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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Arkansas RB Coach Tim Horton on SAW

Arkansas' running backs coach Tim Horton joined Shawn and Wally for a couple of segments to talk SEC spring meetings the upcoming season. Click to Listen

Kendall Lewis on SAW

Kendall Lewis covers Cleveland sports and dropped by the show to provide some local insight and reaction into the Jim Tressell resignation. Click to Listen

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

UA Director of Compliance Jon Fagg on SAW

Senior Associate AD for Compliance and Student-Athlete Services Jon Fagg stopped by the show for a segment to explain the APR situation that will cost Arkansas basketball one scholarship. Click to Listen

Filmmaker Harry Thomason on SAW

Arkansas native, former football coach and current filmmaker Harry Thomason (Designing Women, Evening Shade, The Blue and the Gray) joined Shawn for a couple of segments to talk about getting his start in the business and his new film that chronicles the final days of Hank Williams Sr.'s life, The Last Ride. Click to Listen

Friday, May 20, 2011

21 Slim Jim Snap Salute for "Macho Man" Randy Savage

May 20, 2011 was a sad day as "Macho Man" Randy Savage, a man who lived life in the ring above the top turnbuckle, was killed in a car accident in Tampa, Florida at the age of 58. In honor of his memory and one of the greatest athlete endorsements of all time we compiled a 21 Slim Jim Snap salute. RIP, Macho Man, we'll all pour one out for you this weekend. Ohhhh yeeeeaaahhh. Click to Listen

Jeff Long on SAW

Arkansas Athletic Director Jeff Long joined Shawn, Wally and Bill for a segment to talk about Bobby Petrino's contract being signed, facilities and Long's half-court range. Click to Listen

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Recruiting Thursday 5/19

DL Mike Pennel, 6-6, 340, 4.98 and TE Blake Jackson, 6-4, 230, 4.55 of Scottsdale Community College. Pennell was offered scholarships by Ole Miss, Arizona, Arizona State and Texas-El Paso shortly after receiving his first offer from the Hogs. Jackson visited Arkansas during the spring game and has more than 10 offers from schools like Arkansas, Miami, Tennessee and Pittsburgh. Click to Listen

OT Jordan Diamond, 6-6, 300, 5.29 of Chicago, Simeon has more than 20 offers, including Arkansas, Ohio State, Auburn, Michigan, Illinois, Florida State and Tennessee. He plans to visit the Hogs this summer. Click to Listen

CB Rico McWilliams, 6-0, 170, 4.45 of Hampton, Ga. Lovejoy High School reports more than 10 scholarship offers, including Arkansas, Nebraska, Mississippi State, Purdue, South Carolina, Vanderbilt and South Florida. He hopes to visit Arkansas this summer. Click to Listen

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Oversigning.com's Marc Bailey on SAW

Oversigning has become one of the most contreversal topics in college football today, so Marc Bailey of oversigning.com joined the show for a couple of segments to shed some light on the hot-button issue. Spoiler alert: He's anti-oversigning. Click to Listen

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Pulse of Hog Fans

Fake Scenario: A local reporter uncovers a factual story which reveals some concerns involving the Hog football team. The story in not scandalous nor is cheating involved but is does shed some light on how things are being operated. Would you be mad at the reporter? Could you care less because the program is winning?

Your thoughts?

Friday, May 13, 2011

Chris Stringer Back on SAW

OT Chris Stringer (6-7, 305, 5.1 seconds in the 40-yard dash, huge Civil War buff) was on the show earlier in the week when he still hadn't made a decision about where he'd be playing football next season. He committed to Arkansas later that night so he decided to join the show again, this time as a Razorback. Click to Listen

Hog Database Owner Jacob London on SAW

As the title says Jacob London owns the Hog Database, a ridiculously informative website that archives, well, everything. Need to find the score of an Arkansas game from 1890 and know if it was televised (spoiler alert: It wasn't)? Go to hogdb.com and find out for yourself. I'm not looking it up for you. Click to Listen

