September 21, 2012

University of Arkansas Student-Run Newspaper Since 1906Friday, Sept. 21 2012 Vol. 107, No. 22

!e NFL has the Manning brothers. !e NBA has Doc and Austin Rivers. Baseball has the Gri"eys.

Northwest Arkansas’ ver-sion of a famous sports fam-ily is the Allens.

Bobby Allen is the sec-ondary coach for the Razor-back football team, Christian is a senior baseball player at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, Brandon is a red-shirt freshman quarterback for the Hogs, Austin is a se-nior quarterback at Fayette-ville High and is committed to Arkansas and Daniela is a sophomore basketball player at Fayetteville High.

“It was competitive with everything,” Austin Allen said. “We’d go to the back-yard and play one-on-one basketball and it ended in tears when we were younger.”

Recently, Brandon has been the most publicized. A#er starting the season as the backup quarterback, he was thrust into the starting position midway through the second game a#er senior Ty-ler Wilson was injured.

While this was his $rst major collegiate experience, many people across the state knew of him already. At Fay-etteville High School, Bran-don Allen threw for 10,068 yards and earned All-State honors as a senior.

Even before starting high school, Fayetteville head

coach Daryl Patton knew Brandon Allen had talent.

“We knew he was gi#ed,” Patton said. “He was very physically mature as a ninth grader and he could make throws that some of our high school quarterbacks couldn’t make.”

Once he got there, Bran-don Allen had an immediate impact, throwing for over 3,000 yards in his $rst sea-son.

However, he also threw 20 interceptions. Over the next two seasons, he decreased that number.

“He improved every year,” Patton said. “He had 20 in-terceptions as a sophomore, as a junior he had $ve and as a senior he didn’t have one during the regular season.”

One reason he improved so much was because of his preparation o" the $eld.

“He has great work eth-ic,” Austin Allen said. “He watches a lot of $lm and he’s always trying to get better and $nd something new to get better at.”

Following his senior year, in which he led his team to the state championship game, he signed with the Ra-zorbacks. Last year he red-shirted as he learned under Wilson.

When he replaced Wil-son in the ULM game, Bran-don Allen led the Hogs on a 67-yard drive that ended on a 13-yard touchdown pass to freshman Mekale McKay.

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Senior quarterback Ty-ler Wilson has been cleared to play against Rutgers Sat-urday night.

“I know our football team’s excited about that as are we as coaches and I’m sure the fans will be as well,” interim head coach John L. Smith said.

Since losing Wilson to injury midway through the ULM game, Arkansas has been outscored 79-10. Wil-son has led the team on 17 o"ensive drives this sea-son, during which the Ra-zorbacks scored 10 touch-downs.

Brandon Mitchell and

Brandon Allen have com-bined to lead the team on 24 drives and have only scored twice. !e only touchdown was scored by redshirt fresh-man Brandon Allen on the team’s $rst o"ensive drive of the second half against ULM.

Having Wilson on the $eld practicing has provided a spark for the team, Smith said. Knowing he will play has multiplied that a"ect.

“He is, again, that en-ergy, that positiveness, that vocal person that we need,” Smith said.

With Wilson back, the team will look to get back on track a#er two consecu-tive losses.

“Now we just need to go to the $eld and execute,” Smith said.

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Wilson Named Candidate for CLASS Award Wilson has been nominated as one of 30 candidates for the 2012 Senior CLASS Award.

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While some students choose to rent out their driveways for game day parking, a more courageous way to earn some extra cash, some say, is to rent out a spot on the couch for the week-end.

A website called airbnb.com sets up that opportuni-ty. !e online service match-es people seeking short-term accommodations to those with rooms to rent. !e web-site allows anyone to list any type of room for any price they choose. Both renters and landlords can write re-views for each other to help ensure the quality of rooms and to help protect landlords from potential criminal ac-tivity.

Places in close proxim-ity to campus are listed. Kim Cooke, a senior business ma-jor at the UA, posted a private room in her home for $35 a night. Cooke o"ers $250 for a weekly stay and $650 for an entire month. She will even drive you back and forth from the airport for $30, according to her pro$le on airbnb.com.

“We’ve always had a spare room in our house,” Cooke said. “I $gured I might as well rent it out occasionally to earn a few extra bucks.

“I have never had any problems with guests,” she said. “I always meet with them and set down some guidelines before letting them stay. !ey usually keep to themselves and will only stay for a couple days at a time. Some guests do get a bit rowdy a#er football games though.

Like hotels, guests can write reviews of their stays online.

“(Cooke) is very gener-ous,” one reviewer said. “She o"ers food and lots of infor-mation about the local area. !e room has good internet with a window to study by. !ere was cat hair on the couch though, so protect your threads if you lounge there. !e evening was quiet despite the fact that lots of neighbors in the building and block live close.”

Fans looking for a more luxurious stay during football weekends will be able to $nd more options on the website. Fans can rent a “Fay Jones Designed Masterpiece” for

$78 per night. “Designed by world re-

nowned architect Fay Jones, this house has a rustic char-acter that blends into the local campus surrounding. While studying architecture at the UA in the late 1940s, Jones designed this home for the dean to the law school,” according to airbnb.com.

“It’s a great idea, especially for a college town like Fay-etteville. Students have the opportunity to make some extra cash while out-of–town fans have the chance to $nd last minute rooms for cheap,” said Bobby Perdue, a senior political science major.

!e site was founded in October 2007 and allows list-ings in over 26,000 cities and almost 200 countries.

Stays vary from $10 a night for a futon in Brooklyn, N.Y., to $5,000 a night for a mansion in Squaw Valley, Calif.

Airbnb takes 6-12 per-cent of the rental price fees. Airbnb o"ers a guaranteed $50,000 in insurance to the landlord for potential dam-ages caused by a renter. All payments are made through airbnb.com, according to their website.

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!ough some football fans cancelled their reserva-tions at hotels this upcoming weekend, some loyal Razor-back fans have buoyed the potential loss in revenue by buying up the extra rooms, o%cials said.

!e Marriott Townplace Suites in Bentonville and Springdale both reported cancellations since Arkansas’ loss in overtime to the Uni-versity of Louisiana Monroe.

!e latest disappoint-ment for fans came Sept. 15 with a 52-0 rout at the hands of No. 1 Alabama, a game in which Arkansas was shut out in Donald W. Reynolds Ra-zorback Stadium for the $rst time since 1966.

“At least 10 rooms were cancelled prior to the hotel’s 72-hour cancellation cuto", though those rooms have since been $lled,” said June Kra#, general manager of the Springdale location.

Other hotels require that cancellations be made with more advanced notice.

At the Courtyard by Mar-riott hotel in Fayetteville, visitors are required to can-cel their rooms at least two weeks in advance for football weekends. As a result, the Courtyard by Marriott busi-ness has not been critically a"ected by the Hogs’ losses.

“Even though the team has su"ered some setbacks the last week, our occupan-

cy has remained solid,” said Marriott hotel manager Je" Arthur. “Most of our guests are regulars. We do a lot with the university, we have peo-ple from CBS Sports here, so there are a lot of people who will be here regardless. We’ve had very few calls for cancel-lations.”

Even though hotel res-ervations have slightly de-clined, Hog nation is still strong and students are mak-ing strides to show support for the football program.

On Wednesday, follow-ing the Razorbacks’ practice, hundreds of UA students showed up at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Sta-dium and called the Hogs as the team approached the tunnel.

“Our ASG president sent out an email saying she felt bad because a lot of the fans le# around or at hal#ime at the game on Saturday,” fresh-man Abbey Martens said. “So she said we should get to-gether and show the team our support for this Saturday’s game. We’re just trying to show them we still believe in them and that we’re still fans even though they had to look up and see the empty stands.”

Players exchanged high $ves with UA students as they walked through the tunnel. !e fan support comes as the program has received recent criticism for their poorest start since the 2009 season.

For Arkansas safety Ross Rasner it was a new experi-

ence. “!at was really special,”

Rasner said. “I’ve been here four years and I’ve never seen anything like that. It’s good to know that all of the students still have our backs, especially just to come out a#er a sim-ple practice like that and see their support. It’s really good to see that.”

Hog Record Has Little Impact on Hotel StaysHunter HawkSta! Writer

Emily Rhodes Photo EditorStudents hold a homemade sign to rally on the Razorback football team at the tunnel pep rally Wednesday, Sept. 19.

