We’ve got a little added “What We Learned” bonus this afternoon. In addition to the press conference highlights, we’ve got plenty of nuggets worth discussing on Arkansas’ depth chart. I haven’t been able to type it all in, yet, but want to go over a couple of highlights: • We mentioned De’Anthony Curtis at FB in the [...]

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Just got back to the office after Arkansas’ game week press conference. Paul Petrino was filling in for Bobby Petrino, who was down in Little Rock speaking to the Touchdown Club. We also got a chance to catch up with RB Michael Smith, QB Ryan Mallett and DE Jake Bequette. Lots to go over. So let’s [...]

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Game week has officially arrived. With it, comes the chance to reintroduce something that began on the blog last season but quickly faded — Know Your Opponent. It’s my fault. I just stopped doing it. But with a new season less than a week away, I want to give this another try. So here’s all you need [...]

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I wrote something in notes for Sunday’s paper on Arkansas’ freshmen class. It’s a talented group, but looks like one the Razorbacks won’t have to depend on as much as the 2008 bunch. Sixteen freshmen played last season. Six started the opener. That’s a lot. But now that game week is here, it’s a good time to [...]

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  Here’s my story on Ramon Broadway’s arrest, including the details that led to him being booked into the Washington County Jail.   FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas cornerback Ramon Broadway was arrested and booked into the Washington County Jail at 7:51 p.m. Sunday after he reportedly failed to take care of a traffic violation in Alma.   According to a spokeswoman [...]

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  Arkansas cornerback Ramon Broadway was arrested and booked into the Washington County Jail at 7:51 p.m. Sunday after he failed to take care of a traffic violation in Alma. According to a spokeswoman at the jail, a warrant was issued for Broadway after he failed to appear in court to settle a ticket for no proof [...]

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  Arkansas cornerback Ramon Broadway was arrested and booked into the Washington County Jail at 7:51 p.m. today after he failed to appear for a court date in Alma. According to an officer at the jail, Broadway had received a ticket for no proof of insurance, but failed to appear in court to settle the ticket.   I’ll [...]

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  Who’s the best quarterback in Arkansas history?   Was Quinn Grovey better than Bill Montgomery? Was Joe Ferguson more impressive than Clint Stoerner? Or was Matt Jones better than them all?   As part of The Morning News’ college football preview section, I surveyed nine longtime sports writers, former Arkansas coaches and sports talk radio personalities to try to answer the [...]

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  Arkansas coaches and players spoke to the media Thursday evening, and they won’t be available again until Monday. But that doesn’t mean the team has the next three days off.   The Razorbacks will hold a final scrimmage tonight that’s closed to the public and media. Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino said the scrimmage will be a “last [...]

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Just polished off a feature that will appear in tomorrow’s paper and wanted to get out some news and notes from Thursday’s practice. It was the last chance we’ll have to speak to the Razorbacks until Monday morning, which means we spent plenty of time trying to collect every bit of information for the weekend. Bobby [...]

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