A senior sports columnist for ESPN.com who specializes in the coverage of college sports, mainly NCAA Division I football and men's basketball, as well as horse racing.
Also a frequent guest analyst on ESPN television.
Besides his feature columns that appear on the ESPN.com home page, he also writes a weekly "Forde Yard Dash" during the NCAA football regular season, featuring 40 mentions of college football from the previous week.
During the NCAA basketball regular season this column turns into "Forde Minutes" following the same premise as the Dash.
Over the past few years he has written several columns on the Arkansas football program.
He is currently covering the Summer Olympics in Bejing.
Before he went to ESPN, he was a sportswriter at the The Courier-Journal in Louisville, KY and is a 1987 graduate of the University of Missouri.
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This Weeks Meeting was Coach Clint Conque
November 17, 2008 Clint Conque Head Football coach for the UCA Bears.
Since his hiring in 2000, the Bears have continued to gain national and regional recognition while compiling a 60-31 overall record during the past 8 years.
Considered one of the best offensive coaches in the country, the Bears have finished in the top ten nationally in both passing and scoring offense in four of those seven seasons while the team has finished ranked in the Top 25 four years as well.
Conque has sent 12 players to the NFL including 4 from his 2006 team and the 2008 version of the Bears feature a top 5 NFL ranked QB in Sr. Nathan Brown.
November 10, 2008 Mike Summers Mike Summers is entering his 29th season as a collegiate coach and his first at Arkansas after joining head coach Bobby Petrino’s staff as assistant head coach and offensive line coach on January 3.
Summers was on Petrino’s staff all four seasons at Louisville (2003-06) and spent the 2007 season on Petrino’s staff with the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons as the offensive line coach.
His 2004 line helped Louisville set a school record with 3,005 rushing yards and 47 touchdowns while allowing only 20 sacks and leading the nation in total offense.
Louisville also set school records for total offense (6,468 yards) and points scored (597) with six Cardinals earning first-team All-Conference USA honors.
November 3, 2008 Gus Malzahn Native Arkansan who currently serves as the offensive coordinator at th
University of Tulsa.
He has helped lead the Tulsa Hurricane to a #18 BCS ranking this year and he brings that raking into Fayetteville this weekend.
During Malzahn's first year at Tulsa, the Golden Hurricanes had the #1 ranked offense in the country in total yards per game.
Tulsa also became the first team in NCAA history to have a 5,000 yard passer, 1,000 yard rusher and three 1,000 yard receivers.
In 2006, as offensive coordinator of the University of Arkansas, Malzahn helped lead the Razorbacks to the SEC Western Division
championship .
As a high school coach he won 3 state titles including an undefeated 14-0 season and a top ten national ranking at Springdale High School.
October 20, 2008 Ivan Maisel Award winning and nationally recognized senior writer for ESPN.com.
In addition to covering college football for the ESPN website, he also contributes to ESPN's SportsCenter, ESPNEWS, ESPN Radio and ESPN The Magazine.
Maisel served as a senior sportswriter for Sports Illustrated and CNNSI.com for five years.
He's also covered collegesports for Newsday, Dallas Morning News, and the Sporting News.
His 22 years on the national college football beat is the longest uninterrupted tenure of any writer in the country.
He has written several books including The Maisel Report: The Most Overrated and Underrated Players, Coaches, Games, Stadiums, and Traditions in College Football which will be released this fall. During the past two years he has done extensive stories on the University of Arkansas football program.
October 20, 2008 Pete Cordelli Color analyst for the Ole Miss Rebel football and basketball network.
Cordelli is a color analyst for the Ole Miss Rebel football and basketball network. He a former assistant coach under Lou Holtz.
His coaching stops included Arkansas, Minnesota, Notre Dame, TCU, Memphis St., Kent St., and Western Michigan. He also served as a scout for the Dallas Cowboys.
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October 13, 2008 Grant Teaff Former Baylor Head Coach & AFCA Executive Director
Inducted into 7 Halls of Fame including the College Football Hall of Fame and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame
Considered greatest coach in Baylor History. Named SWC Coach of the Year 6 times and was the National Bear Bryant Coach of the Year winner in 1974.
Executive Director of the American Football Coaches Association with over 10,000 member coaches. Sporting News named Teaff one of the most powerful administrators in college football.
October 6, 2008 Pat Dye COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME, class of 2005
SEC Coach of the Year
1983, 1987, 1988
Fourth coach in SEC HISTORY to win 3 straight SEC titles 87, 88, 89
Won 4 SEC titles in
12 years at Auburn
Athletic Director at Auburn
from 1981-1992
The playing field at Jordan-Hare Stadium was named PAT DYE FIELD in 2005
Coached Bo Jackson & the Tigers to a 11-1 record and Sugar Bowl title in 1983
His 1st nine years as an assistant was under ALABAMA’s BEAR BRYANT
Earned ALL-AMERICAN honor as a player at Georgia
(1958-60)
September 29, 2008 Bob Tebow Evangelistic Father of 2008 Heisman Tropy Winner, Tim Tebow.
September 22, 2008 Jeff Long New Athletic Director for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks.
September 15, 2008 Major Ogilvie Alabama Crimson Tide football hero who led the team to two National Championships.
September 8, 2008 Gino Torretta Former Heisman Trophy winning AFL quarterback for several teams in the NFL from 1993 to 1997.
September 2, 2008 Keith Jackson 2 Time College All-American, 6 Time NFL All Pro,
Super Bowl Champion & Color Commentator for the Arkansas Razorbacks.
Keith Jackson was gracious enough to fill in for Chris Mortensen who had to cancel due to the Memorial Service for Gene Upshaw.
August 25, 2008
Dan Reeves Retired NFL player and coach.
Dan Reeves opened the 2008 Season for the Little Rock Touchdown Club. For Coach Reeves complete remarks, please click on the audio link above.