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Courtesy of Parking and TransitAbove graphic displays the parking available o" campus for gameday as well as the Gold and Silver transit routes that are available for gamedays.

Free O"-Campus Parking and Bus Routes

Many students are renting out their driveways to Razor-back fans eager to $nd a spot and get to the game.

!e houses are easy to $nd; cardboard signs line the streets near Razorback Road advertising the spaces.

“We o"er the parking places for convenience for those who need them during the game seasons,” said Ten-nant Forrest, who lives near the stadium.

Cars are taken care of and Forrest also rents out his driveway during basketball

games, he said.Another unconventional

approach to avoiding the uni-versity’s congested parking system is parking at Leverett Elementary, on Maple Street. Leverett even has options for reserving a spot online.

!eir website says that rentals are the schools’ pri-mary source of fundrais-ing revenue. Some fans have parked there regularly for 20 years, the website said.

“!e volunteers from the Leverett Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization sell parking spaces for the Ra-zorback football games each year,” said Nanci Kellams, parent volunteer. “!e funds

raised from this activity are used to provide resources for teaching and clothing, winter coats and food for families of students in need.”

“!is is our only Lever-ett PTO fundraiser at the school,” said Sara Eichmann, PTO president. “We use the money to support programs at the school for the teachers and students. We have a long list of things we do with the funds based on the needs of the school including: art sup-plies, instruments for the mu-sic program, new books for the library, $eld trip expens-es, new technology, back to school supplies for the teach-ers to set up their rooms.”

Selling Parking Spots is Big MoneyNuri HeoSta! Writer

A NEW WAY TO FIND A PLACE TO STAY


A Former Arkansas Ra-zorback football player and legendary collegiate and pro-fessional head football coach is days away from signing a contract for a movie adapta-tion of his book “!e Boot-legger’s Boy,” according to Michael Smith, Tulsa World Movie Critic.

Barry Switzer, who is one of the only two head coaches to win both a college football national championship and a Superbowl, released “!e Bootlegger’s Boy” in 1990. !e only other coach to ac-complish this was also a UA alum, Jimmy Johnson.

!e book looks at Swit-zer’s life, experiences and years coaching at Oklahoma and the NFL’s Dallas Cow-boys.

“It’s a story about grow-ing up in the Mississippi delta during segregation, before in-tegration,” Switzer said of the upcoming $lm. “Football is a side note.”

Switzer was born in Cros-sett, Ark., and his father was a drunk, a bootlegger and a money lender who spent time in prison. !e former center and linebacker for the Hogs was a part of Frank Broyle’s team that shared the South-west Conference title and $n-ished with a record of 9-2 in 1959.

A#er Graduating with a business degree from UA in the Spring of 1960, Switzer joined the Army. However,

the following year, Switzer returned to Fayetteville as an assistant coach under Frank Broyle from 1961-1965. It did not take long for Switzer and the coaching sta" to de-velop the Arkansas football program as they appeared in back-to-back Sugar Bowls.

He was a pivotal part of the all-star coaching sta" that led the Razorbacks to their only national football cham-pionship title in 1964. !at season, the Hogs went 11-0 and captured the national championship a#er beating Nebraska in the Cotton Bowl. !e next season, the Razor-backs went 10-1, with their only loss being an upset in the Cotton Bowl against LSU.

“In this explicit autobi-ography, the poor boy from the Arkansas swamp bot-toms answers his critics while providing a game-by-game rundown of his 16-year ca-reer at the University of Oklahoma. He discusses his groundbreaking enlistment of black players, explains the ‘feud’ with Texas coach Dar-rell Royal, condemns the hy-pocrisy of big-time college athletics, and berates sports-writers who base stories on opinion, not factual inves-tigation,” said Kim Holston, an autobiographer and book reviewer.

“Producer Molly Smith (‘!e Blind Side’) has formed Belle Pictures, a produc-tion banner to develop and produce theatrical motion pictures and television prop-erties in association with Warner Bros.-based Alcon Entertainment in a new four-year discretionary $rst-look deal,” according to Smith and Alcon co-founders and co-CEOs Andrkew Kosove and Broderick Johnson.

!e $lm is still in pre-production as the production company seeks funds and the script. !is will not be your typical football movie.

“If you saw ‘!e Blind Side,’ you know that wasn’t a football movie but a human-interest story,” Switzer said. “!at’s the way that we see ‘!e Bootlegger’s Boy.’”

Razorback Book Soon to be Movie

!ough Arkansas mostly sticks to the South when it comes to opponents, Rutgers is a rare exception.

With 43,380 undergradu-ates and 14,800 graduate stu-dents at their main campus, Rutgers is the State University of New Jersey, and a leading national public research uni-versity, according to their website.

Rutgers’ main campus is located in New Brunswick, N.J., and is famous for being the birthplace of college foot-ball.

“Rutgers University and its neighbor, Princeton, played the $rst game of in-tercollegiate football on Nov. 6, 1869, on a plot of ground where the present-day Rut-gers gymnasium now stands in New Brunswick, N.J. Rut-gers won that $rst game, 6-4,” according to the Scarlet Knight’s website.

!e football atmosphere at Rutgers is very di"erent from Arkansas, said Tyler Barto, sports editor for the Rutgers student newspaper.

“Fan enthusiasm is a little di"erent here,” Barto said. “But our athletic department does a great job marketing.”

With more than 45,000 fans, Rutgers had it’s 4th larg-est football game turnout in the school’s history at a home game on Sept. 8, Barto said.

“!at’s not normal for us,” Barto said. “Especially for a non-conference season.”

Barto thinks that Rutgers will have a hard time moving the ball down the $eld against Arkansas, but that the Razor-backs might be surprised by their defense, he said.

“We have a really great de-fense this year,” Barto said. “I think the outcome will have a lot to do with whether or not Wilson can play.”

Rutgers fans are excited about a chance to play an SEC team, even with the Razor-backs rough start to the sea-son, Barto said.

Jaclyn Kirkman, a Rutgers

junior, said that students are excited for the game on Sat-urday and that many of them will be having watch parties.

“!ere is a lot of student enthusiasm for the football team here and we have a lot of school spirit,” Kirkman said. “Most of us go to the football games and get really involved in homecoming. Football is a big thing here.”

Rutgers and Arkansas signed a two year contract in which Rutgers will play here on Saturday and Arkansas will play at Rutgers in the 2013 football season Accord-ing to a UA athletic depart-ment press release.

!e Rutgers High Point Solutions stadium holds about 55,000 fans and is very accessible, Kirkman said.

“!e stadium is really nice,” Kirkman said. “It’s the perfect size and everyone re-ally loves it.”

A Rutgers sports o%cial said that there is some enthu-siasm from the football play-ers for the game on Saturday but that it will be “just anoth-er game,” for them.

He did con$rm that Ar-kansas would be the $rst Southeastern Conference team to play at their football stadium, the High Point Solu-tion Stadium, next year.

A New Northern Opponent

RutgersMascot: Scarlet KnightsLocation: New Brunswick, N.J.Student Population: 43,380 peopleKnown for: Being birth place of college football

Miranda CampbellSta! Writer

Photo Illustration Marcus Ferreira

Despite UA’s “hog dogs” staying the same price in re-cent years, some SEC univer-sities have raised the prices on their stadium menus, of-$cials said.

“!e UA has many signa-ture items. We have a ‘woo pig sooie sundae’ which is barbecue pork, mashed po-tatoes, sooie sauce, bacon and chives. Served in a sun-dae dish with a spoon,” said Timothy Lewis, UA general manager of Sodexo Sports and Leisure.

Every stadium has their own “signature item,” said Daphne Newsome, Vander-bilt Sodexo Sports and Lei-sure general manager.

“Vanderbilt Stadium of-fers ‘Ultimate tacos and na-chos’ as well as a ‘Commo-dore Dog,’ which is really just a regular hot dog,” Newsome said.

!e price of food has in-creased from the past three years at Vanderbilt, Newsome said.

Auburn University’s sig-nature item is boiled peanuts, said James Crow, Auburn general manager of Sodexo Sports and Leisure.

“!e drought has a"ected our prices this year. Popcorn and anything with corn is just astronomical,” Newsome said.

!e cost of goods has gone up this year because of the drought, but the price for customers has not gone up, Crow said.

