Unborn sailors will someday hear that echo, and it will likely become known as a haunted ship.Īll of this will come to pass because some folks from Arkansas wanted pork instead of roast beef. This sound will be echoing in the depths of the USS Ranger for years to come. Hopefully, these folks will have a nice generic cheer, something old-fashioned like: “Rah rah, sis boom bah, go Sun Devils.”īut from that one section of the stadium will come this forlorn oooooooohing like the sound emerging from the mist in a Stephen King movie. Consequently, this won’t be one big hog bog hoedown. Indeed, ASU’s teams are known as the Sun Devils. This animal is a member of the family tayassuidae, which I presume is pronounced something like: “Tay-yah-soooooey-day.”Īlas, Arizona State’s fans do not seem inclined to call the hogs indigenous to their neighborhoods. This beast, which resembles the razorback on the Arkansas helmet, is described as the New World counterpart of the swine. However, it will interest the gentleman from Arizona that the javelina is listed, though not in any detail. You know how nicknames are the rage these days. This would not seem to be a pig, and I forgot to check and see if it was the nickname of an Arkansas lineman. In fact, the only razorback I found in the encyclopedia was the razorback whale. I guess the Arkansas Razorback has more to do with pigskins than pigs. Remarkably, there was nothing about either an Arkansas pig or an Arkansas razorback. Under pig, I found Beltville, Palouse, Yorkshire Large White, Berkshire, Spotted Poland China, Chester White, Hampshire, Duroc, Maryland, Minnesota and Montana, among others. Flip to another volume and I would understand about these razorbacks-and maybe javelinas. However, under hog with one G and a lower case h, it said: “See pig.” ![]() I found James Hogg, Quintin Hogg and Thomas Jefferson Hogg. I hastened to the office and looked up hog. I thought the encyclopedia might be helpful. It is even fashionable to debate which university has the best football team, though that question will be resolved Sunday evening. These pre-game affairs usually develop into no-win debates over which state is the best or the most beautiful. I don’t think anyone from Arkansas can even spell that name, let alone say it. This fellow Brent Brown, the executive vice president of Arizona State University, was standing at the microphone. ![]() This was not to end when the Arkansas folks settled back in their seats, because Arizona State was not about to let the Razorbacks hog the spotlight. John Paul Jones, the first Ranger’s first captain, surely would not have understood, but he probably would have been equally confused by football itself. This past April, Arkansas defeated UCA in 10 innings in front of a sell out crowd at Dickey. you guessed it.Īll of this was transpiring on one of America’s finest fighting ships. Next spring’s contest will see the Razorbacks host Lipscomb University on Tuesday May 2 at 6:00 p.m. Some of them-again, adults, mind you-even wear silly red plastic hats molded in the shape of a. I was to later learn these people rise in groups of 50,000 to call for these pigs back home in hog heaven. ![]() I will combine shipping.Razorbacks? Pigs? Hogs? What was this they were ordering? Pig-soooooey? Or was it pig-suey? Is it eaten with rice? Or perhaps grits?įrankly, I was content to pig out on the roast beef. Poster will be rolled in a shipping tube for safe transit.Please email me with any questions.Make sure to take a look at the items I have listed for sale. Please see photos for a more detailed visual description of the item.Shipping: I package all items carefully to ensure safe shipping. Some wrinkling and creasing as well as slight discoloration from light exposure. ![]() A winning team's mascot would gradually get larger and tougher, the fans of losing teams would find their mascots growing thinner as the weeks went by.Size: Measures approximately 19" tall x 14" wideCondition: Good condition - Poster has been hung so there are pinholes in each of four corners. His cartoons appeared in program books, on posters, and in magazines.Two of his characters would eventually be officially adopted by their respective universities: Texas Tech's Raider Red and the University of Nebraska's Herbie Husker.West would alter the image of his characters over the course of a sports season. Lubbock, TX 79401From Wikipedia: West's most famous works featured caricatures of the sports mascots of various universities, mostly those of the Southwest Conference (and later the Big 12 Conference ), but other schools appeared as well, usually because they were playing Texas Tech. The bottom left corner of the poster is marked: Copyright 1972 Dirk West West Advertising 1103 8th St. Description: This vintage 1972 Dirk West Cartoon poster features the mascot for the University of Arkansas and reads: "SOOEY" The poster is a colorful caricature which Dirk West was famous for.
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