As part of the ever-present Arkansas Expats multimedia onslaught, I'll be appearing on the T.J. Carpenter Show on the ESPN Radio affiliate in Fayetteville this afternoon. Stephen and I have both been guests on the show a few times this fall and it's always a lot of fun.

Today I'll be on at 3:30 Central time. if you're in Northwest Arkansas you can listen in on 92.1 the Ticket, and if you're anywhere else in the world you can go to their site and click the "listen live" link over on the left.

We now return you to our regularly scheduled carping about officiating and mocking Houston Nutt...

Apologies for referencing that terrible Hank, Jr song, but I'm more excited about this football season than any other one I can remember and it's making me a little loopy. I'm guessing many of you are feeling the same way.

Since this is our first year covering football on the new Arkansas Expats site, I thought I'd share a few details about what we'll be doing on game days throughout the fall:

First of all, we'll put up an open game thread every Saturday so you can discuss the game while it's happening. This should be a fun way to interact with your fellow Hog fans, and if I may add a personal note I'll be counting on your help here to keep me posted on how the games are going since I live in a place (Berkeley, CA) where, for some reason, SEC television coverage takes a back seat to the Pac-10.

Following that, we'll put up a post game thread that, if all goes well, will be a place where we all talk about how awesome and spectacular and amazing the Hogs' performance was (at least 7-8 times this fall, that is).

The point of all this is to give you all the the opportunity to share your thoughts, voice your opinions and connect with other Razorback fans. The best part of doing this blog, hands down, has always been the little community of fellow crazies that has sprung up around it, and we're hoping these Saturday forums can be a way to get people to actively participate and enjoy it with us.

Woo Pig Sooie!!!

Howdy - and welcome to SB Nation's new blog about the Arkansas Razorbacks.

If by chance you weren't one of the millions, thousands, hundreds, multiple people who visited our previous site - RazorbackExpats.com - each day, please allow us to introduce ourselves ...

First off, our names are John Slater and Stephen Ursery.

Last night's entirely uninspiring but not at all unexpected loss to Florida not only marks the merciful end of the basketball season, it also signals the beginning of a loooong dead zone in the major Razorback sports before football kicks in again. (No offense to baseball or any of the other spring sports...they're just not our thing.)

But, never fear! Your intrepid observers and commentators at Razorback Expats will be bravely soldiering on through this slow period. Although we will be laying off most of our intern staff, our federal bailout check will be coming soon and that $6 billion should sustain us until August.

As long as players are getting arrested, Wally Hall is cranking out Pulitzer material and Lane Kiffin is doing stupid stuff we'll be able to find things to write about. And we have a few surprises up our sleeves, as well. Stay tuned!

It's a historic day here at Razorback Expats: after careful deliberation and an exhaustive nationwide talent search, we've decided to add four new writers to the site. They'll be joining Stephen and John [editor's note: actually, the unpaid interns write pretty much all the content as it is now] and have the green light to post their thoughts whenever inspiration strikes.

Don't worry...we won't be selling our share of the company and retiring to a tropical paradise somewhere just yet. But we are genuinely excited about having these new voices on the blog. They're going to add a lot.

So, it is with great pleasure that we introduce the new guys:

* The Hog Blogger - used to operate the now-legendary blog coincidentally titled "The Hog Blogger". He shut down his site when he entered the Witness Protection Program, but will be posting here when he's able to get to a computer.

* J. Hawg 3 - regular commenter who has already authored insightful posts on the football and basketball teams. Will be sharing his prognostication skills in a regular "Pick 10" feature that gamblers may find useful (not that we condone that sort of thing).

* KevinHog - another regular commenter and occasional poster who will be raising the level of discourse around here by bringing an academic and literary flavor to his posts. Keeps the blog thematically sound by being a genuine expat.

* Whit E. Knight - our resident historian, his three part series on the 1978 Final Four team earlier this year remains some of the best stuff ever posted on this site. He's a Southwestern/Rhodes grad, so you know he's a class act all the way.

Please give THB, J. Hawg, Kevin and Whit a warm Razorback Expats welcome, and keep an eye out for their posts ( (if you're curious, look for the name under each post to see who is writing what).