!e summer drought con-tributed to a 35 percent rise in the price of corn from June 18 to Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Energy Information Ad-ministration website.

Bottled water has in-creased from $3 to $4 and souvenir cups are now $6, Newsome said.

“We have held our prices for the past three years while other schools have raised their prices. We still have a $4 souvenir drink,” Lewis said.

!e prices at UA are a little less expensive because of de-mographics and the size of the city, Lewis said.

“!e size of the city is a factor in food pricing. Vir-ginia Tech and the University of Florida’s prices are more based on a pro-venue pricing system. !is is because they are larger cities than Fayette-ville and Auburn,” Crow said.

“SEC schools try to stay around the same price range. !e price of food in conces-sions is also based on size of the item,” Crow said.

Increased ticket prices do not a"ect the prices of food in the stadiums, Lewis said.

“!e price of tickets has increased about 15 percent, but that hasn’t a"ected the price of our food,” Newsome

UA Stadium Food Prices Stay Steady

Hunter HawkSta! Writer

Emily Rhodes Photo Editor

Top: UA Students greet Razorback foot-ball players during an impromptu pep rally at their practice, Wednesday Sept. 19. Left: Two Razorback football players inter-act with student fans during the pep rally scheduled by ASG President Tori Pohlner, Wednesday Sept. 19.

Spirit at the End of the Tunnel

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fanny packs and camera bags will not be allowed in the stadium. Purses are allowed if they meet certain size requirements and will be checked upon entry.

be closed to pedestrians because of construction of the new football building.

holders to assign their tickets to someone else. Fans using e-tickets have the option to print o" their tickets at home.

now able to accept credit cards and debit cards that can be read without entering a PIN number.

AT&T Fan Zone will be opened to the public and more kids’ games and activities will be added.

Reporting by Jaime Dunaway

Changes Made for Gameday


Companion Editor: Nick BrothersAssistant Companion Editor: Shelby Gill

“Making Your Journey Worthwhile”

“Razorback” is a term used to de-scribe students of the UA, and more often it's a word used to describe the university’s football team. Razorback is more than just a label; it’s a symbol of the spirit of the students and athletes on the UA campus, and there is no bet-ter an example of this than the lead hog himself, Tusk IV.

Razorbacks were wild animals na-tive to Arkansas wilderness. According to arkansasrazorbacks.com, “the un-tamed razorback hog was a lean feral animal that was ill-tempered.”

This was the animal that inspired former UA football coach Hugo Bezdek to call his team a “wild band of razor-back hogs” during a 1909 game against LSU. From that day on, the Arkansas teams were known as Razorbacks.

A razorback is a wild ancestor of the domestic pig, according to hog-stoppers.com. If surprised or cornered, these hogs will become aggressive, and, especially when their piglets are involved, they will not hesitate to de-fend themselves voraciously with their tusks.

Two primary differences between the wild razorback and a domesticated pig ares their appearances and certain attributes that help the wild hog thrive without human interference. Wild hogs will “almost always have thick, short bristly coats ranging in color from brown through gray to black,” according to hogstoppers.com. What gives the hogs the name razorbacks is the prominent ridge of hair matching the spine.

A wild boar known as Hogzilla was killed in 2004 in southern Geor-gia, weighing in at 1000 pounds and measuring 12 feet long. Scientists con-cluded that this animal may be a cross

between two different swine, according to natgeoeducationvideo.com.

“After exhuming the animal and performing DNA testing it was deter-mined that Hogzilla was a hybrid of wild boar and domestic swine,” accord-ing to hogstoppers.com.

Most wild hogs live in groups called

sounders.“Sounders typically contain around

20 animals, but groups of over 50 have been seen,” according to hogstoppers.com.

Your typical sounder will have two to three sows, which are female hogs, and their offspring. Adult males will not be in a sounder outside of a breed-ing cycle. There are about two to three breeding cycles per year, but other than that wild males will be found alone.

Most hunting of these wild animals is done to help mitigate the damage they cause to trees and crops. You only get one shot at a charging boar. Because of its thick hide and dense bones, any-

thing less than a kill shot won't stop the raging animal, according to hogstop-pers.com. Some hunters have reported being butted up into trees by boars that have already been shot.

The hardy and determined nature of these beasts is what gives the Razor-back name so much force when men-tioned in Arkansas, and Tusk IV is the leader of them all.

Tusk is the live mascot and an on-going tradition at the UA. Tusk is a Russian boar, since, “except for rare sightings in the Australian Outback, the Razorback only exists today in the form of Arkansas players and fans,” ac-cording to arkansasrazorbacks.com.

The Russian boar closely resembles the Razorback and was the obvious choice to serve as the live mascot at the UA. Tusk attends all Arkansas home football games and resides with the Stokes family in Dardanelle, Ark.

“The tradition of a live mascot prior to Tusk dates back to the 1960s with a series of hogs that have proudly repre-sented Arkansas,” according to arkan-sasrazorbacks.com.

As a mascot of the UA in the 1970s, “Big Red III escaped an exhibit near

Arkansas fans can be rec-ognized by displaying the Razorback, a symbol of the UA since 1910, on T-shirts, posters and car decals. How-ever, some serious fans have decided to wear their hog pride on their skin, showing a lifetime of support for their favorite team.

Sam Binz, a student at St. Louis University, got the tattoo as a freshman at SLU. Growing up in Little Rock, Ark., Binz said he got the tat-too to remember his life in the South and to show sup-port for the Razorbacks that have symbolized Arkansas pride for years.

Binz said since Arkansas doesn’t have a professional team, the Razorback is our means of representing Ar-kansas. He said other people with the tattoo have a mutual understanding for Arkansas

pride. Binz also incorporated !ames into his hog for deco-ration.

Binz uses his tattoo to support our razorbacks from his home away from home, while Eric Fernandez uses his hog tat to commemorate his involvement as a university track member.

Eric Fernandez got his ink in 2011 a"er achieving All-American in cross country.

Traditionally a"er achieving All-American, members of the track team would get the Razorback hog tattoo, Fer-nandez said.

Fernandez said his tattoo symbolized his achievement and the work it takes to be part of the team. Fernandez said he got the tattoo on his right shoulder so when he runs the track, the hog is in full sight.

“It’s the initiation in being part of the legacy,” Fernandez said.

#e tradition started with Joe Falcon, famous Razor-back track star, whose coach drew the hog on Falcon be-fore a track meet for good luck and won nationals, Fer-nandez said. A"er Falcon’s success, he made the drawing on his shoulder permanent, and the tattoo tradition was born.

Another alumnus, Ken-neth Je$reys, who gradu-ated in 1984, got the tattoo two years ago. Je$reys and a group of co-workers who tailgate and continue to keep up with the team decided to

John MullinsContributing Writer

!e Ultimate Show of Support: Razorback Tattoos

Photos by Gareth Patterson Sta" PhotographerTusk, the Razorback mascot, celebrates game day with Hogs fans as he rides down the sidelines before kick o".

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!e tradition of a live mascot prior to Tusk dates back to the 1960s

We’re three games in, and what a season it has been already. With two losses and only one win on the record, many of us are ready to skip the crowded stadium to relax in an easy chair at one of the thousands of tailgates that raid campus each weekend. Sometimes we just need a break from the hectic student section to sit back and watch the game on the big screen, and a"er last week, the tailgating tent is looking even more inviting.

Now, I’m not trading in my Razorback pride for a comfortable place to sit and enjoy some Saturday night football, but with this recipe, you’re going to want to stay at the tailgate site for as long as you can. Even better, who would have thought that a weekend foot-ball game could encompass any sort of healthy option? Well, these wings have done it — healthier than fried and deliciously home-made, baked chicken wings are the answer to the question of what to bring this Saturday.

Chicken wings are one of the staples of game-day snacking. Whether you prefer spicy bu$alo sauce, mild and traditional, or something a little sweeter, there aren’t many places you can go to watch a game that beat sitting down at a sports bar with a tray of wings and an icy beer. It’s really the quintessential snack of any big game, and I’m not going to complain about that.

Yet, there is always the greasy mess and tiny amount of guilt from eating your body weight in fried wings all a"ernoon. Guzzling soda and beer and chowing down on chips, hot dogs and all sorts of desserts, Razorback game day isn’t exactly the healthiest day of the year. Not anymore. Baked is healthier, easier, much more a$ordable and still packed with traditional wing !avor. #ese are pretty hard to beat.

