Just saw interview with Spaight and his Dad on CH 7....

[cypert2]

.....sounded like his Dad was pushing for K State. Glad to see an Arkansas kid get a scholarship. He really looked pleased to be a Hog.

[DeltaBoy]

Is his family grads of K-State or they just like Paw Paw Snider?

[nextlevel]

Is his family grads of K-State or they just like Paw Paw Snider?

K-State was in on him the longest, Arkansas has been in on him for less than a week and Petrino flat out told him he wasn't good enough for Arkansas... but looking at Petrino's defenses, I wouldn't put too much stock into his opinion on a defensive player...

[DeltaBoy]

Thanks !

[nwahogfan1]

I hope he can get that online math course knocked out in the next 3 weeks.  That would be a wonderful Christmas present for him and for us.   

Thank you young man for not holding a grudge against us for the misevaluation of the previous staff.

[want2be]

At 5'11" thought he was too short.......Coach B told him that was the same height as his best linebacker at Wisc. Petrino had begun setting his standards for height, weight, etc. that he overlooked heart and desire.

Jericho Nelson, Butu, Bua, and many others have proved that theory wrong.

[Redhogs]

K-State was in on him the longest, Arkansas has been in on him for less than a week and Petrino flat out told him he wasn't good enough for Arkansas... but looking at Petrino's defenses, I wouldn't put too much stock into his opinion on a defensive player...

He's also developed allot since he was evaluated by BP. He may or may not have missed on this player, as all coaches do, but he is one of the best at what he does in this regard.

[nextlevel]

He's also developed allot since he was evaluated by BP.

And? Part of BP's evaluation process was concluding he wouldn't develop into an SEC caliber LB.

He was wrong.

We were in the process to converting from a finesse team into a "smash mouth/strength/mauler" style team. The should keep us from being blown out by Bama/LSU on a yearly basis and being man handled by the Mississippi and lower tier schools in the trenches. Height isn't a the end all be all, we are not fielding a basketball team...

[choppedporkextrasauce]

BP probably wouldn't have wanted Sam Olajubutu either but at 5-8 all he did was become 1st team All SEC for the Hogs.

[razorbacker3]

Is his dad's name Mark?

[JIHawg]

This kid has great parents.  It's my impression that mom and dad are thrilled he's a Hog, and can't wait to head to the Hill for games.

[HawgAlude]

I hope he can get that online math course knocked out in the next 3 weeks.  That would be a wonderful Christmas present for him and for us.   

Thank you young man for not holding a grudge against us for the misevaluation of the previous staff.

that previous staff went to a BCS bowl with Arkansas, something the current staff with never ever do and never ever be in the top 5 ever as long as BB is here. Then and only then once LONG is LONG Gone can Gus come in and get us back to where we use to be.

[nextlevel]

ha;dr

Gus is putting together an impressive sunbelt staff on the plains.

I recommend ITAT or AE for all your GUSlove posts in the future HA.

[CR7]

that previous staff went to a BCS bowl with Arkansas, something the current staff with never ever do and never ever be in the top 5 ever as long as BB is here. Then and only then once LONG is LONG Gone can Gus come in and get us back to where we use to be.

Teh darn?

[RazorNoles]

that previous staff went to a BCS bowl with Arkansas, something the current staff with never ever do and never ever be in the top 5 ever as long as BB is here. Then and only then once LONG is LONG Gone can Gus come in and get us back to where we use to be.

This is either extreme sarcasm or crazy talk....

[idochog]

If Gus had been hired here, we'd have a staff made up of high school coaches from around the state

[HawgAlude]

If Gus had been hired here, we'd have a staff made up of high school coaches from around the state

watch as those Arkansas boys beat the crap out of the carpet baggers next season by oh I will say 40 points. I will personally be laughing my arse off. I would love to see ole Long Gone walk the line then.

[yonklick455]

watch as those Arkansas boys beat the crap out of the carpet baggers next season by oh I will say 40 points. I will personally be laughing my arse off. I would love to see ole Long Gone walk the line then.

Are you a razorback fan? Serious question

[HawgAlude]

Are you a razorback fan? Serious question

I graduated from there have been a Razorback fan all my life, grew up with the Razorbacks know a lot of boosters and even a few BOT members, If you think they are happy with Long and this then you are out of your minds. I would imagine it would be one step above JLS. It is gonna be a tough one to hoe and I am glad I will not have to watch any of it.

[Hogfan46]

I graduated from there have been a Razorback fan all my life, grew up with the Razorbacks know a lot of boosters and even a few BOT members, If you think they are happy with Long and this then you are out of your minds. I would imagine it would be one step above JLS. It is gonna be a tough one to hoe and I am glad I will not have to watch any of it.

Ok, we get it. You hate Jeff Long.  If you have any semblance of football intelligence though, there is no way you can deny that Bielema is a more than capable coach who is putting together a top notch staff.

[The Great Hambino]

Are you a razorback fan? Serious question

He is the typical "idiot t-shirt fan" that posts on message boards. He will claim he graduated from the UofA. However, with his lack of sentence structure and proper grammar, there is no way he could have ever passed Comp I.

