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Razorbacks Host NCAA Fayetteville Regional as No. 7 National Seed
No. 7-national-seed Arkansas hosts No. 2-seed Creighton, No. 3-seed Oklahoma State and No. 4-seed Albany in the 2007 NCAA Fayetteville Regional at Baum Stadium this weekend.
CSTV will televise the Fayetteville Regional, one-of-three regionals to be broadcast nationally in its entirety. Tom Hart and Carter Blackburn will handle the play-by-play duties for the CSTV broadcasts with Kevin Stocker providing analysis.
The Arkansas games can be heard throughout the state on the Razorback Baseball Radio Network with Chuck Barrett and Rick Schaeffer calling the action. Barrett and Schaeffer will also call each game of the regional that does not include Arkansas on KFAY 1030 AM in Fayetteville.
OSU and Creighton get things started at 2:37 p.m. Friday, June 1, with the Razorbacks and Great Danes slated for a 6:37 p.m. start.
Junior right-hander Duke Welker will go to the hill for the Hogs on Friday night. He is 6-5 on the season with a 3.83 ERA in 91.2 innings of work with 73 strikeouts. Welker is coming off of a dominating performance against then-No. 9 South Carolina in the SEC Tournament last Saturday. Albany will counter with right-handed senior John Naples, who is 8-2 on the season with a 3.29 ERA.
Arkansas is hosting its fourth NCAA Regional and the third in the last four years. It is the Hogs 20th NCAA Tournament appearance and sixth straight. Head coach Dave Van Horn has led the Razorbacks to NCAA play in each of his five seasons, including a College World Series berth in 2004.
The Hogs bring a No. 11 national ranking (Baseball America) into the regional with a 41-19 record. UA is hitting .288 on the season while scoring 7.9 runs per game. The pitching staff boasts a 3.86 ERA and is striking out a school-record nine batters per nine innings.
Jess Todd will pitch for Arkansas on Saturday. He is 9-2 this season with a 2.49 ERA and a team-high 124 strikeouts in 90.1 innings. He is 5-0 over his last six starts with a 0.91 ERA and 64 strikeouts. Nick Schmidt will follow him in the rotation. The junior southpaw has been a stalwart in the Hogs’ rotation since he arrived on campus in 2005. Schmidt is 10-3 this season with a 2.85 ERA and 107 strikeouts.
NCAA Fayetteville Regional
Baum Stadium • Fayetteville, Ark.
Radio: RBRN / KFAY (all games)
Live Stats: NCAASports.com • TV: CSTV
Tournament Schedule
Friday, June 1
Game 1: #2 Creighton vs. #3 Oklahoma St., 2:37 p.m.
Game 2: #1 Arkansas vs. #4 Albany, 6:37 p.m.
Saturday, June 2
Game 3: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 2:37 p.m.
Game 4: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 6:37 p.m.
Sunday, June 3
Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 2:37 p.m.
Game 6: Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 6:37 p.m.
Monday, June 4
Game 7: if Game 5 winner beats Game 4 winner in Game 6, 7:37 p.m.
Arkansas Pitching Rotation
Friday: 42 Duke Welker, RHP (6-5, 3.83 ERA)
Saturday: 28 Jess Todd, RHP (9-2, 2.49 ERA)
Sunday: 33 Nick Schmidt, LHP (10-3, 2.85 ERA)
Courtesy: Arkansas
Arkansas vs Alabama football game to be televised by ESPN
The Arkansas–Alabama football game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN at 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15, in Tuscaloosa, Ala., it was announced by the network on Wednesday.
The SEC opener for the Hogs, Arkansas and Alabama will meet for the 18th time in 2007. The Crimson Tide hold a series record of 9-8 over the Razorbacks. Last season, Arkansas topped Alabama in a double-overtime battle that saw the Hogs come away victorious, 24-23, Sept. 23, in Fayetteville. The game was broadcast on CBS.
ESPN’s adding of the Arkansas-Alabama game marks the Razorbacks’ second nationally-televised game of the 2007 season.
For the 12th-consecutive season, Arkansas and LSU will meet in the “Battle of the Golden Boot” on the Friday (Nov. 23) following Thanksgiving in a game televised by CBS Sports.
Source - UA Sports Information
Is UFC the new boxing?
So the debate has been brewing for a few years now, but has hit full steam. Is UFC the new boxing? Once considered too violent, with too few rules, the Ultimate Fighting Championship is drawing record numbers, more fans, and the spotlight of the national sports media. While it's older, "more" sophisticated counterpart, boxing, is drawing the ire of the very same people.