Serves 3Ingredients

Preheat the oven to 400 F. Lightly grease two baking trays and set aside. Cut the chicken tenderloins into thirds, or bite-sized pieces, and set aside. To prepare the coating, whisk two eggs in a small bowl and add the milk. Stir well, until incorporated. In a separate bowl, add the !our, parmesan cheese and seasonings, and mix together.

Dip each piece of chicken in the egg-milk mixture, then imme-diately place in the !our mixture and coat well. Place on the baking sheet and repeat until all of the chicken has been coated. Take the melted butter (30 seconds in microwave to melt) and drizzle over the coated chicken. Bake at 400 F for 20-25 minutes, or until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165 F (another way to check chicken is to cut into a piece — if it is white throughout and does not run any pink juices, it is done).

While the chicken is baking, place the tomato sauce into a medi-um saucepan and heat through. Add the sugar and let dissolve in the liquid. Stir in the barbecue sauce (I used Kra" Original — it gives it a great base !avor that is even better when added on to), honey, Tabasco and seasonings, and let the sauce heat until boiling. Turn the heat down to low, and let simmer until you are ready to serve.

Remove the wings from the oven, and allow to cool for 5-10 minutes. Remove from the baking sheet and place in a large mixing bowl. #en, pour the sauce over the wings, and cover each piece of chicken thoroughly. Serve with celery, ranch and your favorite side.

#ough our football season may be looking bleak right now, this recipe is sure to spice up your weekend and bring the fun to game day. #ere is nothing better than spending time with friends and family, a table of game-day food and a night of Razorback football. #ese wings will be your next tailgate go-to recipe — tangy, juicy and with just a little spice, they are the perfect treat for a Saturday night of Hog sports.

Baked Honey BBQ Chicken Wings

Emily RhodesPhoto Editor

For the barbecue sauce:

1 8-ounce can tomato sauce2 tablespoons prepared

barbecue sauce2.5 tablespoons light

brown sugar2 tablespoons honey% teaspoon Tabasco sauce% teaspoon chili powder& teaspoon salt& teaspoon garlic powder' teaspoon ground cumin

For the chicken:

1.15 pounds tray chickenbreast tenderloins

% cup milk2 eggs1 cup all purpose !our% cup shredded

parmesan cheese& teaspoon dried parsley& teaspoon garlic powder& teaspoon salt% teaspoon chili powder2 tablespoons butter, melted

Emily Rhodes Photo Editor


RAZORBACK FAN CODE OF CONDUCTRazorback fans are the best of the best. ! ey model this by loudly supporting the Razor-backs and displaying respect and good sportsmanship toward the visiting team and vis-iting fans. However, the NCAA, SEC, and UA have assigned a high priority to assuring athletic events are conducted in a safe and enjoyable atmosphere which promotes good sportsmanship by spectators, student-athletes, and coaches. We request your coopera-tion by supporting the participants, o" cials and event management sta# in a positive manner.PROHIBITED BEHAVIOR: Spectators are reminded that security personal have author-ity to remove from the stadium, anyone engaged in unsafe or inappropriate conduct including: profanity, racial, sexist, or other abusive or intimidating comments or actions directed at o" cials, event management sta# ,student-athletes, coaches, team representa-tives or other fans. Fighting, smoking in public areas and drunkenness will not be toler-ated. ! rowing of any objects in the stadium is forbidden. UA policy strictly prohibits anyone from entering the sideline or $ eld without proper credentials.ENFORCEMENT: Violations of any UA athletic event policies are subject to removal from the site of competition, or arrest and/or loss of ticket privileges. ! e University of Ar-kansas reserves the right to remove the ticket holder from the premises if, in the sole opinion of the security personnel, the ticket holder’s conduct endangers or disrupts the environment.

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In all sports, access to the competition area shall be limited to participating student-athletes, coaches, o" cials, support personnel and properly-credentialed individuals at all times. For the safety of participants and spectators alike, at no time before, during or a% er a contest shall spectators be permitted to enter the competition area. It is the re-sponsibility of each member institution to implement procedures to ensure compliance with this policy.Institutional penalties against individuals who improperly enter the competition area shall include, but not be limited to, expulsion from the facility, arrest for trespassing, and the loss of future ticket privileges. In addition to these three penalties, violators who are students shall be subject to institutional student disciplinary measures.Each institution is responsible for publicizing this policy, as well as the penalties associ-ated with violations, through appropriate means, such as ticket back statements, public address announcements, video/matrix announcements, facility signage and other means available. It is likewise the responsibility of each head coach to publicly discourage spec-tators from entering the playing area at any time.Penalties for institutional violations – In the sports of football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball, at the discretion of the Commissioner: 1st o# ense: an institutional $ ne of $5,000; 2nd o# ense: an institutional $ ne of up to $25,000; 3rd o# ense or sub-sequent o# ense: an institutional $ ne of up to $50,000. If an institution is penalized and subsequently does not have a violation for a period of three years (from the date of the violation), that subsequent violation shall be considered a 2nd o# ense.LANGUAGE/SIGNAGE/CHANTS

! e use by any coach, student-athlete, support personnel or spectator of vulgar, rac-ist, or sexist language or signage is strictly prohibited at all conference competition fa-cilities. Orchestrated verbal chants or foul language directed at visiting student-athletes, coaches, team personnel, orfans are also prohibited. It is the responsibility of each insti-tution to institute procedures to prevent such occurrences, including ticket back state-ments, public address announcement, video/matrix announcements, facility signage and other means available. Institutional penalties against spectators engaging in such behavior shall include, but not be limited to, expulsion from the facility and the loss of future ticket privileges. Penalties against coaches, student-athletes or support personnel are outlined in the NCAA rules for the respective sports and are administered by the competition o" cials.Penalties for institutional violations – On a yearly (by school year) basis and at the dis-cretion of the Commissioner: 1st o# ense: a private or public noti$ cation and reprimand of the institution; 2nd or subsequent: and institutional $ ne of up to $5,000.

directed at o" cials, event management sta# ,student-athletes, coaches, team representa-tives or other fans. Fighting, smoking in public areas and drunkenness will not be toler-ated. ! rowing of any objects in the stadium is forbidden. UA policy strictly prohibits anyone from entering the sideline or $ eld without proper credentials.ENFORCEMENT: Violations of any UA athletic event policies are subject to removal from the site of competition, or arrest and/or loss of ticket privileges. ! e University of Ar-kansas reserves the right to remove the ticket holder from the premises if, in the sole opinion of the security personnel, the ticket holder’s conduct endangers or disrupts the environment.

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get their hog tattoos together. #eir tattoos are a symbol of the bond they share and the support they have for the Razorbacks. Je$reys, who is involved in the military, has stars and stripes going through his hog tat.

#e Razorback tattoo is not just a fad. Local tattoo parlors like Clockwork and Bee-line have inked fans, students and alumni with the famous hog for years.

Clockwork has worked on more alumni than students, said Cat, Clockwork’s owner. She said alumni come to get the Razorback tattoo as a re-minder of the importance of their college experience, while students get the hog tattoo to commemorate their time

while they’re working on their degrees.

Along with Bee-line, Clockwork does two to three hog tattoos a month, and the numbers increase when the Razorbacks are successful in sports. People who come into the shop to get the hog tattoo get it because it’s meaningful to that person and representa-tive of their experience or love for the Razorbacks, Cat said.

Whether you’re displaying the hog on your skin, clothes or somewhere else, the Ra-zorback is a symbol of school pride and will be recognized everywhere. For those in-terested in getting hog tat, prices range from $40 to $50 depending on size and place-ment.

Eureka Springs in the sum-mer of 1977 and ravaged the countryside before be-ing gunned down by an irate farmer,” according to arkan-sasrazorbacks.com.

The Tusk Fund was estab-lished in 2008 to help ensure the future of the UA’s live mascot. In October 2008, the fund had already gotten off to a booming start with about $7000 being raised by

voluntary donations from fans. Even today, the Tusk Fund thrives on the support of Razorback fans.

Contributions to the Tusk Fund can be made anywhere Tusk appears. Anyone wish-ing to help preserve the fu-ture of this powerful mascot unique to the UA is encour-aged to visit arkansasrazor-backs.com for more infor-mation.

