ARKANSAS, NOT YOUR KANSAS: GREAT THINGS ABOUT ARKANSAS
The Florida Gators face the Arkansas Razorbacks, their final opponent for 2006, this Saturday in the Georgia Dome for the SEC Championship. Since we believe in establishing a high standard of sportsmanship prior to such a pivotal and potentially volatile game, we would like to take this opportunity to make sure we properly laud the accomplishments of our esteemed opponent.
Therefore, we sing the praises of Arkansas, both on the gridiron and as a great part of this blessed nation.
Great Things About Arkansas.
1. No shirt, no shoes, no problem. In fact, the entire state is clothing optional, one of the side benefits of electing Bill Clinton governor 32 times. Try it and see sometime if you don't believe us. *

"Arkansas, the government can't tell you what to do with your money. Or your pants. (Smile, hold out fist with thumb clenched on top.)"
2. The state book is "The Bible," boldly chosen by the state legislature as a gesture of defiance to its neighbors' choices of state book. Tennessee still claims I Lived To Tell It All: The George Jones Story as its state book, while Mississippi adopted The Necronomicon: Sacred Tome of the Evil Dead as its state read. For the record, Louisiana's official state book is a battered but still intact Penthouse from 1978, which current governor Kathleen Blanco describes as "a grand tradition, and totally, totally, and I mean totally hot."
3. Hosts a football team with such illustrious names as Houston NUTT, Casey DICK, and Robert JOHNSON, all men well endowed with talent, verve, and an undeniable lust for winning. The names, all adopted on entry into the Arkansas program, represent part of a unique funding scheme for the football program, with players taking names from Vivid Videos adult entertainment movies in exchange for scholarship funds.
This arrangement will culminate in the renaming of War Memorial Stadium in 2008, which will become "Jenna Jameson's Clitoral Commando Vibe Unit Park," which school officials plan to refer to as "the J.J.". "The idea is to forever associate 'buzz' with Arkansas football," says Arkansas Athletics Marketing director Telly Gaines. "We think this should do it."
4. The State Historic Cooking Vessel is "the Dutch Oven." We weren't aware this could cook things, though we suspected it could certainly pickle, spoil, or potentially kill them. Ernest Borgnine would approve, we're sure.

Go Hogs! He'll bring his own Dutch Oven.
5. Calls itself the home of the Sam Walton School of Business, named after the founder of the ultimate retail success story, Wal-Mart. Courses include the immensely popular "Employee Imprisonment Techniques."
6. Their coach is still Houston Nutt, who is still crazier than a sack of rabid weasels.

