Rec. Thursday-OL Trai Turner

OL Trai Turner of New Orleans St. Augustine HS- One of the top offensive line prospects in the nation. Currently committed to LSU but will be attending Arkansas’ July 17 camp.click to listen

Coach Mcgee Getting Us Pumped Up

Ready for the season to start!click to listen

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Dan Patrick

We talked about everything but sports with Dan and it was a ton of fun. He is one cool dude. click to listen

Rec Thursday, TE Drew Owens

TE Drew Owens, 6-5, 232, 4.67 of Charlotte (N.C.) Ardrey Kell, has about 19 scholarship offers. He lists Arkansas, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina and Clemson as his top 5 schools. He hopes to attend Arkansas’ camp

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Rec. Thursday, DL Jordan Williams

DL Jordan Williams, 6-4, 245, 4.8 of Gainesville, Fla, has has over 10 offers, including Arkansas, Oregon, North Carolina State, Louisville, Maryland, South Florida and Syracuse. He plans to attend Arkansas’ junior/senior camp July 17.
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Brett Goode and Mr. Doubletalk

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Memphis Tiger Head Coach Josh Pastner

Wonder why Pastner is one of the top recruiters in the nation? Take a listen and find out.

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Recruiting Thursday 6-17

OL Andre Yruretagoyena, 6-5, 273, Scottsdale, (Ariz.) Chaparral, one of the nation’s top O-linemen. He recently announced Arkansas was one of his top schools.

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Recruiting Thursday 6-17

DL Mickey Johnson, 6-1, 310, 5.0 of Covington, La., has 35 offers, including Arkansas, LSU, Alabama, Florida State, USC, UCLA and Michigan. One of the strongest high school athletes in the country with a 465-pound bench press and 725 squat.

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Chip Brown

Chip Brown came on yesterday to talk conference expansion.

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Fake Press Conference-Dr.Powers

Personally, our fake pressers are one of my favorite show segments. They are unscripted and I always crack up at Jay and Russ.
Yesterday we had a little fun at the expense of UT President,Dr.William C. Powers Jr.
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Recruiting Thursday, DL Gerrand Johnson

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Recruiting Thursday, DE Chris Smith

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Recruiting Thursday,6-10

Brandon Allenclick to listen

Hayden Simpson

The shock of the MLB draft resides in Arkansas. Hayden Simpson from S.A.U, was taken 16th by the Cubs. We caught up with the Magnolia native as he was coming off the golf course.
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Laquentin Smith and Roderick Ryles

They are high profile athletes and friends. Laquentin and Roderick appeared last night on Recruiting Thursday to talk about their future.
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Todd Peat Jr

Todd joined us on recruiting Thursday to talk about the recruiting process and how his dad's NFL experience helps him in the film room.click to listen

Brey Cook

One of the top lineman in the country resides in Arkansas. Brey Cook came on last night to explain why Arkansas and Oklahoma are his final two.

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Brett Goode Singing in Studio

Brett was kind enough to join us in studio. Though he makes his living in the NFL,he may have found a nice little side gig.
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Michael Waltrip

We caught up with Michael to ask him about life as an owner and media member.
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Meet the Latest Member of the Hog Football Staff

Kevin Peoples left ASU and made the move to Fayetteville to become the director of high school relations.
Coach came on the show to talk about Razorback camps and his relationship with coach Petrino.
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John Sloan

Wally sent me a story last week about a D-3 basketball player who averaged three points a game delcaring himself pro for the NBA draft. John Sloan pulled off a funny prank and the story has gone nationwide. By the way, he also has ties to Arkansas,enjoy.
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Unknown Hinson

This guys is one of the funniest and one of the most talented performers we have had on the show. Plus, he is a little crazy.click to listen

Johnny Bench

The Hall of Famer talks about joint replacement and also told a great story of catching a baseball barehanded(behind the plate mind you).Great story!
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Green Bay Packer,Brett Goode

Our favorite deepsnapper came on to talk about camp and his ability to do the splits...ouch!
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Buffalo Bill Alex Carrington

Alex came on the show before departing New York to begin mini-camp. He opened up about his son, his degree, and life after football. This is one heck of a guy and we hope he has a long NFL career. Class Act!
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Chris Barnett and Anthony Wallace

The two highly recruited athletes are also best friends. We caught up with them prior to their Fayetteville visit.
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Courtney Fortson Interview

We caught up with Courtney about his decision to leave Arkansas.
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Kellen Jones

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Zeek Bigger on Recruiting Thursday

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Recruiting Thursday

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Stacy Andrews on Shawn and Wally

We caught up with Eagles lineman in New Jersey as prepared for mini-camp.
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Shawn and Marcus Harrison on Todays THV

Shawn and Marcus on television

Marcus Harrison in studio!