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My dad and I were sup-posed to pick my mom up from a church function at about 10 p.m., on a Saturday night. #is, however, would never happen, because this was the night Ar-kansas played Ole Miss and the game would last seven over-times. I have always said that being a Razorback fan is worse than being a Cub’s fan consider-ing how o"en we come so close to doing so well but fall short at the (nish line. #at night, how-ever, quarterback Matt Jones, made sure that Arkansas would defeat future NFL quarterback Eli Manning and the Ole Miss Rebels. I still remember the game winning tackle by Jer-maine Petty to prevent an Ole Miss Rebel from scoring and jumping o$ the couch with pure joy a"er such a long, hard-fought battle. Of course, my mom did eventually forgive us for not picking her up on time, but from me to you… it was worth it.

Brittany NimsManaging Editor

My favorite ‘Razorback mo-ment’, per se, doesn’t really in-volve the Razorbacks at all. It was my sophomore year of col-lege, and I was a clarinet player in the Razorback Marching Band. #e game was on October 30 — and the timing was perfect to perform a Halloween-themed marching show. Our ‘Zombies in Fayetteville!’ show involved a few ‘zombi(ed’ band members, a bu$ Batman and a macho Ironman. My favorite part of the show was the ending. It’s impos-sible to explain the feeling that overcame as all 350 band mem-bers placed their instruments down on the (eld of Donald W. Reynolds stadium and, without missing a beat, began the (rst few moves of Michael Jackson’s legacy — #riller. #e stadium exploded with applause as soon as they realized what was hap-pening. What an awesome, adrenaline-pumping, exciting night that was. It’s de(nitely a memory I will never forget.

Emily RhodesPhoto Editor

My favorite Razorback mo-ment was actually not in the student section, though there is something awesome about sitting with thousands of other students and fans and singing “O Lord, it’s hard to be humble.” Rather, my favorite moment was the (rst time that I ever shot a game on the sidelines, when I showed up with my zoom lens and press pass, ready to get the best shot of the Arkan-sas vs. South Carolina game in 2011. #ere is nothing quite like walking through the tunnel and hearing the thousands and thousands of fans changing “Go Hogs, Go.” Seeing the action up close, feeling the breeze as the huge athletes stampede past you

as you hold your camera tight, and feeling pretty important as you stand with the other media sta$ is something special. I’ll never forget my (rst day at Ra-zorback stadium when I went onto the (eld and saw the wave of Razorback red and the scores of fans singing the (ght song - now that’s a Razorback moment.

Joe Kieklak Opinion Editor

#ere is something special about watching the Hogs with family. In 2002, I was in Drasco, Ark., with my family sitting in a cabin at “Tannenbaum,” our traditional family reunion site. #at Friday night, my fam-ily and I held our breath as we watched Matt Jones throw a 31-yard pass to DeCori Bir-mingham … we fell out of our chairs when it was complete. #e “Miracle on Markham” se-cured a 20-20 score, and David Carlton secured the win with an extra point, which was a 35-yard attempt, because of an excessive celebration penalty. #e Hogs went on to be the 2002 SEC Champions, and there was no better way to earn that title than Matt Jones’ 81-yard drive that most Hog fans will never forget.

Sarah DerouenNews Editor

#ere is a special atmosphere in a student section of Donald W. Reynolds stadium, and there is an even better feeling in the student section when a punt is caught by Joe Adams during the 2011 Tennessee vs. Arkansas game. Adams caught the ball, then ran all the way into the end zone with the Volunteers in his dust.

Jack SuntrupAsst. News Editor

When I saw the football team run through the “A” at the beginning of my (rst game, I just teared up out of sentimen-talism. #en, when I heard the cannon go o$ for the (rst time, I was startled and fell into the girl in front of me, spilling her pop-corn and making her tear up.

Nick BrothersCompanion EditorYou can’t beat the pure

adrenaline rush I experienced my freshman year as I watched Ryan Mallet throw a 43-yard pass to Ronnie Wingo on their (rst drive to make their (rst touchdown against No. 1 Ala-bama in 2010. I can still hear the silence in the air — full with hope and anxiety — as the ball !ew into the hands of Wingo and he powered through to the end zone, giving us a 6-0 lead in less than 50 seconds a"er kicko$. #e fans in the stadium erupted into a frenzy. We were ranked No. 10 at the time, and we knew going in it wasn’t going to be easy. When we made that touchdown, though, we were invincible, if just for that mo-ment. I’ve always liked how the Razorbacks are o"en the under-

dog, and we seized our moment then. It was about as heartbreak-ing as an actual break-up watch-ing them eventually lose by 4 points, but I’ve never been more excited at a Razorback game.

Shelby GillAsst. Companion Editor

When I think back on all my Razorback moments: the adren-aline, the game-day dresses, the kettle corn, the $4 diet cokes – I digress – my absolute favorite Razorback moment was the (rst game I went to freshman year. I came from a high school where my attendance at football games was more about socializing than actually watching anything im-portant, so heading straight into the hog-crazed, 80,000-seat Donald W. Reynolds stadium was a magni(cent sight. Your (rst game (especially when your school is in the SEC) is some-thing you never forget, and even though the game against Ten-nessee Tech meant nothing to everyone else, it helped mold me into the Razorback fanatic (win or lose) that I am today.

Kristen CoppolaSports Editor

I don’t have a favorite Ra-zorback football moment that I can single out in my mind. My favorite experience in the foot-ball stands is singing “Oh, Lord It’s Hard to Be Humble.” #e op-portunities to link arms with my friends and sing loudly and out-of-tune have been limited this season, but I remain optimis-tic that I’ll get to join my voice with the rest of the fans and sing about how my beauty increases each day.

Haley MarkleAsst. Sports EditorMy favorite Razorback mo-

ment has to be the Joe Adams punt return against Tennes-see. I was at that game with my dad, and our seats were about (ve or six rows from the very top, which gave us a great view for this particular play. Time seemed to move slower dur-ing this play. At the beginning, when Adams kept reversing (eld and getting farther from the end zone, everyone seemed to be holding their breath, hop-ing he would just give up. #en the jets came on. By the time Adams laid the ball on the turf, I really thought our section was going to tumble to the ground.

Saba NaseemSpecial Projects Editor

My favorite Razorback mo-ment was the (rst time I sat in the student section at the foot-ball game. I had never been in an environment with so much energy and passion for one pur-pose: to support the Arkansas Razorback football team. As we stood up and cheered together, screaming with joy as we made touchdown a"er touchdown, I realized this would be a mo-ment that would stay with me forever.

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For the !rst time in my life, I am jealous of Alabama fans. I am even jealous of LSU fans.

"e LSU Tigers are led by the mad hatter, Les Miles. "e guy eats grass, and there is an entire website devoted to the things he says that make you scratch your head. But when his team loses, he doesn’t joke with the media, and he cer-tainly doesn’t yell at them to smile.

If you really want to feel inferior, go to coachsaban.net. You will be greeted by hype music specially made for Ala-bama football and multiple reminders that the Crimson Tide is currently the best there is in college football. Nick Saban, the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide, is arguably the best college foot-ball coach of this era.

Saban is not a guy that is loved by the media and he probably could not care less if the media smiled or not. He just doesn’t seem to be very personable. But in the state of Alabama, he is beloved. Why? He wins. He doesn’t just win games—he wins national titles.

LSU has Miles and Ala-bama has Saban. "ese two teams are the class of college football right now. Razor-back fans expect their team to compete with these two powerhouses, but as we saw last Saturday, it is not going to happen with Smith, or a coach like Smith, at the helm.

In the Southeastern Con-ference, football is a rough and hard-nosed business. "e most successful coaches have been the toughest. Smith just doesn’t come o# as a tough guy. A$er the game Saturday, he looked and spoke as though someone had just taken him out behind the woodshed.

"en he shows up to his weekly press conference Mon-day and instructs the media to smile.

“I’ve never felt so much negativity coming at me in a long, long time,” Smith said during his radio show Wednesday night. Well, do you know what would lessen the negativity? Winning. And until the Razorbacks start winning again, I don’t see any reason why any member of the team, player or coach, should be smiling.

"ey should keep their heads up and take pride in their hard work, but smiling should be reserved as a reac-tion to something good. In college football, winning is good, and the Hogs are not winning.

Smith was supposed to bring stability to a team that desperately needed it. Instead, the team is in a downward spiral. Before the season, the Razorbacks received national media attention as a team that could be a dark horse for the national title. "en Smith started talking.