Boxers were once the modern day gladiators, gliding effortlessly in the ring showing their power, both punching and star, for millions around the nation. Fans used to circle radios, watch on closed circuit television, and paid millions for a match, any match, on pay-per-view. While the revenue is still there fans have become increasingly critical of champions and their competition. Even here in Arkansas, fans of Little Rock-native Jermain Taylor were agitated about his most recent title defense against Corey Spinks.
Gone are larger than life athletes like Muhammed Ali, George Foreman, Sugar Ray Robinson or Leonard. We haven't seen fights like the "Rumble in the Jungle" or the "Thrilla in Manilla." In fact, I haven't seen any such bouts in my lifetime.
Enter the UFC in the early-90's to less than hospitable welcomes. When the UFC began it was a tournament-style event. Two fighters, no matter the fighting style, entered the octagon (the eight sided cage fighters compete in), and only one man would leave. That man, if he was able even after winning, would continue on in the tournament. It was all held in one night. What the UFC did accomplish was showing the dominance of Brazilian jui-jitsu with Royce Gracie taking the three of the first four titles. What UFC didn't do early on is get the support of many with the lack of rules. (Note: Early on, the only rules were basically no biting or eye gouging.)
Lawmakers, most notably Sen. John McCain, called the sport "human cockfighting." UFC ultimately went underground and was banned on television in several states. What ultimately saved the UFC was the change in format and the purchase by Zuffa Entertainment in 2001. Since then the UFC has began to work towards the "golden ages" of the sport under the moniker, mixed martial arts.
Now fighters are more well-rounded, they possess skills in boxing, or "striking," wrestling, martial arts, and submissions. UFC has champions in five weight classes: heavy weight, light heavy weight, middle weight, welter weight, and light heavy weight. Pay-per-view revenues in 2006 broke industry records amassing $222,766,000 for the year, more than the WWE and boxing.
Tonight, Saturday, May 26, what is expected to be the biggest event for the UFC to date will take place when light heavy weight champion Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell looks to avenge the final of this three losses against Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. MGM Grand is sold out for the event. ESPNews covered the weigh-in live Friday night, ESPN has featured the bout on Sportscenter and has even started it's own mixed martial arts page (the debut synced with Liddell-Jackson II).
The question remains, will you be watching? Has MMA moved beyond boxing as the combat sport of the future? For my money, UFC is penny-for-penny the best pay-per-view event on television.
Boxers were once the modern day gladiators, gliding effortlessly in the ring showing their power, both punching and star, for millions around the nation. Fans used to circle radios, watch on closed circuit television, and paid millions for a match, any match, on pay-per-view. While the revenue is still there fans have become increasingly critical of champions and their competition. Even here in Arkansas, fans of Little Rock-native Jermain Taylor were agitated about his most recent title defense against Corey Spinks.
Gone are larger than life athletes like Muhammed Ali, George Foreman, Sugar Ray Robinson or Leonard. We haven't seen fights like the "Rumble in the Jungle" or the "Thrilla in Manilla." In fact, I haven't seen any such bouts in my lifetime.
Enter the UFC in the early-90's to less than hospitable welcomes. When the UFC began it was a tournament-style event. Two fighters, no matter the fighting style, entered the octagon (the eight sided cage fighters compete in), and only one man would leave. That man, if he was able even after winning, would continue on in the tournament. It was all held in one night. What the UFC did accomplish was showing the dominance of Brazilian jui-jitsu with Royce Gracie taking the three of the first four titles. What UFC didn't do early on is get the support of many with the lack of rules. (Note: Early on, the only rules were basically no biting or eye gouging.)
Lawmakers, most notably Sen. John McCain, called the sport "human cockfighting." UFC ultimately went underground and was banned on television in several states. What ultimately saved the UFC was the change in format and the purchase by Zuffa Entertainment in 2001. Since then the UFC has began to work towards the "golden ages" of the sport under the moniker, mixed martial arts.
Now fighters are more well-rounded, they possess skills in boxing, or "striking," wrestling, martial arts, and submissions. UFC has champions in five weight classes: heavy weight, light heavy weight, middle weight, welter weight, and light heavy weight. Pay-per-view revenues in 2006 broke industry records amassing $222,766,000 for the year, more than the WWE and boxing.
Tonight, Saturday, May 26, what is expected to be the biggest event for the UFC to date will take place when light heavy weight champion Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell looks to avenge the final of this three losses against Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. MGM Grand is sold out for the event. ESPNews covered the weigh-in live Friday night, ESPN has featured the bout on Sportscenter and has even started it's own mixed martial arts page (the debut synced with Liddell-Jackson II).
The question remains, will you be watching? Has MMA moved beyond boxing as the combat sport of the future? For my money, UFC is penny-for-penny the best pay-per-view event on television.
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