Former Razorback and current Bears defensive lineman,Marcus Harrison, joined us in studio to talk about training camp, Lovie Smith, and Jay Cutler.
Marcus Part 1

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Part 4

Arkansas High School Player on Duke's Roster

Great story of Jordan Davidson telling us how we went from Melbourne High to Duke.
Jordan Davidson

Trey Braun

Trey joined the guys last Thursday to talk about Arkansas.
Trey Braun

Kody Walker

Click on the link below to listen to Kody's interview on Recruiting Thursday with RD.
Kody Walker

Recruiting Thursday

Austin Beck

Nick Waisome and Jordon Montgomery Part One

Part Two

Recruiting Thursday

Brey Cook

Grady Ollison

Kiehl Frazier

Enjoy

shawn

It Is What It Is

Jeff Long REALLY needs to stop talking about his support for Pelphrey...wait, Long believes it is a small minority who is frustrated by a program with zero leadership, zero direction, declining attendance, and ZERO identity.
In fairness to Jeff, he has no choice but to support his coach, I get that, but what I do not understand is why a man who can really communicate his vision is being so vague about basketball. Come on Jeff, let's us in, tell us what YOU expect. Tell us YOUR timetable. Your asking the fans to be supportive without explaining the plan, which is wacky because you are the master planner. What do you see in John Pelphrey that the small minority is missing?
Did he inherit problems? Sure, but what about the ones he has created on his own? I guess you are asking fans to judge this staff by their intent and not their actions.
I could care less who coaches Arkansas next year, in fact, I hope Pel turns it around but the program is decaying under HIS watch. Jeff Long is one of the best communicators I know and it is time for him to effectively communicate his expectations both on and off the court. In other words, how much time will this staff be given to produce a .500 basketball team in a weak conference. Yep, this is how far the program has fallen but ,hey, there is always next year.

Shawn Arnell

Recruiting Thursday Interviews

Jay,Wally, and Richard took care of Recruiting Thursday last week. Below are the links for Kelvin Fisher, Derrick Alexander, and Robert Thomas.

Kelvin Fisher

Derrick Alexander

Robert Thomas

Bengals WR Coach Talking About Matt Jones

Coach Mike Sheppard came on today to talk about Matt joining the Bengals. He also said that Matt's ability to sell himself to the organization was really important.

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John Pelphrey

Coach came on to talk about tomorrow's road game against LSU and his love for Duke basketball.

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Ronnie Brewer Interview

Ronnie was great about providing the behind the scenes account of how his trade to the Grizzlies occurred.


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New Grizzly Ronnie Brewer on Tonight

Ronnie will join us tonight at 6:30 before he takes the court as a member of the Memphis Grizzlies. Personally, I am glad to see him with Memphis, looking forward to hearing how the trade went down.

thanks for listening, interview will be posted after show incase you miss it.

shawn

Ryan Mallett Interview

Great stuff with #15 talking about Petrino,expectations,and his secret place.

Ryan

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Joe Adams

Listen to Joe talk about running across the middle and his favorite play.
Joe Adams

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Byran Jones

Future Razorback Byron Jones sat down with us Monday night at the LRTC Awards Banquet to talk about football and basketball.

Byran Jones

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Chris Barnett is a MUST listen

Besides being one of the top tight ends in the nation,Chris is also one heck of an interview. His candor and Big Tex story is worth a listen. Click below on his name,enjoy.
Chris Barnett

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Seton

No going to lie, my favorite radio show is the Dan Patrick Show. The shows flow is second to none and the content is really good.
Seton is one of the Danettes and he took the time to talk about Brooklyn Decker, Super Bowl week, and a few other things.
Thanks Seton for coming one!
seton

shawn

SEC Baseball

The SEC has announced it's 2010 baseball television schedule in association with ESPN...this is the link to the release and schedule. click here

Tom Lemming

National recruiting guru,Tom Lemming,offers high praise on Arkansas's recruiting class.

Tom Lemming part 1

Tom part 2

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Big Tex High School Coach Elzie Barnett

Great interview by a high school football coach utilizing all resources for Big Tex as he prepares to be a Hog.

Part 1

Part 2

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Chris Smith

New Hog Chris Smith came on the night before signing day to talk about Penn States late minute push for his services. Click below on his name.

Chris Smith

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Recruiting Thursday Interviews

Show line-up: Jeremiah Jackson(DL),Marvell Waithe(basketball),and Maudrecus Humphrey(WR).Click on players name below to hear entire interview(s).

Jeremiah Jackson

Marvell Waithe

Maudrecus Humphrey

sorry about the delay.

shawn

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Delay On Recruiting Thursday Interviews

Sorry about the delay but we have been short handed the last couple of days(due to mother nature). The interviews will be posted by 10 AM Sunday morning.

If you have any questions, please shoot me an email at shawn.arnell@citcomm.com


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Big Tex on Shawn and Wally

He is one of the funniest recruits we have interviewed. He is a 290 pound running back known as Big Tex, click below and enjoy.

Big Tex part one 1

Big Tex part two

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Ahhh, the Joy Of Being Wrong!!

