NCAA denies Mallett’s appeal

The UA Sports Information Department announced today that transfer quarterback Ryan Mallett will not be eligible for the 2008 football season.
Mallett took part in spring practices early on, but suffered a thumb injury that kept him out of the Red-White game last week.
Here’s the UA press release:
The NCAA has denied an appeal filed by the […]

Nutt recommends Monk to Bears

Remember Houston Nutt, the former Razorbacks football coach? No? Yeah, no one is talking about him any more. Doesn’t he coach at Ole Miss?
Sarcasm and a bevy of hyperlinks aside, Nutt reportedly helped former Arkansas receiver Marcus Monk get drafted by Chicago in the seventh round of the NFL Draft last week.
Kudos to coach […]

McFadden, Jones changing jersey numbers

Darren McFadden and Felix Jones will not be wearing their collegiate numbers 5 and 25, respectively, in the NFL. The reason is simple for McFadden: running backs are not allowed to wear a number in the single digits in the league.
For Felix, No. 25 was already taken.
So what number can you expect to be donning […]