Wally Hall
Stories by Wally
LIKE IT IS: Better players, better days ahead for SEC
Posted: February 8, 2012 5:16 a.m.Last spring, the SEC’s men’s basketball coaches voted to do away with divisions and become one, rather long, division. » Read story. | | 2 comments
LIKE IT IS: Road woes haven’t taken fight out of Hogs
Posted: February 5, 2012 4:06 a.m.On the eve of a classic Super Bowl, the Arkansas Razorbacks traveled to Baton Rouge to take on an LSU team that is athletic but hadn’t been very disciplined — until Saturday. » Read story. | | 6 comments
LIKE IT IS: Arkansas’ progress showing up on court
Posted: February 3, 2012 3:57 a.m.With nine regular-season games remaining, Mike Anderson and his young Arkansas Razorbacks have exceeded expectations. » Read story. | | 5 comments
LIKE IT IS: DGB made his decision, and that is that
Posted: February 2, 2012 4:32 a.m.Like so many grown men and women, yours truly was tuned in to ESPNU on Wednesday morning to learn where a bunch of 17-yearolds would attend college this fall. » Read story. | | 10 comments
LIKE IT IS: DGB would add 5-star power to UA class
Posted: February 1, 2012 5:47 a.m.Charley J. is a longtime, much-respected friend, so when his text came in early Tuesday morning, it got full attention. » Read story. | | 1 comment
LIKE IT IS: Up-and-down Commodores on rise again
Posted: January 31, 2012 4:08 a.m.Everyone knows what Vanderbilt is. » Read story. | | 1 comment
LIKE IT IS: Hogs engage Tide, can’t outmuscle them
Posted: January 29, 2012 3:32 a.m.Coleman Coliseum has never been an easy place to win. » Read story. | | 4 comments
LIKE IT IS: UA takes cautious approach with prospect
Posted: January 27, 2012 5:10 a.m.If it had been anyone but Dennis Dodd, it might be suspicious. » Read story. | | 9 comments
Arkansas overcomes Michigan hangover
Posted: January 26, 2012 5:25 a.m.No one was ever going to mistake last Saturday’s Michigan-Arkansas game with the Razorbacks’ 56-53 victory over Auburn on Wednesday night. » Read story. | | 6 comments
LIKE IT IS: Top 25 voters not even glancing at Hogs
Posted: January 25, 2012 4:37 a.m.All things considered, maybe it shouldn’t have been surprising. » Read story. | | 4 comments
LIKE IT IS: Eventually, Paterno’s record will be legacy
Posted: January 24, 2012 3:58 a.m.In time, most will be forgotten. » Read story. | | 4 comments
LIKE IT IS: Players, fans pump life back into Walton
Posted: January 22, 2012 5:23 a.m.It could have been almost any basketball Saturday afternoon in the 1990s. » Read story. | | 4 comments
LIKE IT IS: Michigan visit will fill Walton to capacity
Posted: January 20, 2012 3:06 a.m.Expect the Arkansas Razorbacks basketball game Saturday against No. 20 Michigan to be the most heavily attended of the season at Walton Arena. » Read story. | | 11 comments
LIKE IT IS: Anderson teaching Razorbacks to scrap
Posted: January 19, 2012 3:46 a.m.It was late in a game that had, for all practical purposes, been finished for a long time. Maybe since the halfway mark. » Read story. | | 4 comments
LIKE IT IS: Hogs are a player again on national scene
Posted: January 18, 2012 5:15 a.m.In 1969, Beano Cook was an ABC executive who had a brainstorm. » Read story. | | 9 comments
LIKE IT IS: Trip to Rupp will be rough, not impossible
Posted: January 17, 2012 4:10 a.m.Almost every freshman has to learn how to win on the road, regardless of the sport, and in the SEC that is rarely a quick study. » Read story. | | Discuss
LIKE IT IS: Money deciding factor in any BCS tweaks
Posted: January 15, 2012 5:04 a.m.One thing is obvious, the Bowl Championship Series, as it is now known, will change by 2014. » Read story. | | 3 comments
