by - November 26, 2018 10:07 am
It was a time to count blessings. One day after Thanksgiving, the members of Tusk to Tail sounded as grateful as they had been in months. The football season had finally ended….
by - November 19, 2018 12:23 pm
Conventional wisdom dictates that Arkansas head coach Chad Morris deserves time to get the football program turned around. The Razorbacks (2-9 overall, 0-6 SEC) have been down in the ditch with…
by - November 12, 2018 11:35 am
The temperatures were low as the sun climbed high into the crisp blue autumn sky Saturday morning. SEC Nation, the traveling football hype machine for ESPN’s SEC Network, was beaming live…
by - October 29, 2018 6:16 am
What’s worse than being a home underdog to Vanderbilt? How about getting blown out by the perennial SEC cellar dwellers, 45-31? The Commodores (4-4 overall, 1-4 SEC) routed the Razorbacks (2-7, 0-5)…
by - October 15, 2018 6:32 am
When it rains, it pours. Obviously, you could say that about this past weekend’s weather, but it applies to the Razorbacks football team (1-6) itself. More than 51,000 waterlogged Hog…
by - October 8, 2018 11:37 am
Turn on the news, and you will be reminded. These are strange times we are living in. The big story Saturday was a lifetime appointment being granted to a man who…
by - September 30, 2018 10:12 pm
Traveling to follow this team is not for the faint of heart or stomach. The bandwagon has been clearing for some time now, but even in a good year, back to…
by - September 23, 2018 9:48 pm
There was little reason to bother traveling to Auburn. The trip is just a little more than 1,300 miles round trip from Fayetteville. Saturday’s forecast called for 90 degrees of grueling Alabama…
by - September 17, 2018 6:23 am
Moments after Keegan Brewer returned an Arkansas punt 90 yards for a touchdown to put the Mean Green up 14-0 in the first quarter, video of the fair-catch-that-never-was had gone…
by - September 10, 2018 6:26 am
The tee shirt choice for the flight home was an easy one. There were only two options, and the first was wholly inappropriate given the circumstances. “Hammer Down,” a shirt bought…
by - September 4, 2018 2:10 pm
A few hours before kickoff Saturday, the Arkansas tailgating areas were abuzz with energy. As the temperature surged, so did the size of the crowd. An air of anxious optimism had replaced…
by - August 26, 2018 7:22 pm
“If you build it, they will come.” That phrase from the 1989 movie “Field of Dreams” is often quoted to demonstrate how increasing the supply of something can generate higher…
by - December 10, 2017 5:29 pm
Growing up in the south, an athletic director’s term was similar to that of the pope. Tusk to Tail came of age as Hog fans during the 1978 Orange Bowl,…
by - November 28, 2017 5:44 pm
Though some had been clamoring for his departure well before this football season went south, Jeff Long’s termination was swift and unexpected. It was the first time the University of…
by - November 27, 2017 6:17 am
The question of the day Friday was whether Craig May could get back home to Little Rock before Coach Bret Bielema had been fired. May couldn’t even get back to…
by - November 19, 2017 7:23 pm
“November sun is felt by none. A chilly breeze has blown my thoughts to what’s to come.” – “Driving Song” by Widespread Panic They say kids and yoga pants do…
by - November 12, 2017 5:48 pm
There is no reason for an Arkansas football fan to be happy right now, especially those who have invested significant time and American dollars to travel to every game. I’ve…
by - November 5, 2017 10:20 pm
We call Craig May the Godfather of Tailgating. Of the 235 football games the Arkansas Razorbacks have played since 1999, May was at 234 of them, be it in Los…
by - October 30, 2017 12:05 pm
“This place is a football graveyard,” Craig May reported from Oxford right before kickoff. It was a fitting epitaph for Halloween weekend. You can’t blame the godfather of tailgating for…
by - October 22, 2017 9:28 pm
It’s been over a month since Athletic Director Jeff Long said Arkansas is “not a win at all cost program.” He’s right. The Razorbacks (2-5 overall, 0-4 SEC) don’t win…
