Tales from Hog Heaven

A Collection of the Greatest Arkansas Razorback Stories Ever Told Nowhere else but Arkansas is a state so single-mindedly united by three little words. It is a call to arms for the most fiercely loyal of football fans and an anthem that resonates across an entire state. With no professional sports teams and only one major university in a major conference, the state of Arkansas focuses its attention and admiration solely on the Razorbacks. And with every fall comes the expectation of football success in Hog Heaven. The University of Arkansas has magnetic properties for those who enter its gates. Athletic director Frank Broyles is the perfect example. He took over the Razorback football program in 1958 and coached for 19 years. Former linebacker Cliff Powell summed it up in 1994 when he said, "Chuck Dicus, Bill Montgomery and I had the opportunity to be involved in three historic events. One, we played in the 100th year of college football, 1969. We all made Arkansas' All-Century team. And we'll still be around for Frank Broyles's resignation, which is tentatively scheduled for his 100th birthday." Tales from Hog Heaven is a hilarious look at Razorback football past and present. You'll read about a senior center's surprisingly unsuccessful Heisman campaign in I979, the roommates who got carried away and Super Glued the contents of their hotel room in place and the late legendary sportswriter Orville Henry's witty one- liners. You'll read about icons like Bill Montgomery, Lance Alworth, Quinn Grovey and Wilson Matthews, as well as some of the most offbeat figures to come down the pike. Through their memories of triumphs and failures, brilliance and stupidity, comedy and pathos, you will experience a place as unique as its mascot.