[yonklick455]

I graduated from there have been a Razorback fan all my life, grew up with the Razorbacks know a lot of boosters and even a few BOT members, If you think they are happy with Long and this then you are out of your minds. I would imagine it would be one step above JLS. It is gonna be a tough one to hoe and I am glad I will not have to watch any of it.

Well if you are a razorback fan, why in the hell are you puling for another team to beat us next season?

[code red]

watch as those Arkansas boys beat the crap out of the carpet baggers next season by oh I will say 40 points. I will personally be laughing my arse off. I would love to see ole Long Gone walk the line then.

Your delusional....anyone on this board that cried for Patterson should be estatic with Coach B...cause that is what he is...the Patterson from the north.  And anyone who would say that Gus is a better head coach than either...well...I don't know what to think about them.

[BrianWPS!!]

I graduated from there have been a Razorback fan all my life, grew up with the Razorbacks know a lot of boosters and even a few BOT members, If you think they are happy with Long and this then you are out of your minds. I would imagine it would be one step above JLS. It is gonna be a tough one to hoe and I am glad I will not have to watch any of it.

Haha! You're the same guy that said that "unlike any of us, you actually graduated from the university".  Implying that on a razorback site, no one other than you went to school there. I doubt you know anyone that matters. Keep pumping your bullsh&t but know that no one cares about your opinion anymore. Leave the "I know so&so" stuff to people that actually do.

[mtnmusic]

I graduated from there have been a Razorback fan all my life, grew up with the Razorbacks know a lot of boosters and even a few BOT members, If you think they are happy with Long and this then you are out of your minds. I would imagine it would be one step above JLS. It is gonna be a tough one to hoe and I am glad I will not have to watch any of it.

Tennessee Ernie Ford once said "The reason talk is cheap is simply because the supply exceeds the demand".

[Dogtown Donkey]

I graduated from there have been a Razorback fan all my life, grew up with the Razorbacks know a lot of boosters and even a few BOT members, If you think they are happy with Long and this then you are out of your minds. I would imagine it would be one step above JLS. It is gonna be a tough one to hoe and I am glad I will not have to watch any of it.

Are you drunk?

[Huckleberry Pig]

watch as those Arkansas boys beat the crap out of the carpet baggers next season by oh I will say 40 points. I will personally be laughing my arse off. I would love to see ole Long Gone walk the line then.

you serious clark?

[adave]

I graduated from there have been a Razorback fan all my life, grew up with the Razorbacks know a lot of boosters and even a few BOT members, If you think they are happy with Long and this then you are out of your minds. I would imagine it would be one step above JLS. It is gonna be a tough one to hoe and I am glad I will not have to watch any of it.

seems plausible

[Huckleberry Pig]

I graduated from there have been a Razorback fan all my life, grew up with the Razorbacks know a lot of boosters and even a few BOT members, If you think they are happy with Long and this then you are out of your minds. I would imagine it would be one step above JLS. It is gonna be a tough one to hoe and I am glad I will not have to watch any of it.

I really hope you are just a troll;  at least it'd be funny

[RazorNoles]

I graduated from there have been a Razorback fan all my life, grew up with the Razorbacks know a lot of boosters and even a few BOT members, If you think they are happy with Long and this then you are out of your minds. I would imagine it would be one step above JLS. It is gonna be a tough one to hoe and I am glad I will not have to watch any of it.

"Know a lot of boosters and even a few BOT members"

Nice. I'm really impressed. I'm surprised you left out the fact that you make a lot of money.

"If you think they are happy with Long and this"

This? What is this? Happy with the fact that we have a coach that can actually assemble a competent staff? You saying that Gus will beat us by 40 next year would indicate you aren't very smart.

[Hammibal Lecter]

I really hope you are just a troll;  at least it'd be funny

^^^^ this. he's a tigerdroppings troll. Hurry along now alude, go tell them your troll attempt failed.

[Pig in the Pokey]

I graduated from there have been a Razorback fan all my life, grew up with the Razorbacks know a lot of boosters and even a few BOT members, If you think they are happy with Long and this then you are out of your minds. I would imagine it would be one step above JLS. It is gonna be a tough one to hoe and I am glad I will not have to watch any of it.

Gruden's agent , lol. Quit being so unreasonable and you might actually get the guy a job.

[yocdaddy]

that previous staff went to a BCS bowl with Arkansas, something the current staff with never ever do and never ever be in the top 5 ever as long as BB is here. Then and only then once LONG is LONG Gone can Gus come in and get us back to where we use to be.

Let me preface this by saying I'm sorry to the rest of the board.  If you believe this stuff you are spewing....the turd I just flushed has way more intelligence and football knowledge.  Gus will be a good/great head coach, but not here right now.  Get over it, move on, life is good.

If you believe Jeff Long isn't one of the Top 5 AD's in the country, then you simply don't have a clue about sport management.  Agree or disagree with his decisions, Jeff Long is one of the absolute best. 

