A Rallying Cry

Fellow Razorback football fans, news from the Hill in the past several days has been puzzling, confusing, and even a little depressing. But I implore you all to take heart. Once the news of Gus's departure came down, were we really surprised to see Mustain jump ship? And if Ben Cleveland follows that should not surprise us either. While it may be easy to deride Mitch for not living up to commitments and having a quitters mentality, I suggest to you that we should possibly applaud him for his loyalty to his high school coach. Afterall, he has been with Gus Malzahn a lot longer than he has been with Coach Nutt. And let us remember that Mustain is YOUNG. He isn't making these decisions on his own, nor is he mature enough at this point in his life to realize all the ramifications of such a decision. He will learn as we all had to after making an 18 year old's decision when we looked back on it with 30-40 year old eyes.

But, enough about the FORMER Razorbacks. I want to call upon all true fans to focus on the current Razorbacks. You see, there are still some guys on the team named Jones, Dick, and oh yeah, some guy named McFadden. These guys need our support. Whatever you may think of recent events, spelling doom and gloom for the program some 8 months before the next kickoff is just plain crazy. Besides, it was McFadden & Jones and that stingy Hog's defense that gave us those ten wins. So, let us NOT panic and become pessimists. A great deal of fine tuning is coming between now and September. Let us NOT wait until the middle of the season when we once again beat Auburn to decide we want to get behind this team. Let's get behind them NOW.

So, to the "Springdale Connection", I bid you a fond farewell, and sincerely wish you the best. As for me and my Razorbacks, we look forward to celebrating a Heisman Trophy winner, and a National Championship a little less than one year from now.

GO HOGS!!!

Post Passion '07

What a conference! I definitely feel closer to God since it. I just want to keep that going now, and stay in His will. Another thing that the conference has impressed upon me is the need to witness to the lost. I think we as Christians take for granted our great gift from God, and we forget the Great Commission. One of the speakers, Louie Giglio, spoke on exactly that. Christ left us with one very specific instruction to carry out until His return---GO! Louie even chided churches for how they consider inviting a missionary to the church and taking up a love offering at the end of service to be true witnessing. But, Jesus called us ALL as individuals to do our part in furthering the kingdom. Louie said something else very important. God doesn't NEED us to carry this out. God will do what He set out to do even if the rocks have to proclaim the matchless name of Christ. But how sad for us to go to Heaven someday and not be a part of the greatest party in the universe. How much better to arrive and have God introduce you to people for whom you had a part in witnessing. Wow! What a day that will be!