Recruiting Thursday 5/12

OL Chris Stringer, 6-7, 305, 5.1 seconds in the 40-yard dash, of Citrus Community College in California committed today to Arkansas over approximately 14 other scholarship offers, including those from Auburn, TCU, Arizona , Kansas State, Wisconsin , UCLA, Utah and South Florida. We recorded the interview on Wednesday. Click to Listen

OT Trey Keenan, 6-6, 270, 4.88 seconds in the 40-yard dash, of Argyle High School, has scholarship offers from Arkansas, Michigan, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Colorado, Arizona, Mississippi State and others. Click to Listen

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Michael Waltrip on SAW

NASCAR driver and analyst Michael Waltrip joined Shawn for a segment to talk about, well, a lot of things. Click to Listen

FORBES Sports Business Reporter Kristi Dosh on SAW

Kristi Dosh contributes to Forbes magazine and is the owner/operator of businessofcollegesports.com, and was kind enough to stop by the show for a couple of segments to talk about revenue sharing in college sports. Click to Listen

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Sports by Brooks on SAW

Brooks operates the most highly trafficked independent sports blog on the internet and broke the story of the Shaq-statue situation down on LSU's campus. He stopped by the show for a couple of segments to elaborate on the the Shaqtus' predicament. Click to Listen

Monday, May 9, 2011

Memphis Grizzlies General Manager Chris Wallace on SAW

The Memphis Grizzlies are in the middle of an improbable run in the NBA Playoffs, and GM Chris Wallce was kind enough to join the show just hours before Game 4 tipped off. Click to Listen

Friday, May 6, 2011

Christian Laettner on SAW

Former Duke and NBA great Christian Laettner was in town to do some work with the ABA's Little Rock Lightning, and stopped by the show to talk a little hoops. Click to Listen

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Recruiting Thursday 5/5/11

OL/DL Arik Armstead,  6-8, 285, 5.2 of Elk Grove, (Calf.) Pleasant Grove, is rated the No. 1 football prospect in the nation by Scout.com and is currently committed to Southern Cal. Stanley has more than 10 offers, including Arkansas. Click to Listen

WR Javon Williams, 6-5, 180 of Chandler, Arizona has more than 10 offers, including Arkansas. He plans to make an official visit to Fayetteville. Has been timed at 10.88 in the 100 meters and 21.88 in the 20. Click to Listen

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Arkansas Associate Head Basketball Coach Melvin Watkins on SAW

Arkansas associate head basketball coach Melvin Watkins joined the show to talk about leaving Columbia to join Mike Anderson's staff and settling in to life in Fayetteville. Click to Listen 

J.R. Carroll on SAW

Ryan Mallett is officially a New England Patriot and his agent J.R. Carroll came on for a segment to talk about Ryan waiting until the third round and NFL life so far for his client. Click to Listen

Eugene Register-Guard Columnist George Schroeder on SAW

Arkansas native and Eugene (OR) Register-Guard columnist George Schroeder came on the show to shed some light on the Pac-12's new multibillion dollar television deal. Click to Listen

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Mitch Petrus on SAW

New York Giants offensive lineman and former Razorback Mitch Petrus stopped by the show to talk NFL lockout, Mallett, Petrino and Vikings of the North Atlantic (his band--not actual bearded pillagers). Click to Listen

What the Funderburk?

Quinta showing his Hog pride with a fresh haircut, WPS.






Monday, May 2, 2011

Chelsea Has Peyton Hillis' Old Number

We tried to call Peyton Hillis between breaks but accidentally called his old number. A nice lady by the name of Chelsea answered and the following conversation took place. Click to Listen

Patriots Beat Reporter Ian Rapoport on SAW

Ian Rapoport covers the Patriots beat for the Boston Herald and stopped by the show to discuss newly drafted Patriot and former Arkansas QB, Ryan Mallett. Click to Listen