[Huckleberry Pig]

^^^^ this. he's a tigerdroppings troll. Hurry along now alude, go tell them your troll attempt failed.

I refuse to believe there is anyone that dumb. 

He does a great job of getting everyone riled up though so I gots to give him props for his trolling skills. 

[Deepwoods]

Jeff Long dropped his dolly in the dirt.

[The Recruiting Guy]

.....sounded like his Dad was pushing for K State. Glad to see an Arkansas kid get a scholarship. He really looked pleased to be a Hog.

Not true. He tried to give Martrell advice on both programs and let him make up his mind.

His father had a Hog cap on and also had a Razorbacks sweat top when I shot Martrell's work out video on Tuesday.

[4me2know]

that previous staff went to a BCS bowl with Arkansas, something the current staff with never ever do and never ever be in the top 5 ever as long as BB is here. Then and only then once LONG is LONG Gone can Gus come in and get us back to where we use to be.

[JaketheSnake]

that previous staff went to a BCS bowl with Arkansas, something the current staff with never ever do and never ever be in the top 5 ever as long as BB is here. Then and only then once LONG is LONG Gone can Gus come in and get us back to where we use to be.

Right.  They only went the the last three BCS bowls.  Doubt it could happen here.

[Hillbilly Hawg]

that previous staff went to a BCS bowl with Arkansas, something the current staff with never ever do and never ever be in the top 5 ever as long as BB is here. Then and only then once LONG is LONG Gone can Gus come in and get us back to where we use to be.

commas can be your friend...

[ldfergu]

that previous staff went to a BCS bowl with Arkansas, something the current staff with never ever do and never ever be in the top 5 ever as long as BB is here. Then and only then once LONG is LONG Gone can Gus come in and get us back to where we use to be.

Does this really have to happen in every single thread?  You ppl are tools

[Birminghog]

that previous staff went to a BCS bowl with Arkansas, something the current staff with never ever do and never ever be in the top 5 ever as long as BB is here. Then and only then once LONG is LONG Gone can Gus come in and get us back to where we use to be.

Somebody pi$$ in your grits?  America is a great place. You can watch / follow anyone you wish.  Have fun following whomever. As for me & my house, we will follow the Hogs!

[Sueie]

that previous staff went to a BCS bowl with Arkansas, something the current staff with never ever do and never ever be in the top 5 ever as long as BB is here. Then and only then once LONG is LONG Gone can Gus come in and get us back to where we use to be.

If you are going to suck up to Petrino go back to the woopig board.  Let the rest of us enjoy his departure.

[tiber]

BP probably wouldn't have wanted Sam Olajubutu either but at 5-8 all he did was become 1st team All SEC for the Hogs.

One of my favorite quotes from a football announcer was describing Butu as a "Physics Lesson Coming At You".

[razorbacker3]

Not true. He tried to give Martrell advice on both programs and let him make up his mind.

His father had a Hog cap on and also had a Razorbacks sweat top when I shot Martrell's work out video on Tuesday.

Richard, is his dad Mark?

[HogsInaBlanket]

that previous staff went to a BCS bowl with Arkansas, something the current staff with never ever do and never ever be in the top 5 ever as long as BB is here. Then and only then once LONG is LONG Gone can Gus come in and get us back to where we use to be.

BOO THIS MAN

[Arkansas Fan]

that previous staff went to a BCS bowl with Arkansas, something the current staff with never ever do and never ever be in the top 5 ever as long as BB is here. Then and only then once LONG is LONG Gone can Gus come in and get us back to where we use to be.

Looks like we've got an escapee from the asylum!

[tiber]

If you are going to suck up to Petrino go back to the woopig board.  Let the rest of us enjoy his departure.

If you've actually 'enjoyed' a departure from the seasons we had with CBP you're an idiot.

Better to say we hope to replicate that success or better with the new staff. 

Because that was more sustained success than the program has had in a long time. 

[younghog]

that previous staff went to a BCS bowl with Arkansas, something the current staff with never ever do and never ever be in the top 5 ever as long as BB is here. Then and only then once LONG is LONG Gone can Gus come in and get us back to where we use to be.

Classic..

I was at the BCS game as well.

Guess who didn't show up:

Adams in the 1ST HALF
PLAY CALLING ENTIRE GAME..

We got away from Kniles and Dennis and tried to go over the top..

~GO FIGURE

I mean go hogs

[Arkansas Fan]

Classic..

I was at the BCS game as well.

Guess who didn't show up:

Adams in the 1ST HALF
PLAY CALLING ENTIRE GAME..

We got away from Kniles and Dennis and tried to go over the top..

~GO FIGURE

I mean go hogs

Dennis didn't play the entire year, but I get your point.

[JaketheSnake]

Classic..

I was at the BCS game as well.

Guess who didn't show up:

Adams in the 1ST HALF
PLAY CALLING ENTIRE GAME..

We got away from Kniles and Dennis and tried to go over the top..

~GO FIGURE

I mean go hogs

Who is this Kniles that you... oh nevermind.  He gone