Nebraskans get 10 reasons to root for UA
The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville athletic department took out a full-page advertisement in the Omaha World-Herald giving 10 reasons why Nebraskans should root for the Razorbacks baseball team in the College World Series.
The advertisement, which features the Razorbacks logo and the team’s dog pile after their NCAA Fayetteville Super Regional Game 3 victory over South Carolina, was in Saturday’s World-Herald.
Here are the top 10 reasons the Razorbacks said Nebraskans should root for the Hogs:
“1. We call ourselves the OmaHogs.”
“2. Dave Van Horn became a legend in your state.”
“3. You can wear your Nebraska gear and blend in with the sea of Razorback red.”
“4. Yes, calling the Hogs is as fun as it appears.”
“5. Ribby the Razorback and Herbie the Husker played on the same Little League team.”
“6. We’re the closest CWS team by far, which technically makes us neighbors.”
“7. You won’t have trouble meeting fellow fans since we led the country in postseason attendance.”
“8. One Razorback. One Husker. Come on, it only makes sense.”
“9. This is our ninth trip to Omaha.”
“10. We share a common bond rooting against burnt orange.”
Arkansas played in its first game of the College World Series on Sunday against former Southwest Conference rival Texas, defeating the Longhorns 11-5.
Coach meld
New York Post columnist Mike Vaccaro has compared firstyear New York
Mets Manager Mickey Callaway to former New
York Giants Coach
Ben McAdoo, calling him Calladoo.
McAdoo took the Giants to the NFC playoffs in 2016, but he was fired 12 games into the 2017 season. The Giants finished 3-13.
Meanwhile, Callaway led the Mets to an 11-1 start but now is 3038 and in fourth place.
“Both were first-time bosses when they were hired, whose appeal was their past proficiency on one side of the sport — McAdoo on offense, Callaway on pitching,” Vaccaro wrote. “Both had curious public debuts — McAdoo with his Talking Heads press-conference suit, Callaway with his odd declaration that he and his staff would ‘care more about the players than anyone ever has before.’
“Both had some early speed, too: McAdoo, hard as it may be to remember, did lead the Giants to an 11-5 record and the playoffs in his first year on the job, and by now there isn’t a single reference to the 2018 Mets, public or private, that doesn’t include the notation ‘11-1.’
“And both, almost in a flash, moved from that early magic to looking overmatched [at first] in the job and then, ultimately, overwhelmed. Their teams — both saddled with preseason expectations — quickly became not just bad but unwatchable, replete with head-scratching decisions and cliques of vast underachievement.
“Still … it’s getting late early, as a manager who once lasted all of 16 games into a season once said. Of course, by then, Yogi Berra was already a member of the Hall of Fame. Calladoo has a little work left to get there.”