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Arksulli
| Favorite team: | Arkansas  |
| Location: | Fayetteville |
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| Number of Posts: | 27017 |
| Registered on: | 8/21/2014 |
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Utah is in the Big12 not the Big10
My bad.
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As odd as it sounds yes, and they were in the running for the Big 10 title last year. Naturally, during a major rebuild, we play them on the road this season.
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University of Arkansas (34,161)
Fairly impressive when you consider the campus is crowded onto one mountain top and surrounded by a rapidly developing Fayetteville.
The state as a whole is odd when it comes to higher education. You can't turn around without running into a college or small university.
re: What is a song you dont like to admit you like?
Posted by Arksulli on 7/4/26 at 2:46 pm to ColoradoCock
None of them. If I like a song that most folks don't I couldn't give a rat's arse. I'm too old and too cantankerous to be embarrassed by what I like.
Okay, skinny dipping in the public pool is sort of a guilty pleasure I will admit.
Okay, skinny dipping in the public pool is sort of a guilty pleasure I will admit.
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Bama is down real bad if they are worried about our awful football program
When a program goes down, they down fast. Next year they'll be talking trash to UAB or South Alabama.
re: Watching World Cup last night
Posted by Arksulli on 7/3/26 at 1:58 pm to RTRnFlorida
Believe it or not the offside rule was added to increase scoring.
Before it was added teams would park a couple of players right in front of the other team's goal. The other team, not surprisingly, would park more defensive players back there. So the entire game consisted of both teams lobbing deep passes into the box, which the defense almost always won. Lots and lots of 0-0 games.
The offside rule opened up the entire field and made the game more exciting for the fans.
Before it was added teams would park a couple of players right in front of the other team's goal. The other team, not surprisingly, would park more defensive players back there. So the entire game consisted of both teams lobbing deep passes into the box, which the defense almost always won. Lots and lots of 0-0 games.
The offside rule opened up the entire field and made the game more exciting for the fans.
Coach O was who he was. In a way that's admirable. Warts and all he wasn't trying to corporate speak.
re: Coaches who lasted cause of 1 Player
Posted by Arksulli on 7/2/26 at 10:54 am to hogwildinhouston
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Houston Nutt at Arkansas had 2 players back to back that saved his arse...
First Matt Jones, then Darren McFadden
As soon as I saw the title of this thread I hopped on to type the exact same thing. :cheers:
re: Chips are down: Is there a fired coach you once hated but look back more fondly now?
Posted by Arksulli on 7/2/26 at 10:42 am to Marcelo Lavanda
I didn't hate him but I miss Coach O blundering along the sidelines. And I don't say that as an insult. We need more coaches that look like they'd kill and eat the opposing HC during the post game handshake.
Actual hired HCs only or do some of the "whoops we canned the previous guy, you're the emergency HC now" count?
re: Just Got Back from Vacation in Wisconsin
Posted by Arksulli on 7/1/26 at 11:37 am to Windy City
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I guess it is all relative because high season up in Door country is a whole lot of fun. That area has great restaurants and plenty of outdoorsy things to do both on and off water.
I have visited that area ("Come to Wisconsin and smell our dairy air") and it was a bit slow. That, however, was when I was in my early 20s. Now it sounds a lot more appealing. If I'm on vacation I want something I can take at my own pace.
The food in Wisconsin is way under rated and frankly blows Illinois out of the water. Sort of the best of Germany, Poland, and the Nordic countries adapted to American preferences.
I wouldn't want to live in Wisconsin over the winter (thank you but no) but in the summer I'd rather go there than sweat my balls off while stuck in bumper to bumper traffic in Florida.
re: Just Got Back from Vacation in Wisconsin
Posted by Arksulli on 7/1/26 at 10:07 am to Rosco P Coltrane
Wisconsin is fine as a "relax" vacation destination. You aren't going to do a whole lot, there isn't a tremendous amount of stuff to see, and people tend to be middle class so everything is nice, maybe not fantastic, but nice.
Dull. But relaxing.
Dull. But relaxing.
re: Sardis Lake has alligators?
Posted by Arksulli on 6/30/26 at 8:20 pm to Gator Fever
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Those pictures of alligators that were frozen in NC lakes in the ice but were alright after they thawed out a few days later was pretty crazy.
There are vastly more scary crocodilians out there (Nile, Ganges, and Saltwater crocodiles) but in terms of being a sheer survivalist not much beats an American Alligator.
re: Sardis Lake has alligators?
Posted by Arksulli on 6/30/26 at 11:51 am to BuckeyeGoon
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Alligators are pretty far up into north carolina now, I wouldn't be surprised if they make it to virginia soon.
We know their range extended to Chesapeake Bay. Virginia has some spots that would make really good gator territory.
re: USA world cup or LSU beating bama in Baton Rouge, Alabama
Posted by Arksulli on 6/27/26 at 5:41 pm to JamalMurry27
Weird melt.
