McCollum's Column: UA fans all over the board

Another round of "David Citations" for the interesting, the funny and the just plain weird:

ALL OVER THE BOARD WITH THE CHANGING FACE OF THE ARKANSAS FAN: During the pre-game before Nevada-Las Vegas, many predicted a rout, then several booed the UA offense. But when the Hogs won the game, several were shown on TV pointing No. 1 on their fingers and saying, "Bring on Tennessee." On the talk shows afterward, a few called in advocating firing coach Houston Nutt.

MOST NEGATIVE POSITIVE STAT: For three and a half quarters, the University of Arkansas' only first down against Nevada-Las Vegas was the result of a 13-yard sack, which drew a defensive holding penalty.

BEST REASON UNLV QUARTERBACK JASON THOMAS WILL NOT WIN THE HEISMAN TROPHY: He was 4 of 16 with three interceptions against Arkansas. UA quarterback Ryan Sorahan, who had more incompletions than completions in leading the Hogs on the winning touchdown drive, was 7 of 16.

MOST CHILLING ANALYSIS: Former Arkansas star Bruce James, after viewing the video of the UA-UNLV game, observed that the UA's offensive line "couldn't block ice."

WHO NEEDS IT WHEN YOU'RE HAVING THIS MUCH FUN?: After the University of Central Arkansas took a 42-10 lead over Abilene Christian, the Bears went more to their running game in running some clock the second half. "We started trying to go to an offense with a huddle and some of our players didn't know what to do," said UCA Clint Conque. "We hadn't been in a huddle all fall."

WELL, THEY HAVE BURIED A FEW OPPONENTS THROUGH THE YEARS: In his zeal to get to the scores on a Friday night football newscast, KATV (Channel 7) sportscaster Steve Sullivan noted, "Mayflower has always put a good field on its team."

YOU OUGHT TO SEE HIM WHEN HE GETS AN EAGLE: Andrew Achenbach is a middle school teacher from Trappe, Penn., who participated in the recent U.S. Amateur Golf Tournament. He became famous for eating 241 chicken wings in one hour as a student at Penn State.

HE PROBABLY HAD GREENS, CORNBREAD AND SWEET TEA AT THE VICTORY DINNER: Appropriately, when the U.S. Amateur went to the Deep South (Atlanta), it was won by Bubba Dickerson.

ANOTHER REASON FOOTBALL CONFERENCES WON'T BE IN GEOGRAPHY BOOKS: The University of Idaho is in the Sun Belt Conference.

BEST POLITICALLY CORRECT DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PANTS WORN BY THE UCA FOOTBALL TEAM: They are not black, they are really "deep charcoal gray," or "purple without passion."