Now, the national media keeps tabs on the Hogs just so they will know if the cooky head coach says something entertaining.

Smiling Should be Reserved for Winning TeamsHaley MarkleAsst. Sports Editor

!Gain MomentumAnytime a team loses 52-0, the question is always, “How will they respond?” Following the

Alabama game, senior Tyler Wilson called out his teammates, saying they “gave up out there.” If players truly did give up, they must start the game with !re. Rutgers is coming in 3-0 and with a lot of con!dence. "e Hogs will lose if they come out lackadaisical. Wilson and the other seniors have to get the players !red up about tomorrow’s game and make them forget the last two weeks.

"Put the Ball in the End Zone"is seems simple enough, but Arkansas has been struggling with putting the ball in the end zone.

"ey su#ered their !rst home shutout since 1966 last Saturday and haven’t scored a touchdown since the third quarter of the ULM game. Rutgers has only given up two touchdowns this season, both in the fourth quarter. If Arkansas puts up another goose egg or is forced to settle for !eld goals, they will have a hard time beating anyone.

#TackleRutgers junior running back Jawan Jamison is coming o# a 151-yard performance against

USF and the Hogs recently gave up 225 rushing yards against Alabama. In order to beat the Scarlet Knights, Arkansas must tackle and prevent them from get-ting !ve yards per carry like Alabama did. Also, UA interim head coach John L. Smith has talked a lot about Rutgers’ receivers. Senior Mark Harrison (6’3” 230 lbs.), junior Brandon Coleman (6’6” 220 lbs.) and sophomore tight end Tyler Kro$ (6’6” 235 lbs.) are all big tar-gets, and it will take good tackling by the Hogs to bring them down.

$ Protect the BallAgainst Alabama, Arkansas turned the ball over !ve times, throwing two interceptions and

losing three fumbles. More alarming, however, was the fact that the Hogs ac-tually fumbled the ball eight times. Rut-gers is sure to see this and most likely put an emphasis on stripping the ball during practice this week. "ey have already forced four fumbles this sea-son and also have four interceptions. "e Razorbacks must !x their turnover problem if they expect to have a chance tomorrow.

%Keep Tyler Wilson HealthyWith Wilson under center this year, the Hogs have outscored opponents 70-31. Without him

under center, opponents have outscored Arkansas 76-10. Also, through their !rst three games, Rutgers has sacked their opponents seven times. While they may not be as big as Southeastern Confer-ence teams, the Scarlet Knights still !nd a way to get behind the line of scrim-mage. Obviously Arkansas plays better with Wilson at quarterback, so it is key for the o#ensive line to step up and pro-tect him.

Andrew HutchinsonSta! Writer

Five Keys to Defeat Rutgers

Arkansas quarterback Ty-ler Wilson hasn’t only excelled on the football !eld — Wilson has been nominated as one of 30 candidates for the 2012 Se-nior CLASS Award for his hard work in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, charac-ter and competition.

Wilson broke and has main-tained 11 Arkansas school re-cords including a career com-pletion percentage of 63.

Wilson also ranks in the top 10 in Arkansas school history

in career passing touchdowns (36), career pass completions (374), career passing yards (4,941) and career total o#en-sive yards (4,888).

With an average of 7.34 yards of total o#ense per play in his career, Wilson ranks the highest among active South-eastern Conference players and !$h-highest among active NCAA players.

Exhibiting leadership and determination, Wilson not only was selected as team captain in 2011 and 2012 for the Razor-backs but participated in com-munity service projects and an internship as well.

To qualify for the Senior CLASS award, a student-athlete must be classi!ed as a NCAA Division I FBS senior who has shown their worthiness by achievements in the four Cs. "e student-athletes are en-couraged to use their position as a way to positively in%uence their community.

"e pool of candidates will be narrowed down to 10 can-didates midway through the season. "e 10 !nalists will be put on a nationwide ballot on which coaches, media and fans can vote for the !nalist that best !ts the criteria for the award.

Wilson Named Candidate for CLASS AwardTamzen TumlisonSta! Writer

Wilson

A$er kicking o# their sea-son with three victories, Rut-gers will travel to Fayetteville for a match-up against the Razorbacks for the !rst time ever Saturday. A win against the Razorbacks would mean a 4-0 season for Rutgers so far, which would be the second time since they joined the Big East Conference in 1991.

"is year, Rutgers promot-ed their assistant head coach Kyle Flood to head coach, and his era has gotten o# to a great start.

"e Scarlet Knights won their !rst three games 24-12, 26-0 and 23-13. "ey had a combined total of 509 rushing yards and 575 passing yards, setting the stage for what looks like an increasingly strong of-

fense.Rutgers’ shutout against

Howard continues Rutgers’ re-cord of one shutout every sea-son for the past seven seasons, the only team in the nation to do so.

Running back Jawan Jamison has been a standout player in the !rst three games, running 112 yards in 18 carries in Rutgers’ !rst game against Tulane, then 110 and 151 yards in the next two games. In his career, Jamison now has four consecutive games under his belt of 100 or more rush yards. Jamison also broke a school re-cord in rush attempts with 41 attempts.

"e rushing o#ense has as-serted their dominance over all the teams the Scarlet Knights have played so far. However, the passing o#ense is just as good, maintaining a higher, yet very close, yardage to the

rushing o#ense with an aver-age of 191.7 yards per game.

Rutgers has controlled the ball, on average, for more than half of each game they play. Although a longer possession time does not always mean a higher score, it shows that Rut-gers has been playing patiently with the ball, giving them more time to look for options.

However, the o#ense’s weak point could be their third- and fourth-down conversions. With 40 percent at third-down and no successes out of two attempts at fourth, Rutgers seems to not take risks when it comes down to the wire.

"e o#ense is not the only worrisome piece of the Rut-gers team. "e Scarlet Knights defense boasts three consecu-tive games in which it has held its opponent to less than 100 rushing yards.

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Greene has recorded his !$h straight game of 10 or more tackles while cornerback Brandon Jones grabbed two interceptions in this season alone. Defensive back Wayne Warren and linebacker Jamal Merrell have also intercepted passes this season, proving their hands and eyes to be crucial to the defensive side of Rutgers.

"e special teams have been acclaimed for many years now as well. Rutgers blocked three kicks in its !rst two games of the season and has lead the na-tion in blocked kicks since the beginning of 2009.

Rutgers is a well-rounded team with few apparent weak-nesses. "eir future play will be dependent on the health of the team, but if all goes as they plan, the Scarlet Knights will have a winning season to give to new head coach Flood.

Rutgers Arrives With !ree WinsTamzen TumlisonSta! Writer


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He !nished the game with 85 yards on 6-for-20 passing and one interception.

Against No. 1 Alabama, Brandon Allen was 10-for-18 with 60 yards and two intercep-tions.

Despite the underwhelm-ing stats, positives can be taken from the two games. It was a “tough situation” to be put into, Wilson said.

“If I put myself in a position that Brandon Allen was in, as a redshirt freshman, I’m not sure if I could have even done what he did out there,” Wilson said. “I sent him a text (Sunday) night and I said, ‘Man, you did a pret-ty good job. I’m proud of you.’”

Brandon Allen’s high school quarterbacks coach and former Razorback Zak Clark echoes this feeling.

“"at’s a tough spot. It’s al-ways tough going into the game a$er an injury and then to start against (Alabama), who is really good on defense,” Clark said. “I’m proud of him. You can forget what the fans are saying. In my opinion, he played really well for his !rst start.”

Clark, who started nine games at quarterback for the Hogs in 2001, even said he would have traded his !rst start for Brandon Allen’s.

Brandon Allen said he gained a lot from the experience as well.

“Being in games and taking more reps in games was really big for me,” Brandon Allen said. “My con!dence is up and I have matured a lot.”

As for the future, Patton is sure Brandon Allen will !gure everything out, just as he has in the past.

“What he’s going through right now kind of resembles what he went through as a sophomore for us. He had high expectations for himself and we were coming o# winning a state championship,” Patton said.

“He had a big year for us, but he threw 20 interceptions,” Pat-ton said. “He had to learn from that. "e game is going to slow down for him.”

Whether Brandon Allen plays much more this season depends on the health of Wil-son, but in the future, Hog fans can expect him to be “some-thing special,” Patton said.