LIKE IT IS: SEC too much of a good thing for some
Posted: January 12, 2012 4:57 a.m.Cleaning out the BCS National Championship Game notebook: It seems a foregone conclusion that when this contract between the conferences and the BCS is finished, the whole system is going to be overhauled. More on that later. » Read story. | | 16 comments
LIKE IT IS: LSU hurting now, but it will bounce back
Posted: January 11, 2012 3:36 a.m.A windless, gray morning greeted this city Tuesday. » Read story. | | 8 comments
LIKE IT IS: Alabama defense deflates LSU’s balloon
Posted: January 10, 2012 5:26 a.m.Almost exactly a year to the day after helping lead Auburn to a perfect season and being named the outstanding player of the BCS National Championship Game, Michael Dyer is an Arkansas State Red Wolf. » Read story. | | 10 comments
LIKE IT IS: Caricatures of Miles disregard intangibles
Posted: January 9, 2012 5:02 a.m.Over the course of the past seven years Les Miles has been called quirky, odd and sometimes compared to the fictional movie character Forrest Gump, that simple, lovable guy who played football at Alabama. » Read story. | | Discuss
LIKE IT IS: Pondering the Cotton from the Big Easy
Posted: January 8, 2012 4:36 a.m.The Crescent City is anything but the Big Easy as this is being written. » Read story. | | 1 comment
LIKE IT IS: Hogs defense can’t get caught up in grind
Posted: January 6, 2012 4:18 a.m.They are grinders. » Read story. | | Discuss
LIKE IT IS: Coaches let results speak for themselves
Posted: January 5, 2012 4:46 a.m.There have always been whispers that Kansas State Coach Bill Snyder has had a personality bypass operation. » Read story. | | Discuss
LIKE IT IS: Klein’s numbers say all you need to know
Posted: January 4, 2012 4:11 a.m.Collin Klein has big feet. » Read story. | | 8 comments
LIKE IT IS: Wildcats tend to hang back, then pounce
Posted: January 3, 2012 3:54 a.m.Kansas State’s handful of defensive players passed the eyeball test. » Read story. | | Discuss
LIKE IT IS: Prediction: New year filled with success
Posted: January 1, 2012 5:24 a.m.A new year, new beginnings, and what could be a great year for sports in the state of Arkansas. » Read story. | | 4 comments
LIKE IT IS: Plenty of good in sports, but bad very bad
Posted: December 28, 2011 5:44 a.m.As we wind down 2011, it will be with memories from the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. » Read story. | | 12 comments
LIKE IT IS: Taylor tries to go forward by stepping back
Posted: December 27, 2011 5:28 a.m.A little more than six years ago, he was on top of the world and still rising. » Read story. | | Discuss
LIKE IT IS: Wishing well to state’s sporting community
Posted: December 25, 2011 2:02 a.m.Time ran out before the Christmas list was finished again, so for the 31st time, here are some Christmas wishes: Bobby Petrino, the Arkansas Razorbacks’ football coach who is 20-5 the past two years: Petrino is going to win every news conference at the Cotton Bowl, so he might as well win the game, too. » Read story. | | 2 comments
LIKE IT IS: Addition of A&M forces schedule stirring
Posted: December 22, 2011 3:57 a.m.It is usually a rumor within a rumor. » Read story. | | 3 comments
LIKE IT IS: Bowl games won’t go away anytime soon
Posted: December 21, 2011 3:08 a.m.Maybe the NCAA basketball tournament is too much of an influence. » Read story. | | 1 comment
LIKE IT IS: Circumstances kindled ASU-Malzahn fire
Posted: December 20, 2011 5:18 a.m.Arkansas State was lucky to land Gus Malzahn. » Read story. | | 1 comment
LIKE IT IS: Tebow has every right to express beliefs
Posted: December 18, 2011 4:43 a.m.They are waiting on Tim Tebow. » Read story. | | 6 comments
