From the Sports Chest: The Razorbacks: A Story of Arkansas football book by Orville Henry & Jim Bailey

Growing up in Little Rock, Orville Henry was one of my larger windows to the Arkansas Razorbacks. I would read his column in the Arkansas Gazette every Sunday morning following a big win or crushing defeat. I picked up this book, Razorbacks: A Story of Arkansas football, somewhere along the way but only actually began reading it in August of 2011. August is the toughest month of the year because the long summer nightmare is nearly over and the boys of fall are just about ready to take the field. I was craving anything college football and this vintage book (published in 1973) was a delightful diversion. I really enjoyed the historical perspective of the Razorback football program, especially in light of how much life has changed in the past 20 years since Arkansas joined the Southeastern Conference. There was one prophetic story in the book that talked about how Arkansas was a better fit for the schools in the Southeastern Conference than the all-Texas school Southwestern Conference.

I highly recommend this book (you can pick it up on Amazon) for any Razorback fan interested in the history of the program. Orville Henry & Jim Bailey do an excellent job telling these stories, providing us a window to look back on many of the past greats to wear the cardinal & white.