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Visits not all brother's kids get from tackleBOB HOLTARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE Visiting Las Vegas this week is old hat to Arkansas junior defensive lineman Sacha Lancaster. This is Lancaster's fourth trip to the Strip. He has been here three times previously on spring break visiting his brother, Pat, who along with his wife runs a group home for Father Flanigan's Girls and Boys Town. "They're house parents and the kids stay with them and they teach them family things and how to deal with certain situations," Sacha Lancaster said. "It's a really a good program." Lancaster has gotten to know his brother's house kids -- which right now include six boys -- on his previous trips to Las Vegas. Several children in the program attended a Razorbacks practice this week, and Pat Lancaster said Arkansas is donating 75 tickets to Girls and Boys Town for the children to attend the Las Vegas Bowl. "When we found out Arkansas was coming here to play, we were so excited," Pat Lancaster said. "The kids really like seeing Sacha when he visits us, and now they're going to get to see him play in a game." PICTURE THIS Arkansas Athletic Director Frank Broyles is powerful, but he doesn't have the ability to stop an Arkansas Democrat-Gazette photographer from taking his picture. We were wrong to indicate yesterday that when Broyles came out of Carrot Top's show that he wouldn't let our photographer take a picture of him by the marquee. What happened is Broyles was so bothered by Carrot Top's vulgarity, he didn't want to be associated with the comedian in any way and asked that his picture not be taken or used in connection with the show. GO CENTRAL! Cheerleaders from Little Rock Central High School are among those from numerous schools taking part in a competition in Las Vegas this week. NOT SO HOT Ticket sales for the Las Vegas Bowl are slower than the horses we've been betting on at the sports book. Only 15,500 tickets had been sold earlier this week, according to Las Vegas Bowl director Tina Kunzer-Murphy. That total included about 3,500 to Arkansas fans, but the UA is still responsible for covering the cost of its 12,500 allotment. In the previous eight Las Vegas Bowls, the largest announced crowd was 28,227 last year, when Utah beat Fresno State 17-16. The smallest announced crowd was 10,118 four years ago, when Nevada beat Ball State 18-15. DROP THAT PHONE, MISTER There are a couple of no-nos about being in a Las Vegas casino. One is that you can't use a cell phone when you're in the sports book, even if it's just a conversation with a co-worker. Another is that when you're playing blackjack, use only one hand to check out your cards. Cell phone use in a sports book violates state law because of the possibility you could be placing bets for another person or revealing the odds. Putting two hands on the blackjack table leads to the suspicion you might be trying to cheat. These people out here ought to have more faith in their fellow human beings. BEST BET Frank Broyles won't be going back to see Carrot Top.
This article was published on Wednesday, December 20, 2000RETURN to main page
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