by - October 12, 2012 6:58 am
Tusk to Tail: Over the hump
We are halfway there. Living on a prayer? Not exactly. Winning at Auburn was the midpoint of the season. When a team hits its stride, it is frequently called mid-season…
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by - October 10, 2012 5:41 pm
Tusk to Tail: Auburn lessons learned; prepping for the Cats
Timing is everything, especially when things are not going your way. That is not only true of the Razorbacks, but for our road trips too. It seems like the Razorbacks…
by - October 8, 2012 6:48 am
Tusk to Tail: Now we have Hope
What a difference a week makes. Following a rain-drenched throttling at Texas A&M last week, the Razorbacks prevailed on the plains of Auburn on what may have been one of…
by - October 4, 2012 11:58 pm
Tusk to Tail: Following the Hogs so you don’t have to
“You’re really going? Wow!” This was the reaction Tusk to Tail’s Godfather of Tailgating received around the turn of the century when his streak of consecutive games had begun to…
by - October 4, 2012 1:23 pm
SEC Football Week 6: The hunt for a red October
This is an important week to several teams on the six-game docket within the rugged Southeastern Conference. While September went about as good as could be expected for several schools,…
by - October 3, 2012 3:28 pm
Tusk to Tail: Traveling to ‘the Plains’
The trip to Aggieland was a complete washout. The game and the tailgating left a lot to be desired. With the early start and amount of rain that was flowing,…
by - September 30, 2012 2:07 pm
Tusk to Tail: The A&M game stunk. Literally.
Just when you thought it could not get any worse, it did. Before the Tusk To Tail goodwill tour could even get underway, the headlines announced "Porkapolypse" and "Ham-ageddon." It…
by - September 28, 2012 7:33 am
Tusk to Tail: The College Station trip
I can only think of a couple of things that should start at 11 a.m. on a Saturday and they both involve eating and don’t involve the kick off of…
by - September 27, 2012 5:55 pm
SEC Football Week 5: Hogs’ losing skid must end now
I was told in the offseason by someone with a reputable relationship to the Arkansas football program that all it would take is a loss for the Razorbacks to fall…
by - September 23, 2012 9:21 pm
Tusk to Tail: Lost the game AND party
Following another Razorback disappointment where we learned that Def Leppard’s one-armed drummer could throw for 300 yards against the Hog secondary and the Burl’s Kids could start on our offensive…
by - September 21, 2012 7:12 am
Tusk to Tail: Pantless and eating pizza. What?
Did you see John L. Smith’s halftime interview last week? It is rare that I see our coach share wisdom while jogging with Tracy Wolfson, since I cannot recall ever…
by - September 20, 2012 12:55 pm
SEC Football Week 4: A turning point for Arkansas?
Whenever your school gives up 52 points, it’s never a good feeling. Doubts run through your mind about a team’s defensive coordinator, a team’s head coach and a team’s ability…
by - September 19, 2012 4:21 pm
Tusk to Tail: Jersey? Sure!
Wow, what a weekend. Between the rain and the game, it is hard to say which was worse to sit through. Thankfully the tailgate went smoothly. Tusk to Tail hosted…
by - September 16, 2012 4:00 pm
Tusk to Tail: Alabama, Pepsi and rain. Yuck.
Looks like we picked the wrong week to play Alabama. You may need to be over 40 to get that movie reference. 1980’s Airplane! features Lloyd Bridges as an air…
by - September 13, 2012 6:46 pm
Tusk to Tail: Keep calm and tailgate on
At the onset of the Second World War, the British government distributed red and white posters intended to raise morale in light of potential foreign invasion. The message was simple,…
by - September 13, 2012 4:09 pm
SEC Football Week 3: The Bama-Arkansas Warhawk tie
You’ve had a week to think about it, dissect it and (hopefully) forget it. Those upsets that make college football so great are always enjoyable – when it’s not your…
by - September 12, 2012 2:44 pm
Tusk to Tail: ‘ … but we never lost a party’
Following last week’s loss to Louisiana-Monroe, Razorback Nation is taking a page from the Ole Miss playbook. "We may not win every game, but we've never lost a party." Tusk…
by - September 9, 2012 6:17 pm
Tusk to Tail: ‘Gating before the disaster
With David Rice missing and Dale Cullins last seen incoherently weeping amidst the rubbish on a War Memorial golf course green, I reluctantly agreed to share some thoughts and impressions…
by - September 7, 2012 7:04 am
Tusk to Tail: The decadence of Little Rock tailgating
“That whole thing,” I said, “will be jammed with people; fifty thousand or so, and most of them staggering drunk. It's a fantastic scene — thousands of people fainting, crying,…
by - September 6, 2012 3:41 pm
SEC Football Week 2: Two newcomers set for SEC debut
Now that we’ve gone a week with a slate full of Southeastern Conference football action, there are some things that we can say for certain. One of them is that…