Recruiting Thursday...on Wednesday

RB Jamel James, 5-11, 218, 4.38 seconds in the 40-yard dash, of Katy, Texas, Cinco Ranch High School picked the Razorbacks over scholarship offers from LSU and Texas Tech. He was getting interest from Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, Oregon and others. Arkansas got a huge jump on the 2013 recruiting class when highly regarded running back James orally committed to the Hogs last Saturday. Click to Listen


LB Eddie Porter, 6-3, 245, 4.68 of Blinn C.C. lists Arkansas, California and Miss St as his top 3 schools. He has offers from all three along with Kansas State and Iowa State. Click to Listen


OT Ronnie Stanley of Las Vegas Bishop Gorman said he has between 25 to 30 offers and is planning to narrow the list to 10 in a week or two. He said Arkansas has a good chance of making the cut because of the way receiver coach Kris Cinkovich and offensive line coach Chris Klenakis are recruiting him. Click to Listen

Mike Irwin: Anchor, Man, Philosopher

We love having Mike Irwin on the show because of the truth nuggets and knowledge bombs he drops on the airwaves. Just listen to Irwin compare the subtle differences between certain SEC coaches. Priceless and, most importantly, dead on. Click to Listen

Chuck Furlow on SAW

Chuck Furlow was Bobby Petrino's neighbor and friend during Petrino's time at Auburn. A former high school AD, Furlow now works in the media and joined Shawn and Wally to provide some insight into Petrino off the field. Click to Listen

SEC Commissioner Mike Slive on SAW

Mike Slive kicked off SEC Media Days 2011 by outlining proposals for change across the conference, from raising academic standards to modernizing recruiting. Shawn & Wally sat down with the Commissioner to learn more about the changes Slive believes will benefit the college football landscape. Click to Listen

Bobby Petrino, Knile Davis, Jarius Wright and Tenarius Wright From SEC Meda Days

SEC Football Media Days have commenced and, regardless of what anyone else might tell you, that means it's the beginning of football season. That's a fact. I'm pretty sure you can verify that in a book or periodical of some sort. Shawn and Wally were able to speak to the Razorbacks in attendance:

Bobby Petrino Click to Listen
Knile Davis Click to Listen
Jarius Wright Click to Listen
Tenarius Wright Click to Listen

Recruting Thursday...on Tuesday (6/20)

DE/LB Denzel Devall, 6-3, 242, 4.68 of Bastrop, La. said he and asst. coach Bobby Allen talked on Sunday and he’s planning to visit in July. Click to Listen

WR Eric Hawkins, 6-0, 171, 4.25 of Longview, Texas, has committed to Arkansas. Click to Listen

CB Ray Buchanan, 5-10 1/2, 180, 4.47 of Suwanee, Ga. Peachtree Ridge makes his third appearance on the show. Click to Listen

Recruiting Thursday 7/15

LB Jakarri Thomas, 6-1, 185, 4.50 of Tallahassee, FL (Godby), has has orally committed to Arkansas. Click to Listen

WR Raph Andrades, 6-0, 190, 4.5 of Tallahassee, FL (Lincoln), made a call to Arkansas and received a scholarship offer. He also has offers from Illinois, Stanford, Vanderbilt and Florida International. Click to Listen

OL Simon Goines, 6-8, 281 of Keller, Texas (Central HS) has over 15 scholarship offers on the table, and says he may compete in track and field in college (48’ shot put/130’ discus). Click to Listen

CBSSports' Gary Parrish on SAW

OK, we'll try to do our best to succinctly describe the Gary Parrish/Kentucky athletic department brouhaha. Here we go. Parrish wrote an article revolving around an earlier Chicago Sun-Times article that questioned the legitimacy of Kentucky's recruitment of Anthony Davis. Kentucky's Sports Information Director, DeWayne Peevy, didn't appreciate this article--for some reason we're still not sure we understand--and tweeted about revoking his press credentials at Rupp Arena. That's what you call a Media Relations Faux Pas. Moral of the story? If you work in the media, stop tweeting after 10 PM. Nothing good will come from it. Click to Listen

Charles Balentine on SAW

Former Razorback Charles Balentine joined the show to talk about an upcoming basketball camp he's hosting in Lowell, playing in the Eddie Sutton-era and the future of Razorback basketball. Click to Listen

Dixiefriedsports.com's Matt Barber on SAW

Matt Barber's list of the 10 Most Hated Men in the SEC on his site dixiefriedsports.com is making some noise across media outlets. You can see the list here. Barber joined Shawn and Wally to talk about what went in to making the list and the exposure it's gotten. Click to Listen

Sports by Brooks back on SAW

Just when you thought that whole Mike Leach/Texas Tech/Craig James debacle was dead and gone, new facts emerge from Mike Leach's new book that, well, stirs it all up again. Luckily Brooks of SportsbyBrooks.com (the nation's most trafficked independently owned sports site) is all over it with some very revealing details. Click to Listen

UA Athletic Director Jeff Long on SAW

Jeff Long joined Shawn and Wally to talk about raising a whopping $6.5 million through Arkansas' priority ticket program--the Razorback Seat Value Program (R.S.V.P)--and the surge in Razorback Foundation memberships. Click to Listen

UFC's Melvin Guillard on SAW

Melvin Guillard is making a name for him self as a bonafide contender in UFC after riding a five-fight winning streak, including last weekend's impressive victory over Shane Roller at UFC 132. Guillard joined Shawn for a segment to talk about the win streak and his outlook going forward. Click to Listen

Recruiting Thursday 7/6

LB Bryce Cottrell, 6-4, 230, 4.6 of Plano, Tx. West has 16 offers, including Arkansas, Oregon, Arizona, Arizona State and Baylor. He’s looking to visit Fayetteville in July. Click to Listen

OL Alex Kozan, 6-4,295, 5.2 of Castle Rock, (Colo.) Valor Christian reports 21 scholarship offers, including Arkansas, LSU, Oregon, Oklahoma State, Arizona State, Arizona and Colorado. He recently visited Arkansas. Click to Listen


WR Eric Hawkins, 6-0, 171, 4.25 of Longview, Texas, received a scholarship offer from Arkansas during the spring evaluation period. He recorded his reported 4.25 in the 40 at the Texas A&M camp. He plans to visit Fayetteville during the July 16 camp. Click to Listen

Arkansas Assistant Coach Chris Klenakis on SAW

Arkansas assistant coach Chris Klenakis stopped by to talk downtime, the pistol offense and his experience recruiting the state of Arizona for 17 years. Click to Listen

Seattle Seahawks OL Stacy Andrews on SAW

Arkansas native and current (well, kind of current given with the whole lockout fiasco) Seattle Seahawks OL Stacy Andrews joined the show to talk about bouncing back from injury, the rec basketball league he plays in with Joe Johnson and how he passes the time during a lockout. Click to Listen

Michael Waltrip on SAW

Michael Waltrip currently races NASCAR and serves as an analyst for Showtime's Inside NASCAR. He stopped by the show to talk about the racing season thus far and preview this weekend's race in Kentucky. Click to Listen