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Sep 18, 2026
Trey SchaapCORRESPONDENT
Friday on The Zone, I am going to be at Baumwalker Stadium getting you set for the DSA series for baseball and softball.
Trey SchaapCORRESPONDENT
And so we're going to be talking some bat and ball sports with Matt Hobbs, Courtney Deifel, and Reese Robinette.
Trey SchaapCORRESPONDENT
Also getting you set for the Razorbacks and Georgia Bulldogs with Clint Sterner, thanks to Chris Crane, Dodge, Jeep, Ram, and Tom Murphy coming in from the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
Trey SchaapCORRESPONDENT
That's Friday on The Zone, where sports and entertainment come crashing together.
Justin AcriHOST
All right, Phil Olson and Faye, but we're going to be joined bottom of the hour by Courtney Diefel.
Justin AcriHOST
We got Matt Hobbs coming up 11.
Justin AcriHOST
35,
Phil ElsonHOST
is that what it is, or 11.45? I think he's at 11.45 because Courtney's at 11.30, and I just couldn't quite slide things on the calendar there just right.
18 MINS LATER
Justin AcriHOST
But you know what? She's the boss.
Justin AcriHOST
She can come when she wants.
Justin AcriHOST
And Matt Hobbs in the same boat.
Justin AcriHOST
So we're going to get them at some point this hour, we believe.
Phil ElsonHOST
Just saying, softball is the first to go today at 4 o'clock.
Phil ElsonHOST
So we've got Courtney Diefel at 11.30. Matt Hobbs, Arkansas pitching coach, will come into the booth here at 11.45.
Phil ElsonHOST
He seems to be sort of like leading the charge on this DSA thing, at least from the baseball program's aspect and maybe from the athletic department overall.
Phil ElsonHOST
He seems to be the main representative of it.
45 MINS LATER
Justin AcriHOST
I mean, and sometimes they just can't make it.
Justin AcriHOST
Clint's been told, we've been told by Clint that he can make it at 1230, so that's good.
Justin AcriHOST
Also next hour, in addition to Tom, Courtney Diefel, Matt Hobbs.
Justin AcriHOST
And in our 12 o'clock hour today, we're going to talk to Reese Robinette.
Andrew EllisHOST
You've got a really nice freshman class.
Andrew EllisHOST
You've got a huge chunk of sophomores, which Matt Hobbs, we were talking to him the other day.
Andrew EllisHOST
He was like, yeah, we very rarely have a large sophomore class.
Andrew EllisHOST
Because it's usually a couple guys that you really like that you bring back that then have big roles, and the rest of them transfer out.
16 MINS LATER
Andrew EllisHOST
Perfect game invites some of the top players out and they always have these little combines and showcases or whatever.
Andrew EllisHOST
Those are always huge hotbeds for getting on the radar.
Andrew EllisHOST
You might not always get offered at events like that, but if, you know, Matt Hobbs is at a perfect game showcase and you throw 96, uh, You're probably going to be on Arkansas's radar from then.
Andrew EllisHOST
And so from then from there, they'll be reaching out.
Phil ElsonHOST
And we've got Courtney Diefel coming on.
Phil ElsonHOST
We'll have Matt Hobbs.
Phil ElsonHOST
Reese Robinette will join.
Phil ElsonHOST
And working on at least another bat and ball guest of sorts.
Kevin BohannonGUEST
And then they're staying on that Monday to play Tarleton State.
Kevin BohannonGUEST
So as Matt Hobbs spoke, they're starting fall practice today.
Kevin BohannonGUEST
They will scrimmage twice this weekend.
Kevin BohannonGUEST
They've got four games this fall.
Kevin BohannonGUEST
Get fans out there.
Kevin BohannonGUEST
Get some NIL money raised.
Kevin BohannonGUEST
And they're going to get to evaluate a lot of pitchers because this is Matt Hobbs' first time at Arkansas that he's really going to fall ball and said, we don't know who's going to be the starting rotation.
Kevin BohannonGUEST
They've got a lot to figure out.
Andrew EllisHOST
Tomorrow, I don't know what the...
Andrew EllisHOST
I don't know if we're gonna make it, do an episode of the Bombastic podcast, but we will get to hear from pitching coach Matt Hobbs.
Andrew EllisHOST
He's gonna be meeting with the media tomorrow morning, and so we'll see what he has to say to kind of preview fall practice.
Andrew EllisHOST
Got a lot to talk about with him.
11 MINS LATER
Andrew EllisHOST
Projectable.
Andrew EllisHOST
Uh, they like what they see.
Andrew EllisHOST
Matt Hobbs got an up close and personal look at him this summer.
Andrew EllisHOST
Uh, and so they like what they see.
Justin AcriHOST
Speaking out of school.
Justin AcriHOST
You could tell Matt Hobbs, and Matt's not a smoke blower, he's very optimistic about the roster they've assembled.
Phil ElsonHOST
I think he's got reason to be.
Phil ElsonHOST
I mean, we're talking about depth in terms of who can be a starting pitcher.
Phil ElsonGUEST
He's actually going to be here with us, too.
Phil ElsonGUEST
We've got Matt Hobbs, Arkansas pitching coach, stopping by because the baseball team's got some events coming up.
Phil ElsonGUEST
And Hobbs is always up to date with what's going on with the other teams, too.
David BazzelHOST
Yeah, we've got it warmed up for you.
Justin AcriHOST
So you invited a special
Phil ElsonHOST
guest today? Yeah, we got Matt Hobbs coming in, Arkansas pitching coach.
Phil ElsonHOST
It'll be 1045 right after we talk with Clint Sterner on the phone for our weekly chat and actually get to talk about an Arkansas football game that we will be watching tomorrow.
Phil ElsonHOST
Gosh, it's finally here.
35 MINS LATER
Justin AcriHOST
That's Clint Sterner.
Justin AcriHOST
Let's take a quick break.
Justin AcriHOST
Matt Hobbs is joining us.
Justin AcriHOST
We didn't used to talk baseball in the fall, but it's become increasingly important, and there is a lot more built around that as an experience for the fans, too, going on right now.
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