But LSU has a lot of shots at beating Bama in Baton Rouge so that's easy.
The USA winning the World Cup, even on our home turf, is a very tall order because soccer is still around the 5th most popular men's sport in this country. It is THE sport in most every other country on the planet.
We've got 4 World Cup wins on the women's side. We're getting better on the men's side but... that's a lot to ask.
But LSU has a lot of shots at beating Bama in Baton Rouge so that's easy.
The USA winning the World Cup, even on our home turf, is a very tall order because soccer is still around the 5th most popular men's sport in this country. It is THE sport in most every other country on the planet.
We've got 4 World Cup wins on the women's side. We're getting better on the men's side but... that's a lot to ask.
re: Florida Will Run The Table?
Posted by Arksulli on 6/26/26 at 4:49 pm to Lt. Columbo
7-5 would be my guess. Strolling into someplace like Mizzou and walking away with a win isn't easy.
My guess is the middle stretch of the season kicks hell out of Gators but y'all rebound to finish strong and build momentum for next year.
My guess is the middle stretch of the season kicks hell out of Gators but y'all rebound to finish strong and build momentum for next year.
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As to the Helms thing, why did Arkansas have such a problem with it when Minnesota and Notre Dame didn't?
Because Holtz didn't tape campaign commercials for Helms in his coach's office when he was at Minnesota and Notre Dame.
Both schools, however, did get the lovely parting gift of being hit with sanctions for violating player benefits and recruiting standards after Holtz left due to actions that happened under his watch.
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But to simplify it a bit, Holtz went on the Johnny Carson show and made the statement, "Fayetteville Arkansas is not the end of the world, but you can sure see it from there." My late father had 2 degrees from Arkansas and was a loyal Hog fan and Lou Holtz fan. When that comment came out of his mouth, my dad had no use for that lisping midget ever again. He insulted my father's home state and his alma mater. Dad was glad to see him go.
Holtz went out of his way to piss on Arkansas. When he got fired it wasn't why, but why not sooner? The sad thing is... if he had kept his mouth shut and stayed he could have won a national title or two at Arkansas in that time period. He just couldn't help himself.
re: Question on Holtz for Arkansas fans
Posted by Arksulli on 6/25/26 at 11:29 am to BroomfieldReb
The lack of recruiting in state talent and comments did not endear him to the state.
What sealed the deal, however, was campaigning for Jesse Helms. It wasn't just Helms leading the fight against MLK Jr. day, though I am hard pressed to think of something back then that would have driven away young Black athletes faster than that. Rather it was that Holtz doing such an action heavily implied that the University of Arkansas was endorsing Helms.
People have a hard time remembering just how much raw political power Broyles effectively wielded in Arkansas back then. Bill Clinton called Broyles the most powerful man in the state for a reason. Broyles, and before him Barnhill, had built a system based one state, one football team.
You didn't comment on political issues because it might offend a group in state, you took your smiling pictures with the Governor, and that was that. To make matters worse, Helms was a devoted Republican. As hard as it is to believe now back then the Republican party in Arkansas was so small it was joked they had their state convention at a corner booth in Denny's. Democrats controlled everything, and I do mean everything.
Holtz didn't just touch the third rail of Arkansas politics, he took a giant whiz on it.
What sealed the deal, however, was campaigning for Jesse Helms. It wasn't just Helms leading the fight against MLK Jr. day, though I am hard pressed to think of something back then that would have driven away young Black athletes faster than that. Rather it was that Holtz doing such an action heavily implied that the University of Arkansas was endorsing Helms.
People have a hard time remembering just how much raw political power Broyles effectively wielded in Arkansas back then. Bill Clinton called Broyles the most powerful man in the state for a reason. Broyles, and before him Barnhill, had built a system based one state, one football team.
You didn't comment on political issues because it might offend a group in state, you took your smiling pictures with the Governor, and that was that. To make matters worse, Helms was a devoted Republican. As hard as it is to believe now back then the Republican party in Arkansas was so small it was joked they had their state convention at a corner booth in Denny's. Democrats controlled everything, and I do mean everything.
Holtz didn't just touch the third rail of Arkansas politics, he took a giant whiz on it.
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I'm aware.
I was pointing out that Holtz didn't leave Arkansas for ND as was stated by the other poster.
I should have made it more clear I was expanding on your comment.
re: Is OM the only school to have multiple FB HCs leave directly for another SEC team?
Posted by Arksulli on 6/23/26 at 5:05 pm to lsufball19
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Hatfield to Clemson
That one stings. Hatfield had the Hogs in the national title picture year after year but Frank Broyles made his life a living hell and he took the Clemson job without even seeing the campus first just to get away.
Broyles was a genius, but at his worst, which happened a lot, he'd make his coaches miserable by meddling in their programs.
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