“When I see Brandon, I see a guy that’s going to continue to improve and by the time he’s a senior, maybe a junior, I don’t see anybody better in the coun-try,” Patton said. “I think he’s going to be a fantastic quarter-back.”

Ryan Miller Sta" PhotographerBackup quarterback Brandon Allen scrambles while looking to pass the ball down-#eld during the 4th quarter during the Sept. 8 game against ULM. Allen replaced an injured Wilson during the second quarter.

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At the start of the season the Rutgers football team’s chances, on paper, of winning tomor-row’s game against Arkansas would have been classi!ed as slim at best.

"e Razorbacks were the No. 8 team in the nation while the Scarlet Knights (3-0, 2-0) were one of seven Big East teams not ranked.

But three weeks, two losses and one injured quarterback later, Arkansas (1-2) is looking much more conquerable than before.

Of course, that injured quar-terback — All-SEC quarterback Tyler Wilson — may still play if he is medically cleared.

"at would change the en-tire picture.

“I would imagine that with [Wilson] on the !eld, they will be a completely di#erent team,” said head coach Kyle Flood. “He’s one of the elite quarter-backs in the country, a great challenge for our defense to de-fend him, and the weapons that they have.”

"e numbers back that up. Since Wilson su#ered a concussion against Louisiana-Monroe second-string quarter-back Brandon Allen has totaled just 145 yards through the air.

Wilson meanwhile, has managed 563 passing yards de-spite only attempting two more passes than Allen.

But Rutgers’ senior line-backer Khaseem Greene is not as concerned with their team as much as he is his own.

“"ey got … some good guys over there,” he said. “At the same time we got good guys too and we got to do what we got to

do. At the end of the day it’s go-ing to be about what we do and less about what they do, so if we don’t execute, nothing about them is going to matter because they are going to kill us.”

In Wilson’s only full game this season, Arkansas pulled o# a 49-24 victory against Jackson-ville State.

And while the Razorback starter is the strength of the team, the defense has been less than stellar, allowing teams 36.7 points per game.

Fi$y-two of those points were against No. 1 Alabama, who puts up impressive num-bers against most teams.

But eliminate them from the mix and the average is still 29 points per game, more than 20 points lower than that of Rut-gers’ defense.

"at does not bode well for Arkansas, considering the Knights not only had three ex-tra days of preparation, but also just proved they can best teams on the ground or through the air.

Sophomore quarterback Gary Nova threw for 277 yards and a touchdown without turn-ing the ball over in last "urs-day’s win at South Florida.

Compile that game with the myriad of receivers Nova has to throw to, and the Arkansas de-fense could be in for a long day.

“You can’t just focus on one receiver,” said senior wideout Mark Harrison. “In this game I feel like we really just have to tackle all areas of the !eld. We’re going to have to spread that ball out. I’m excited for what we got and where we’re going.”

"e passing game has many weapons — including running back Jawan Jamison, who aver-ages 18 yards per catch — it can go to, which means any player

can have a career game.Senior receiver Tim Wright

modeled this against the Bulls.A$er spending most of

his time at Rutgers recovering from injuries, Wright led the Knights with eight catches for 125 yards in his last game.

Sophomore wideout Bran-don Coleman has emerged as the deep threat, averaging 19.7 yards per catch with three touchdowns and size superior to nearly every defensive back.

“You really never know who’s going to have that game,” Harrison said. “We all work so hard and it’s a lot of competi-tion. We compete every day with each other in practice, so it’s really di&cult to focus on that one guy.”

Regardless of what the pass-ing game looks like, in order for the Knights to win the game, they have to eliminate the pen-alties that have stained their re-cord so far this season.

In three games, they have 31 penalties that have pushed them back at total of 249 yards and eliminated multiple !rst downs and interceptions.

Although Rutgers pulled out wins in all three of its games so far this season, giving up that much yardage likely will not yield the same result against a strong SEC team.

“We just continue to focus on [penalties] in practice and make the players aware of it,” Flood said. “"ey are certainly not intentional, but at the same time, and as I said a$er the [South Florida] game, it is the most glaring part of our pro-gram right now where I know we can be a lot better...”

Rutgers will have to be to-morrow, especially if Wilson is the one taking the snaps.

Razorbacks Looking More ConquerableJoey Gregory"e Daily Targum

"e Rutgers football team "ursday gave South Florida a free !rst down.

USF advanced 10 yards in the fourth quarter from consecutive o#sides penalties from senior linebacker Steve Beauharnais and then junior defensive tackle Isaac Holmes.

Holmes committed his sec-ond penalty of the game, the third on the Scarlet Knights defensive line and Rutgers’ 11th of the game.

Senior defensive tackle Scott Vallone was one of the only linemen with a clean slate.

He does not want to be the only one.

“It’s de!nitely something we need to remedy to give us a chance in the long run,” Val-lone said of penalties. “Maybe one game, here or there, you can get away with it. We’ve seen it, we even watched like a penalty tape … to see how simple things are.”

Vallone entered Tampa with a defensive line with little starting experience. Val-lone has started every game at Rutgers since he redshirted in 2008, but no one else on the starting line had started more than two games at the position entering this season.

Holmes became a starter this year, senior defensive end

Ka’Lial Glaud started only two games last year a$er transi-tioning from linebacker and junior defensive end Marcus "ompson has only started two of three games this year.

But outside of the penalties, the defensive line has played like an experienced unit. On the run, it has helped hold all opponents this year to less than 100 rushing yards and combined for 9.5 tackles for a loss.

Glaud has sacked the quar-terback twice already, tying him for the team lead with senior linebacker Khaseem Greene.

"e line has helped Greene and other defenders do their jobs.

“You just watch them, they rush — the four-man rush, the three-man rush — they get pressure on quarterbacks,” Greene said. “When we sit back in coverage, that’s when those guys eat and get sacks.”

Vallone is not only the leader of the Big East-leading defense’s line, but he is also a playmaker.

"e St. Anthony’s High School (N.Y.) product is con-sistently a threat to tackle a ball carrier behind the line of scrimmage, leading all line-men with two tackles for a loss, including 1.5 against the Bulls.

As a defensive tackle, Val-lone is one of the least likely defenders to cause a turnover,

but he has done that this year, as well.

Vallone prevented How-ard from scoring Sept. 8 with a fumble recovery when the Bison were on Rutgers’ three-yard line.

“"ey were down by the goal line, and we de!nitely don’t want them to get any points,” Vallone said. “We’re OK with three, but we want to limit them to zero points.”

Vallone regularly faces a double team, and he is prepar-ing for the same challenge Sat-urday at Arkansas.

"e Central Islip, N.Y., na-tive will have to get through junior center Travis Swanson and junior guard Alvin Bailey, who combine for 52 games started and 617 pounds that Vallone has to get through.

But Vallone will always have more to worry about than his own matchups this season. Even if another defensive line-man steps o#sides, head coach Kyle Flood trusts him to lead by example.

“Scott Vallone is one of the leaders on our defense. And he’s one of the players that sets the standard for toughness on our defense,” Flood said. “So in those two ways, he’s extremely critical. For our defense and for our team, he is a guy that when you go into the game, you can rely on him to do his job. It’s invaluable as a coach.”t

Defensive Tackle Will Bring the HeatJosh Bakan"e Daily Targum Zack Wheeler

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Passing O!ense:Arkansas will have quar-

terback Tyler Wilson back, who was not cleared to play last week against Alabama. Gary Nova for Rutgers is completing roughly 55 per-cent of his throws with four touchdowns thus far. Arkan-sas has great skill at the wide receiver position that should cause mismatch issues for Rutgers defense. Rutgers rushes more than they pass, so Arkansas must take advan-tage of their passing game.Advantage: Arkansas

Rushing O!ense:Rutgers tends to rely on

the run more than the pass. "ey have 110 rushing at-tempts compared to 90 pass plays. Arkansas, on the other hand, is slightly more even with 99 pass plays and 98 rush plays. Arkansas seems to have the talent on paper with Knile Davis and Dennis Johnson, but thus far Rutgers has outgained the Hogs in the rushing statistics.Advantage: Rutgers

Passing Defense:Arkansas looked lost on a

few plays last week in the sec-ondary without their main cornerback Tevin Mitchel. Rutgers has not faced the tal-ent that Arkansas possesses at the skill positions thus far, so it will be a measuring stick to see where they stand against the Hogs’ receivers. "e in-ability of the Hogs to stop the pass so far and Rutgers’ abil-ity to allow fewer points per game puts the teams in simi-lar territory.Advantage: Even