Say what you want about the Hogs but they play hard. We spend a lot of time on the show talking about basketball programs and their identity. Well, though it is early, playing hard may be this teams identity but will that equate to wins? Who knows but at least season ticket holders can head to Bud Walton knowing this team will fight until the final buzzer.
Again, this coaching staff will be judge by their wins and not their teams hustle. Please do not take this as the ole moral victory post but this team appears to be showing some fight, and in our great state, sometimes the fight is as just as important as the victory.

shawn, 8:34 pm

Jimmy Chitwood on Shawn and Wally

This was a personal high for me, it was GREAT having Maris Valainis(aka Jimmy Chitwood) on the show. Click below on Picket Fence to hear interview.
Picket Fence


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Jimmy Hyams

Jimmy Hyams from our sister station,Sports Animal 99.1 in Knoxville, came on last night and offered a behind the scences account of Lane's departure. Click on Jimmy's name to listen to the interview.
Jimmy Hyamms

Jim Chaney Interviewing at Arkansas?

UPDATE:
Jimmy Hyamms from our sister station in Knoxville just said that he is hearing UT offensive coordinator, Jim Chaney, is interviewing at Arkansas today. Chaney is a native of Warrensburg, Mo., was offensive coordinator at Purdue from 1998 through 2005.
Jimmy will be on tonight at 6:05 with the latest.

shawn,2:52

Im Back!

Hey guys, thanks for stopping by the blog. It is my job to update this bad boy so from this point on if it is outdated then please blame Russ, I meant me. Yes, blame me, Shawn Christopher Arnell if the blog gets outdated. With that in mind, here is a new list of “Surprises” and “No Big Deal”

Surprised Category
-Message boards not posting “Petrino to USC” topics.
-The Razorback Marching Band’s refusal to honor tradition while trying to be a little creative.
-How bad Tennessee made Kansas look.
-Wade Phillips outcoached Andy Reid, not once, not twice, but three times! Papa Phillips getting a lil street cred.
-Modern Family has become the funniest television show.

No Big Deal Category
-McGuire admitting he juiced while playing pro ball. I find myself feeling sorry for him because you know what they say about those who juice, “Built like a house, hung like a mouse”.
-ESPN releasing a 3-D television channel, please pray that Erin Andrews get’s more face time then Chris Berman.
-Hog’s recruiting is 50th in various publications; this staff goes by what their eyes see and not what their gut is telling them.
-That dudes wore Snuggies to the Liberty Bowl. Think about it, do you know how cold it has to be for a fellow Arkansan to don a Snuggie in public? Come on, give these guys a break! By the way, the tan ones are manlier…so I hear.

Shawn Arnell, 1:50

Asian Silver Carp

Wally's Fruit Cocktail Cake

Finally, after days of talk and debate, Wally has released his Fruit Cocktail cake.
Enjoy and thanks for listening.

Shawn

Grease and flour 9 x 13 pan
Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
INGREDIENTS – CAKE BATTER
2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda
2 pinches salt 2 eggs
1 1/2 cups white sugar 1 (15.25 ounce) can fruit cocktail with juice with juice
Topping
1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnutsÂ

INGREDIENTS - ICING:
1 cup white sugar 1/2 cup evaporated milk
1/4 cup butter 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts 1/2 cup flaked coconutÂ

DIRECTIONS -Â CAKE BATTER:
Mix sugar, flour, baking soda, salt, eggs and the entire can of fruit cocktail including the syrup with electric mixer until moistened. You still may have some lumps in it, but don't over-mix.Â
Spread into a greased floured 9 x 12 x 2-inch pan.Â
Mix nuts and brown sugar and sprinkle over cake.
Bake for 40-45 minutes.
Just before the cake is done baking, make the icing..

DIRECTIONS -Â ICING:
In a medium saucepan mix well the cup of sugar, canned milk and butter.Â
Cook slowly over medium heat until mixture blends and begins to boil; continue cooking about 2 more minutesÂ
Remove from heat and add vanilla, chopped nuts and coconut and stir mixture until thick.Â
Pour icing over cake.

Fred Willard

We always look forward to getting big names on the show. Fred Willard pre-dates Shawn with most of his credits, but as of late as Shawn likes 'Best In Show'. Anywho, we were fortunate enough to get Fred Willard on the show and this is the interview with Fred Willard.

Hog Grass Prank

We have been having fun with the UofA selling grass from Razorback Stadium(heck of an idea). Jay dared me to prank call Hog Heaven with the goal being for the person on the phone to smell the grass. The character is Roscoe Manbro and I am sure he will strike again soon.
Below is how it went down

Roscoe Manbro pranks Hog Heaven

John L. Smith

John L. Smith was kind enough to come on the show Friday. A media teleconference was held later in the day but we managed to get coach on for a quick one on one.
Coach is a fun guy who appears to be a thrill seeker. Here is the interview with John L. Smith.

Politics 101 with Wally Hall

When it comes to getting things done in Arkansas sports, only one guy tells it Like It Is. When Sports Animal Wally Hall makes his mind up that something needs to be done, even though he has no AD or coaching experience, he has no problem speaking his mind. After the resume building win over #7 Texas, we were able to get Jeff Long on with us. Now Jeff is no stranger to the program and I think he kinda likes the way we conduct business on-air, but Wally had an agenda and it was his night to voice his opinion state-wide..."Jeff...Mr. AD...Long, you need to lock that boy in. Don't let him get away, certainly nowhere in the SEC!!!" Jeff Long on the Sports Animals.