Stories by Wally Hall

Power conferences adjust, cross fingers

Goals were achieved, for now.
SEC’s news is great for those craving sports

Bye, bye Touchdown Jesus, hello two more conference games.
Sankey’s decision will be the gold standard

It is expected we are 24 hours from hearing from SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey about the 2020 college football season.
Time ticking on sticky football season plans

Rutgers and Michigan State did more quarantining of athletes over the weekend as the days are closing quickly on the SEC’s decision about football season.
Time to talk about QBs

A year ago the debate had been raging for weeks, maybe months.
Moving parts moving toward football season

Hunter Yurachek has come down on his odds of there being a full football season to 50-50.
Season of unknowns takes shape

Today there is no virus, at least not in this space.
Coaches' wallets in a virus bubble

Of course, there is concern if the football season is canceled. That would mean the loss of millions.
Coronavirus prediction woefully misses the mark

During a phone call in March with Dennis Dodd, the prediction was the coronavirus would peak in early-to-middle July and there would be a football ...
Razorbacks won't need to look far for non-SEC game

If the SEC has a football season, and it includes one nonconference game, it might not be one of the four schools currently scheduled for ...
Tough task awaits Hall of Fame selection committee

This is a big day for Arkansas sports.
UA great’s idea for football season has merit

If has been the key word since the Big Ten and Pac-12 announced they would play a schedule of conference-only teams IF there is a ...
Series brings out interesting baseball stories

The series on the Top 10 Pro Baseball Hogs has been a great read and no doubt will finish strong.
Dominoes are lining up for a 2020 season

College football seems to be holding its breath.
Hogs doing their part to have football season

Sam Pittman seems to have natural leadership skills and a way of relating to the players as the head coach.

Wally Hall is the managing sports editor for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. A graduate of the University of Arkansas-Little Rock after an honorable discharge from the U.S. Air Force, he is a member and past president of the Football Writers Association of America, member of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association, past president and current executive committee and board member of the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame, and voter for the Heisman Trophy. He has been awarded Arkansas Sportswriter of the Year 10 times and has been inducted into the Arkansas Sportswriters and Sportscasters Hall of Fame.

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Devwah Whaley cut by Bengals

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Hogs in the middle of several historic college football changes

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