It was obvious Tommy Tuberville felt at home and comfortable.
At the Little Rock Touchdown Club on Monday he kept taking questions from the audience until David Bazzel finally announced last call. Tuberville had just 1½ hours to catch his flight when he finished his last answer.
Tuberville, who shared his birthday with the crowd of about 400, is so well-liked in Arkansas he is claimed by both Hermitage and Camden as being his hometown, and both are serious about it.
Tuberville is in his first year away from college football since Larry Lacewell brought him to Arkansas State University in 1980.