Jones to rescue

Arkansas Athletic Director Hunter Yurachek and Chuck Barrett, the Razorbacks’ radio play-byplay announcer, made it to Saturday’s game with about 30 minutes to spare after encountering some travel issues.

Yurachek was in Terre Haute, Ind., to start the day at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, where the Arkansas women claimed the national championship.

When Yurachek and Barrett — who was in Fayetteville on Friday night to call the Arkansas-South Dakota basketball game — arrived at the private jet terminal in Baton Rouge, they were informed that a fatal traffic accident had occurred on Interstate

110 between Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport and Tiger Stadium, and that they might make it to the stadium by halftime.

When Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and his wife Gene landed in Baton Rouge, they suggested the car carrying Yurachek and Barrett and others could tag along with their escort to the stadium. The escort took back streets to arrive at Tiger Stadium in time for the opening kickoff.