As we monitored social media streams for news and developments Sunday afternoon, we noticed our stream blow up with an odd back and forth between Razorback fans and Red Wolves and at least one member of the sporting press regarding a message purportedly from Jeff Long, the athletic director at the University of Arkansas.
Actually, it was @jefflongua quoting a tweet from a Hog fan, then @jefflongua adding his two cents.
“@hoggystyle11: @darrelllayton19 @jefflongua @bretbielema this is Arkansas there is no red-wolf territory all hog country #WPS” THE TRUTH
— Jeff Long (@jefflongUA) December 16, 2012
The blowback from ASU fans on Twitter has been swift and steady.
Interesting shot taken by @jefflongua in that last RT
— Jay Bir (@TheJayBir) December 16, 2012
@thejaybir @jefflongua he has a lot of time on his hands since their season is already over
— Chase Cook (@ChaseCook_EX482) December 16, 2012
@jefflongua u can keep on thinking this while u are getting drunk watching OUR Bowl game! #uarearrogant #hogsarenogood
— Scott Saunders (@zip_stah) December 16, 2012
@jefflongua @hoggystyle11 @darrelllayton19 @bretbielema wow even the AD is a classless liar.
— ArkSt_com (@ArkSt_com) December 16, 2012
$20 says @jefflongua declares an intern posted that.
— ArkSt_com (@ArkSt_com) December 16, 2012
ASU system President Dr. Charles Welch tweets:
I encourage ASU fans to take the high road, be positive, and concentrate on building OUR program. Our future is bright. #RedWolvesRising
— Chuck Welch (@chucklwelch) December 16, 2012
https://twitter.com/Scott_Edmondson/status/280506971357052928 https://twitter.com/Scott_Edmondson/status/280448911389360129@cbahn @sportinglifeark if red wolves fans don't like it then they should unfollow him! I'm glad @jefflonguais a committed HOG! #WPS
— @Mel_Mo22 (@Mel_Mo22) December 16, 2012
And we hear back from @jefflongUA
“@endaroundreport: Get an ASU state license plate High Road @jefflongua”. Excited to see I have gotten my in state friends fired up!! :-))
— Jeff Long (@jefflongUA) December 17, 2012
#RedWolves fans Relax. Meant no disrespect. Just expressing complete support for Hogs. Enjoy your success, you earned it. Happy Holidays :-)
— Jeff Long (@jefflongUA) December 17, 2012
We will continue to add tweets as we see them.
What do you think? Was it a shot? The truth? Appropriate?
So just to clarify …. Jesse … you believe that ASU’s program is on the same level as THE U of A right? Just wanting to confirm this? Well Hog fans I guess we can all take solace in the fact regardless of ASU’s opinion they are not a self sustaining program. They are funded by Arkansas Tax Payers to ensure they don’t fade into oblivion. So I guess the Red Wolves have a little bit of all of us in them, by choice or not.
Both FBS schools. Both BCS conferences. Same conference as ULM.
We have won our conference championship though which makes us sort of different.
Sunbelt is not a BCS AQ conference.
LOL Hold your tongue Jesse that was a 24 year old hot blonde Volley Ball player , and at least he was here longer then a year. Says Mr. Freese and the Gus Bus. Look forward to see Coach Harsin in the SEC in 2014.
With that reasoning Jesse Corky from life goes on can win a gold in the special Olympics and deserves to be on the same level as Carl Lewis after all they both won what people would call Gold Medals. Congrats on your Sun Belt Championship … Alas it is still a Sun Belt Championship.
Only UA fans can still trash-talk the conference that ruined their championship season and not see the irony.
Ummmmm sun belt didn’t ruin our season….. It was going to be bad anyways
And please don’t call the Sun Belt a BCS conference you have to actually be in a BCS game to be considered one.
Incorrect.
Well this has been fun, always fun to crap on little brother now and then and make sure he keeps towing the line. And you are correct, no one cares about ASU its just fun to poke them and get them mad now and then but in the end its just like kicking a Sun Belt Champion its not fun.
Easy to talk when you have a policy protecting you from playing them on the field. Pussy pigs
I really don’t care what they say. I just like to keep them talking, and talking, and talking about ASU. And it isn’t hard.
since it’s pretty uncommon & there aren’t many reasons to be talking about ASU
not to mention who in the world would ever want to live in Jonesboro. I pity you all. go back to your fantasy world. you are not & never will be relevant.
OK nastycake or whatever you call yourself, trashing the city I have called home for most of my life is not necessary. It’s actually a very nice place to live, better than Washington County, (otherwise known as Methville). If the Arkansas State University wasn’t or isn’t relevant then why all the chatter from hog fans? Because deep down your like the snotty rich girl at the prom who’s boyfriend left her for someone less beautiful but has potential and that scares you! No one is saying we’re better than you on the field, but we’ll never know unless we play the game. All i know is we are back to back conference champions and going bowling two years in a row, so keep telling yourself your relevant in the SEC, NOT, because if you aren’t first you might as well be last.
I liked a-state better when they never won, bc they never said anything. They win a couple of toilet bowls and now they think they can compete with the big boys every year. Sure, you may have beaten the Hogs this year, or maybe even once every 10 years if we played annually. But if you really think you can compete with the Us or the SEC on a regular basis then you are completely delisusional. Like, Tennessee fans delusional. Seriously, how many a-state fans thought Gruden was going to be your coach? Come on, I’m sure some of you did. Haha. Get real. Stop trolling.
I have never known ASU when they did not win. They won as a small college (including a small college national championship), as a Division 1 program (undefeated in 1975), then in 1AA (multiple playoff appearances), and now as a FBS program.
IMO their program has gotten better and better on the field.
The Razorbacks have had a lot of growth off the field, but not so much on the field.
one way to get people to post jim is drag the dead horse out and whip it. boring
There are more Razorback fans in Jonesboro than there are Red Wolf fans so it is THE TRUTH.
Anything to back that up?
Being from around Jonesboro I’d say I see 2 Hog shirts for every 1 Red Wolf shirt. If you take away the student body the ratio is even more in favor of the Hogs. Most people root for Hogs first, Red Wolves second.
Not being like most people from Arkansas is not a bad thing.
dont get out much do ya!?