Special Teams:Arkansas looked out-of-

sync last week with botched snaps and a missed !eld goal. If the game becomes one of !eld position, Arkansas will have to execute better in the special teams. Rut-gers kicker Kyle Federico has been perfect on point-a$er attempts and is 67 percent on !eld goals. Zach Hocker and Dylan Breeding have the ability to change the outcome if presented the opportunity. Advantage: Arkansas

Coaching:Arkansas seems to be in

disarray at times on the side-line. Whether it is interim head coach John. L Smith or one of the assistants, somebody needs to take ownership and be a true leader. Kyle Flood was named the head coach of the Scarlet Knights earlier this year a$er Greg Schiano le$ to coach in the NFL. In his !rst season as a head coach, Flood has helped his team get o# to a 3-0 start and Arkansas is looking for leadership.Advantage: Rutgers

Overall:Arkansas on paper has the

talent to play with any team in the country. "e ability of the Hogs has been slow out of the gate this season while Rutgers has surged to a 3-0 record. "e Razorbacks seem to be in a downward spiral that they are trying to correct and Rutgers wants to snatch the opportunity and leave Fayetteville with a win. Un-til Arkansas can get out the funk they are in, both teams come into the contest evenly matched.Advantage: Even

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University of Arkansas Student-Run Newspaper Since 1906Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 Vol. 107, No. 2

“About You,For You”

Painting a HurricaneJeanne Vockroth creates art in!uenced by Hurricane KatrinaFull Story, Page 5

Razorbacks Prepare for Season Opening TournamentFull Story, Page 7

TV Series to Feature HogsCBS Sports Network will debut a season-long series focusing on the Razorback Football teamFull Story, Page 7

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On-campus housing pres-ents health hazards as UA students move into their dor-mitories.

Dorms are prone to the spreading of illnesses and bugs and fungi that cause illness due to the close living quarters of students, o!cials said.

Some common problems seen in dormitories are Ath-lete’s Foot, bed bugs and the spreading of the cold and other more serious bacterial illnesses, according to Health Magazine.

Athlete’s Foot is an infec-tion of the skin and feet caused by di"erent types of fungi, ac-cording to the Centers for Dis-ease Control and Prevention. Athlete’s Foot most o#en af-fects the skin between the toes of the foot with redness and irritation, causing a scale-like texture.

College students are ad-vised to wear $ip-$ops when showering in communal bath-rooms as to prevent coming into contact with fungi lurk-ing in the shower, according to Health Magazine.

“I’ve lived in the dorms here on campus for three years and have never experienced a problem with Athlete’s Foot,” said Jason Forte, junior music major. “I always wear some type of shoes when I shower to prevent coming into contact with any bacteria or fungi.”

“Living in Maple Hill my freshman year, my roommates and I were responsible for keeping our personal bath-room clean,” said Christina Bracke, senior speech therapy major. “We always made sure to keep the shower sanitary and not leave puddles of water sitting in the bathroom.”

Bed bugs are another

Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite

Students participating in before-school activities like Lead Hogs and so-rority recruitment were greeted with parching hot weather in the weeks be-fore school.

According to the Na-tional Weather Service, Ar-kansas’ high temperature this August was three de-grees higher than normal. The average temperature in July was nearly eight de-grees higher than normal.

The Razorback March-ing Band-with about 350 members-endured daily five-hour practices as the heat radiated off the con-crete lot 56.

“The heat was bad at some times while practic-ing, but not unbearable,” said Maddie Kerns, a mem-ber of the UA Color Guard. “I just make sure to drink a lot of water during our breaks. Supporters of the band provided Gatorade and popsicles for us, which really helped.”

Sorority recruitment participants walked the campus and did activities on the front lawns of the sorority houses through-out the week.

“The first couple of days were pretty nice, but it got more hot and humid as the week went on,” said Laura Jones, freshman commu-nication disorders major. “It was really hot outside as we waited to enter the sorority houses, but each house had a water station,

so it wasn’t so bad.”Though the dog days of

summer have subsided in recent weeks, Gina Mad-dox, spokesperson for Washington County Re-gional Medical Center said the hospital has seen some cases of heat stroke and ex-haustion this summer.

A construction worker on the UA campus died last June due to a heat stroke.

The 39-year-old man became overheated and developed an internal body

Students Endure Heat

For a town with such an accomplished music scene, Fayetteville had lacked a big-time music festival. Found-ed in 2009, the Fayetteville Roots Festival celebrates the city’s unique musical posi-tion between the Ozarks and the plains. %e lineup features roots music, a wide-open genre that encompass-es musical styles rooted in Americana. Roots can have a little blues, bluegrass or even jazz – an eclectic mix, like

Fayetteville itself. %is year, two living legends are set to headline: singer-songwriter John Prine and mandolin master David Grisman and his Folk/Jazz Trio.

John Prine has writ-ten classic songs like “An-gel from Montgomery” and has in$uenced artists from Bob Dylan to My Morning Jacket. In his autobiography, Johnny Cash said he put on John Prine records at his farm if he needed songwrit-ing inspiration. When music gods like Cash and Dylan look to him to help with their own work, his in$uence can in no way be denied. An al-

bum of Prine covers, “Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows,” features contributions from %e Avett Brothers, Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, and Old Crow Medicine Show, among others.

David Grisman was a member of Old and in the Way, a Jerry Garcia side proj-ect. Grisman also appeared on the Grateful Dead’s “American Beauty.” %e same man whose mandolin ap-pears on the Dead’s “Ripple” will be &lling Fayetteville’s own Walton Arts Center with his folk melodies.

With such big names, co-producer Brian Hembree

hopes that more people will show up and discover some up-and-coming talent. Hem-bree said it’s all about “get-ting people’s attention” and “matching those big names with newer artists.”

Many acts have toured with some of the notable names in music. Pokey La-Farge, who appeared on Jack White’s “Blunderbuss,” has signed on to White’s %ird Man Records. South Africa’s Gregory Alan Isakov has toured with acts like Ani DiFranco and Fiona Apple. David May&eld recently opened for the Avett Broth-ers on tour.

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Emily Rhodes Photo EditorRachel Slank, junior, and Debbie Cataldo, sophomore, hand out free hot dogs to students at the Union Mall during ASG’s Welcome Week Cook-Out on Monday, Aug. 20.

ASG Welcomes Students with Annual Cook Out

Emily Rhodes Photo EditorASG members passed out bottles of water during their an-nual welcome week cook out to help hydrate students.

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%e UA police department has made several changes and improvements this school year said Lt. Gary Crain, UAPD spokesperson.

UAPD is beginning to use a program called Smart-911 that allows someone to create a safety pro&le online with any information they choose. If a person makes a call to 911, the pro&le is displayed automati-cally to the emergency respon-dent, Crain said. Pro&les can be made at www.smart911.com.

“A user might also include information about allergies, disabilities, special needs or anything that they feel would be useful to emergency re-sponders if a 911 call is made,” Crain said.

In addition to this pro-gram, UAPD will soon be able to receive text messages on a separate system.

“If a person sees some-thing suspicious, needs an escort from Razorback Patrol or anything that may not rise to the level of a 911 call, they will still be able to send a text message and receive a prompt response.”

Junior Ivie Belle Bartlett said the UA was in need of a program like this.

“%ere have been times that

I have been in an uncomfort-able situation or seen suspi-cious activity around campus, but I was not able to tell if the activity warranted a 911 call,” Bartlett said. “With this new program, I will feel much more comfortable reporting unusual behavior without having to worry if I am overreacting.”

%e UAPD anticipates a smooth year even with in-creased enrollment. UAPD is glad to be of service whenever the opportunity rises, he said.

“Over the next few years it is likely that the number of of-&cers will increase,” Crain said. “Four UAPD o!cers recently completed training for bicycle patrol, so we are excited about their availability to enhance that method of patrolling the campus.”

Bicycle patrol now con-sists of five officer, and the number will continue to in-crease throughout the semes-ter when additional officers are trained, Crain said.

UAPD will also continue to assist the Fayetteville Po-lice Department on football game days.

“We have over 150 police officers assigned to designat-ed areas to control traffic and pedestrian flow,” Crain said. “We want to ensure that ev-eryone who wants to see the kickoff is able to get to the stadium and not be caught in traffic.”

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