LIKE IT IS: Getting it first nice; getting it right better
Posted: December 11, 2011 4:15 a.m.It spread with such wildfire that within a few hours it was being reported as a fact. » Read story. | | 9 comments
LIKE IT IS: Robinson’s departure necessary for Hogs
Posted: December 8, 2011 5:03 a.m.Speculation has run wild about the departure of Willy Robinson as defensive coordinator for the Arkansas Razorbacks. » Read story. | | 5 comments
LIKE IT IS: ASU’s next coach must build off success
Posted: December 7, 2011 4:13 a.m.Hugh Freeze will always owe Arkansas State University, and vice versa. » Read story. | | 2 comments
LIKE IT IS: Fiesta, Cotton make best of bowl process
Posted: December 6, 2011 5:32 a.m.As the bowls were being announced Sunday night, it became obvious there were some definite winners and some definite not winners. » Read story. | | 2 comments
LIKE IT IS: Good Hogs, great season, nothing to scoff at
Posted: December 4, 2011 5:24 a.m.Back in the sweltering days of August, when the hopes and expectations for this football season were as hot and high as the temperatures, a guess was made that the Arkansas Razorbacks would be 9-3. » Read story. | | 10 comments
LIKE IT IS: Georgia will show fight, but LSU still best
Posted: December 2, 2011 4:46 a.m.Oddsmakers, to no one’s surprise, have made LSU a big favorite over Georgia in Saturday’s SEC Championship Game. » Read story. | | 5 comments
LIKE IT IS: SEC may reap triple treat if Georgia wins
Posted: November 30, 2011 4:54 a.m.There is a way, albeit a long shot, for the SEC to end up with three teams in Bowl Championship Series games. » Read story. | | 2 comments
LIKE IT IS: Petrino’s displeasure amplified by cameras
Posted: November 29, 2011 5:09 a.m.Bobby Petrino apparently called Les Miles a name late in Friday’s game. » Read story. | | 52 comments
LIKE IT IS: Hogs vying to be a BCS title contender
Posted: November 27, 2011 5:30 a.m.It was a much-debated argument until a review of Dennis Johnson’s fumble came back negative. » Read story. | | 28 comments
LIKE IT IS: Hogs’ brief burst whets Tigers’ appetite
Posted: November 26, 2011 5:27 a.m.It was a heady moment. » Read story. | | 10 comments
LIKE IT IS: Arkansas, LSU hog spotlight for themselves
Posted: November 25, 2011 4:19 a.m.It has been an exciting season, and the final weekend of SEC play has one nationally significant game and several longtime rival games, so the fun continues for two more days. » Read story. | | Discuss
LIKE IT IS: Long list of reasons to be thankful today
Posted: November 24, 2011 1:57 a.m.On this Thanksgiving Day, here are 12 things I am personally thankful for, in no particular order since they are all equally important to me. » Read story. | | 3 comments
LIKE IT IS: It all rests on the Razorbacks’ shoulders
Posted: November 23, 2011 4:30 a.m.While the Arkansas Razorbacks aren’t strangers to big games, Friday’s game with LSU could be historic. » Read story. | | 8 comments
LIKE IT IS: Beating Tigers should give Hogs title shot
Posted: November 22, 2011 5:04 a.m.Forget what you might have heard from some talking heads on ESPN on Monday. If the Arkansas Razorbacks beat LSU, the Hogs are almost assured of going to the BCS National Championship Game. » Read story. | | 20 comments
LIKE IT IS: Now, finally, the Battle of Baton Rouge
Posted: November 20, 2011 5:17 a.m.Margin of victory isn’t supposed to count when Bowl Championship Series points are tabulated. » Read story. | | 28 comments
LIKE IT IS: Some SEC teams ordering off dessert cart
Posted: November 18, 2011 4:03 a.m.This will not be the most exciting, or critical, Saturday of the SEC season, with four non-conference games on tap. » Read story. | | 1 comment
