A fun game is to match the nicknames with the all-time greats in the annals of Arkansas Razorback sports.
In basketball, there is Sidney “Super Sid” Moncrief, Corliss “Big Nasty” Williamson, Dean “The Tree” Tolson and Dwight “Big Dog” Stewart.
In football, among my favorites: Clyde “Smackover” Scott, Lance “Bambi” Alworth, Wayne “Thumper” Harris, Dennis “Dirt” Winston, Gary “Peanut” Adams and Larry “Earthquake” Jackson.
The root of most of those is pretty obvious. If you watched Harris tackle, thumps were easy to see. Williamson dunked and played the low block with nastiness. Alworth ran like a deer.