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Bobby Swafford

Bobby Swafford

Bobby Swofford, Assistant Executive Director of the Arkansas Activities Association (AHSAA) and former KFSM-TV 5NEWS Sports Director.

Oct 20, 2026

24:00
How's that for a thought?
24:01
Yeah.
24:02
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24:56
I mean, I don't know, really can't really figure out what Texas is.
25:01
And so it's not going to get any easier.
25:02
I mean, I'm not saying that Arkansas is going to run the table to finish the slate, but also it's not nearly as tough as we thought it was probably three or four weeks ago.
26:53
How about a Harbor upset and Benville West? That was pretty awesome.
26:57
Hey, you called it perfectly, JB.
40:49
Yeah
40:49
... it's 50/50.
40:50
I mean, yes, you, you can rip on the players all you want.
40:52
You can rip on the coaches all you want for bad play calls, but you have to go out there and execute, and you have to go out there and make plays, and you have to go out there and win one-on-one battles.
41:02
And, you know, I've said it before, JB, uh, Arkansas doesn't have many, if any, that can g- do that on a consistent basis in the SEC.
41:10
And that's what's gonna happen when you're playing good defenses, and Tennessee leads the cou- led the country in sacks coming into the weekend.
41:16
When you're playing good teams, good defenses, uh, it makes it even worse, and you're gonna have spurts just like that at the end of the game, where you're not able to pick up a first down when you need it.

5 MINS LATER

46:34
Right.
43:54
Yeah.
43:54
That is where Arkansas is, because it doesn't matter who the coach is.
43:58
I mean, Nick Saban can come out of retirement or, uh, Kirby Smart could leave Georgia this second and come to this Arkansas roster, they're still gonna go three and nine at best, because they are deficient in the one area that matters most, talent.
44:11
They are, do not have SEC talent on the offensive side of the football, maybe sans Chris Marshall.
44:17
Other than that, they don't have guys who are supposed to be lining up with the, the nation's best and go out there and win.
44:22
You can just watch one-on-one battles, and you saw it against Texas A&M across the board.
44:27
When you need a big play, Arkansas's not winning that battle.

7 MINS LATER

51:45
... right? Yeah.
2:18
So how do we do it? Like if it does rain a little bit, soccer goes on, no lightning?
2:24
Yeah, as long as there's no lightning and the playing conditions are good enough.
2:28
A lot of times we're starting to see more and more facilities have artificial surfaces, even for baseball, softball.
2:34
So we're lucky we'll be able to keep playing.
2:36
But we have the beginning part of next week if we need it.
2:39
We've had to play semifinals on Mondays before.
2:41
Of course, we don't like to, especially for baseball, softball, when you're talking about rest for arms and pitching.

6 MINS LATER

8:28
Any talk of anything, any rumblings on football stuff for fall?

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