Chad Morris sends handwritten letter to 84-year-old Arkansas fan who injured herself celebrating
The 2018 season was a rough one for many Arkansas fans, but it didn’t break the spirit of 84-year-old Kathleen Smith. Unfortunately, it did break her hip.
Smith told Kaitlyn Rigdon of the El Dorado News-Times that a Hogs touchdown in the Arkansas-Ole Miss game (Oct. 13, 2018) made her jump up out of her chair at the Hudson Senior Center, resulting in a fall that broke her hip.
“As well as I can remember, I was sitting in a chair and I jumped up when we scored a touchdown,” Smith told Rigdon. “I jumped so high and so hard that when I came down, it kind of knocked me out.”
The story was passed along to Chad Morris’ secretary. Now Smith has a signed photograph and handwritten letter from Morris.
“I am so sorry to hear that you fell during our game last Saturday,” Morris wrote. “Our entire Razorback staff and players are praying for a quick recovery. We appreciate your support and love for the Razorbacks. I promise that we will get this program back to the top. Please take care and stay strong — Just keep getting better everyday. Hope to see you when I come to El Dorado. Go Hogs!”
Hopefully Smith has more reasons to celebrate, without any more injuries, in 2019.
What could she have been celebrating regarding Arkansas football? That the Razorbacks won the coin toss?
Reading is fundamental…
LOL…..what a joke of a story……..ya gotta go back 14 months to find an Arkansas fan that celebrated in a football game !!
Check a calendar; the year in the article is a typo. It was this year.
You’re welcome.
Meh…London will find any excuse to denigrate the Hogs.
I know it.
Also, check it out; they even corrected the date.
Saw that. Crazy how negative Hog “fans” will jump on the tiniest thing.
Indeed.
Imo, this is a time to be excited and optimistic about the future – the near future, at that – with this amazing recruiting class we just signed. Heh, great Christmas gift. Can’t wait to see how this crop turns out – because I know they’re gonna be great – AND I can’t wait to see the class we sign next December/February 2020.
I mean, look at this:
Morriss’ first signing class – well done, esp with the time given to develop a class.
The second – BIG improvement
Can’t wait to see the third and fourth ones.
I’m feelin’ great about all this.
Thank you for letting me know to fact check SDS as the writers have no clue as to which they speak ……….
I thought it spoke well for the lady’s love for her team and it was nice for the coach to send her a note. It’ll be nicer if he follows through on his statement to come see her in person.