saturday when the Razorbacks take on UL-Monroe in the new opening game of the Razorbacks 2008 football season. The game at War Memorial marks the 60th anniversary of the stadium and will feature some of the members of the 1948 Razorback football squad as honorary captains.

Jimmy Dynomite Harris has a good look back at the most significant games played at War Memorial Stadium.



(Can you smell what Coach Petrino has cooking!?)




Don't look now, but the SEC's top passing quarterback last weekend in passing yards was... Casey Dick.
My comprehensive early season Heisman trophy straw poll has Casey Dick #1 followed surprisingly close in the poll by Razorback kicker Alex Tejada.

And congratulations to Phil K for being the closest in predicting that pretend game between Arkansas and Western Illinois last weekend.

As always, a complete breakdown and preview of the upcoming game against UL-Monroe will be posted on Friday.

Laborious Weekending

Hey Hog Talers. Sorry for the late post, but I just came out of a Labor Day weekend coma where I had some "I see dead people" visions. These disturbing visions and images in my mind took place in a purple and gold haze and included poor tackling, dropped passes, missed assignments, and a near catastrophe of a loss to some Football Subdivision team from the western part of Barack Obama's state.


(It wasn't necessarily dead people that Double K saw. Instead, it was a lifeless football team that he witnessed)


At one point around 8:30 or 9 pm on Saturday night, a cold sweat turned into convulsions, and I started walking towards a bright light that kept beckoning me from the misery that engulfed me.

In this horrible state that I was in, the mighty and proud Arkansas Razorbacks were pretending to play a football game and were actually trailing 24-14 at home with about 10 minutes to go in the game. Like a moth to a flame, I began my slow journey to the afterlife (also known as SEC Hell), but Hog QB Casey Dick temporarily interuppted it with a 26 yard touchdown pass to Greg Childs. There was hope.

Still in my own personal hell, this Casey Dick fellow seemed to single handedly bring me out of my deep sleep when he scampered into the endzone with 1:49 to play in this dream I was having giving the Hogs a 28-24 lead. The Razorbacks held on and won this imaginary game in my head 28-24. At that point, my breathing pattern slowly returned to normal. My eyes opened. I was awake again. Hogelujah.

The good thing is that even in my worst of nightmares and conditions, the Hogs can't seem to lose. I'm thankful that I awakened from that disturbing sleep, enjoyed the rest of my Labor Day weekend, and can now focus on the beginning of the Petrino era as the Hogs open up the season this Saturday in Little Rock against Louisiana Monroe. I, for one, am looking forward to it.