This is a special bonus episode of #RockedUp that's actually the January 21 episode of the Short Time Wrestling Podcast. It's plugged into the feed to give subscribers an update on the program since the whistle blew on Conner Ward's first match

It's Time To Fight

Nov 30th, 2019 25m 50s

When November 24, 2019 finally came, it put a close on the building era of the Little Rock wrestling program. It’s been 616 days since the announcement during the 2018 NCAA Division I Championships of a new Division I program. For coach Neil E

Optimistically Scared

Nov 22nd, 2019 27m 42s

With the days winding down before Little Rock wrestlers take to their home mat at the Jack Stephens Center for the first time, there’s been a change at the top. One of the men instrumental in making Little Rock’s wrestling program a reality, C

Help Wanted

Nov 15th, 2019 26m 9s

For a solid year, Neil Erisman was it when it came to the new wrestling program at Little Rock. He was every coach, every recruiting coordinator, he ran every errand that needed to be run. He did all this while awaiting the completion of his of

First Year Down, First Year To Go

Nov 4th, 2019 25m 51s

One year since the hiring of Neil Erisman, things have been changing at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Construction was starting on the new on-campus practice facility, recruits have joined Conner Ward, creating the roster for the

A Team of One

Oct 15th, 2019 24m 18s

With coaches hired and administrative support set, the first whistle blows for Little Rock’s first wrestling dual in November of 2019. But even before that dual and that official season commences, there’s one athlete who’s already ready to roll

Behind the Scenes

Oct 11th, 2019 24m 17s

There’s a lot of moving parts in a college athletics department. It’s more than just an Athletic Director and some coaches. There’s support staff, administrative assistants, academic support, compliance, sports information, marketing and promot

Who is Neil Erisman?

Sep 3rd, 2019 24m 11s

If you’re the athletics director at a Division I institution and you’re looking to hire a head coach to start your team from scratch, what are some of the credentials you look for? If you’re starting a basketball team, are you going to look at

Capturing the Nation's Attention

Aug 19th, 2019 24m 21s

Capturing the nation's attention In the big money world of Division I college athletics, only five championship sports actually make the NCAA money. Of course, the biggest is the Final Four, the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament. Now

A Legend Comes To Town

Aug 11th, 2019 20m 45s

A Legend Comes to Town In the lore of college sports, there's always the aura of having done something no one else had ever done. In 1994, a wrestler from Oklahoma State University named Pat Smith became the first wrestler in NCAA Division I w

First, Best or Different - How Ouachita Baptist paved the way for college wrestling in Arkansas

Jun 28th, 2019 26m 35s

First, Best or Different - How Ouachita Baptist paved the way for college wrestling in Arkansas This entire series has been telling you one story to set up another. On Episode 3, we look back at the impact of the first college wrestling progra

The Chicken or the Egg

May 9th, 2019 31m 56s

What came first, the chicken or the egg? On the second episode of Rocked Up, we'll meet Little Rock radio personality and former Arkansas football player David Bazzel. He'll introduce us to how Greg Hatcher, an insurance man in Little Rock, ta

Where the journey begins

Apr 17th, 2019 28m 26s

Wrestling is the world's oldest sport. In Arkansas, it's the newest. This is Rocked Up, the story of the foundations and formations of a new college sports team at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. What makes this story unique isn't j

Trailer

It's almost time to get Rocked Up

Feb 26th, 2019 1m 12s

Launching in the Spring of 2019 is Rocked Up, a new serialized podcast produced by the Mat Talk Podcast Network chronicling the start of a new Division I sport at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Season 1 will start from the beginnin