Local flavor

The University of Arkansas athletic department had a full-page ad in Saturday’s edition of the Omaha World-Herald designed to get local fans behind the Razorbacks.

The ad — which appeared in the World-Herald’s College World Series special section with the headline “NEED A TEAM TO ROOT FOR?’ — features a photo of the Razorbacks celebrating with a dogpile after beating Ole Miss in the super regional. There also is a cut-out photo of Arkansas Coach Dave Van Horn — who led Nebraska to the CWS before taking the UA job — and five reasons “To Join Our Dog-Pile.”

The first four reasons include Arkansas playing in Omaha for the third time in five years and thus the city is becoming the Razorbacks’ summer home; Van Horn being the greatest of alltime; calling the Hogs is as fun as it appears to be; and Arkansas is the closest CWS team.

The fifth reason reads: “One Razorback. One Husker. Come on, it only makes sense.”

It’s the fourth time Arkansas has run a full-page ad in the World-Herald along with College World Series appearances in 2012, 2015 and last year.

“The ads have been received well through the years and there is no doubt Omaha has embraced the Razorbacks,” Arkansas senior associate athletic director Kevin Trainor said. ‘So many fans in Omaha and this part of country were familiar with Coach Van Horn from his time at Nebraska. Certainly with our recent success, fans are accustomed to seeing the Hogs in Omaha.”