He sees you. Run!
*EDSBS.com is not responsible for fines or jail time served as a result of walking naked around Arkansas. We would like pictures, though, 'cause we're so totally putting them on the site if you do.
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I expect so much more…
although now I do have to move back to Arkansas before ’08 so I can get to a few games at The JJ
by Chris on Nov 30, 2006 12:49 PM EST reply actions
Big news around the Walton School***
San Diego City Council zoning restricts Wal-Mart’s plans for supercenters. ( http://www.sdbj.com/article.asp?aID=867874702.2188374.1400308.4383785.01826602.940&aID2=107707 )
See “The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World’s Most Powerful Company Really Works — and How It’s Transforming the American Economy” by Charles Fishman ( http://www.amazon.com/Wal-Mart-Effect-Powerful-Transforming-American/dp/1594200769 )
by J-skool on Nov 30, 2006 12:49 PM EST reply actions
I hope Humanity Advanced shows you mercy, and only scores 3 times, throws for 1 more, and eats the progeny of Urban Myer, rather than shooting the laser beams out of his eye sockets and incinerating your entire sideline this weekend.
Then again, I half expect Sam Olajubutu to T-Bone Tebow.
Will be a great game on Saturday, nonetheless.
by Will on Nov 30, 2006 1:26 PM EST reply actions
How is it possible that you can spell “Olajubutu” right but somehow screw up “Meyer”….oh right, arkansas fan.
by Leak+Tebow=championship on Nov 30, 2006 1:39 PM EST reply actions
oh sure, make fun of Will for spelling Meyer sans an “e”, meanwhile, you can’t even do math properly.
Leak+Tebow = 11-2 and a trip to Orlando
the devil is in the details
by Chris on Nov 30, 2006 1:48 PM EST reply actions
Thats funny right there… I don’t care who you are.
On that note, Arkansas alums may very well wear nothing, but Gators still wear jean shorts.
McManamale is going to destroy the mind of your D-co on saturday. Good luck finding a replacment.
Wild Cat formation – its all the rage in Europe.
by GonnabeatUF on Nov 30, 2006 1:48 PM EST reply actions
a sack of rabid weasels. hands down, i couldnt have said it better myself
by S on Nov 30, 2006 2:15 PM EST reply actions
McFadden is a good player, and he might have saved the Hogs against LSU had his coach not nutted all over the gameplan. The coach took the ball away from #5 for multiple series in the second half when down only 4 points, to which LSU hollered, “Thank you very much. We’ll go home with our victory shortly.” Arkansas has not a pass game.
All else equal, Meyer wins the game for Florida. And there’s Reggie Nelson, too.
by J-skool on Nov 30, 2006 2:26 PM EST reply actions
the MCFADDEN WILDCAT collides with the TEBONE!!! I heard on ESPN 8 (the Ocho!!!) that Pop Warner and Knute Rockne have been reanimated and will serve as honorary offensive coordinators!!! Rockne claimed in a press conference that he had a “secret weapon” which was later revealed to be a revolutionary new offensive technique known only as the “forward pass”. Tragically, after hearing the news, a terrified Houston Nutt mortally wounded Felix Jones and Sam Olajubutu with his sack of rabid weasels while he was jumping around and screaming like a maniac.
by rolliefingersmustache on Nov 30, 2006 2:53 PM EST reply actions
as everyone in lousiana is aware, that issue of penthouse was left there by edwin edwards.
by kleph on Nov 30, 2006 2:57 PM EST reply actions
Anyone have Urban’s phone or fax number? In a flash of brilliance I’ve concocted a true Leak-bow option offense that’s so gimmicky and shameful that even Nutt would blush at the though of calling this formation. It involves a split offensive line, Leak and Tebow, and multiple reads for a percy harvin shovel pass, a lateral pass to tebow, two seperate qb scrambles, and two seperate qb passes (including a throw back to Leak). It would be a true circus show totaly devolving the state of college football, but absolutely unstoppable.
Why stop at devolving college football to highschool ball, let’s bring offense all the way back to flag football baby.
I expect stunned silence from the announcers when this offense is unvailed in the bowl game and used on every down. The defense may burn three timeouts in the first drive trying to figure it out.
by Jgator on Nov 30, 2006 3:25 PM EST reply actions
JGator, I’ve argued in favor of that offense as well as the ultimate Flag-Football offense: the Three QB set.
The three QBs (Tebow, Leak, Fason, in that order) line up side by side by side in the shotgun. Any of the three can take the snap and throw the ball. The center QB can hand off to either the right or the left. The right and left QBs can run the option with the other side QB while the center QB runs a route. The two no-ball QBs can both run routes. Tebow can stay and block. Soooo many silly options. It’s a brutal offense.
by Rob G on Nov 30, 2006 3:36 PM EST reply actions
Why stop at 3? We need Rockne back to add the forward pass to rugby.
by canuck on Nov 30, 2006 3:47 PM EST reply actions
I do like the 3 qb set idea. Maybe throw Ingram in for a 4th?
But for the split O-line Leak-bow offense, say the ball is on the right hash. You’ll have the center, right tackle, and gaurd at the spot of the ball with Leak in the shotgun. On the left has will be your Left tackle and gaurd with Tebow in a “shotgun” behind them. Off the line of scrimmage in between is Percy ready to run a sweep to the right and accept a pitch if pressure comes from the VERY weak Leak side. The possibility of plays is endless, including QB to QB lateral passes to get out of blitz trouble.
by Jgator on Nov 30, 2006 3:51 PM EST reply actions
Thanks for the image of Ernest Borgnine giving Ethel Merman a Dutch Oven. That’s just wrong.
by NDMike on Nov 30, 2006 3:51 PM EST reply actions
The brilliance of this site is too much to handle.
by Chris on Nov 30, 2006 7:28 PM EST reply actions
I thought it was spelled ArKAN’Tsas.
Is it just me or does Hillary Clinton look like Terry Schiavo in that photo?
by SeaTrojan on Nov 30, 2006 8:40 PM EST reply actions
Over/under on the number of times commentators incorrectly identify the Tebow single wing series as “the ol wing T formation”?
I’ll take 3 times.
As for the game, I know some single wing coaches who are going crazy over this matchup. You have Arkansas’ “Wildcat formation” (which is really just the Motion series in the single wing) against Florida’s “Tim series” (standard Power series single wing). Everything that was old is new again.
by Beergut on Dec 1, 2006 3:05 AM EST reply actions
SeaTrogan…….Your take on Arkansaw to “Arkantsaw” is the best I’e seen. None of the smack talking posters from LSesspoolU, ole misssy, Alabumfk came up with it. Quite funny.
AND, your right Hillary does looke like Terry Schiavo. Same personality too.
by mikeisapig on Dec 1, 2006 1:23 PM EST reply actions
Smack talk is cheap. I suspect it is about as cheap as one can find it in Florida, home of the migrant yankee.
Those gators, lower case for lower class intended, will make some nice shoes and handbags after the game.
by DeshaHog on Dec 1, 2006 4:25 PM EST reply actions
We do not engage in smack talk. We comment. And your fans aren’t buying their tickets here in town, sending our scalpers into miserable spirals of complaint.
As for class, we have none. Hell, we drink Shiraz with our seabass sometimes. Once, we even neglected to put a proper pin in our cravat at the Yacht Club! Oh, how they laughed, even as we were lighting the drapes on fire and reaching for the Derringer in our front pocket….
They don’t let us into the Yacht Club anymore. Not classy enough, we suppose…
by Orson Swindle on Dec 1, 2006 4:55 PM EST reply actions
Hey Gators, Nutt’s dinghy is bigger than your whole boat club!
by NeverSawMollyHatchet on Dec 1, 2006 9:15 PM EST reply actions
What do you expect from a state that can’t count votes.
by Davegohogs on Dec 1, 2006 11:55 PM EST reply actions
eric y and jay whitlow
jay whitlow says: thank God we Kansans had the sense to keep two states between us and them! jay whitlow says: go jayhawks(ers)!
jay and eric
by eric y on Jul 29, 2007 9:45 PM EDT reply actions

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