Mike Irwin puts the swerve on Hogville

"The Razorback Internet fans have gone completely crazy."

That's what NWA TV guy Mike Irwin said on KARN's "Sports Rap" on Wednesday after being asked about the firing of Renee Gork after she wore a Florida Gators hat to a Bobby Petrino press conference.

Irwin then told hosts Shawn and Wally that the Internet people -- and you know who you are -- went way over the line when they went after Gork personally, sent her hate e-mails, asked her employer to fire her, tried to organize an advertiser boycott, and mined her personal information from Facebook and Twitter to use against her.

He's right -- many of the Razorback fans on the Internet are disgusting people and use sports as an outlet to put that on display. When you are mad at the coach, it's an easy excuse to let out all the frustrations of your life on that target.

But perhaps this quote from Irwin struck you as a little odd considering his history.

Irwin was once a leader of that Internet mob on Hogville as the ball was rolling to unleash the hate machine on Houston Nutt. His minions went after Nutt personally, asked his employer to fire him, sent hate e-mails, and you know the rest of all the absolutely bizarre ends these people went to in order to oust Nutt.

Irwin left his position as an administrator on Hogville only after the TV station he worked for told him to.

Mike Irwin, I salute you for putting the swerve on your former following.

You know the nastiness on the Internet message boards has gotten bad when even its former spokespeople are disowning what is going on there.

Some of these Razorback message boards have become Public Enemy No. 1 to Razorback athletics, and they continue to self-destruct the program and put the state in a negative light nationwide. With Gork, the dorks struck again.

When Booth Rand was running things on Pigpen, he would never let this nonsense get out of hand. But the guys running the Pigpen spawns seem to thrive in this stuff and delete any dissenting and rational thought.

And one more note on Renee Gork: She is married to Mike Capshaw -- and wasn't he one of the beat reporters on the campaign to fire Nolan who was in the group that got chewed out at the infamous press conference?

Nutt 2, Hogville/Wally/Beck 0

All your sad and lost apostles hum my name and flare their nostrils
Choking on the bones you toss to them
Well I'm not one to sit and spin
'Cause living well's the best revenge
Baby, I am calling you on that

Ole Miss 30, Arkansas 17
“That’s about as disappointing as it gets,” Petrino said. “They beat us in all phases. They beat our defense up. They beat our offense up and they won the special teams. We didn’t match thier intensity early. We didn’t come out and execute on offense and had a hard time protecting the quarterback and running the ball. So it’s about as disappointing as you can get after having a great battle last week and then taking a huge step backwards.”

Letters to Ramon

Actual calls from actual listeners...

"Wally Hall is a moron. Anyway, I'll be cheering for Ole Miss. Not only will I be cheering, I'm hoping Ole Miss wins big and Nutt charges into the stands to lead Ole Miss's band in a victory song. I'd then hope he'd kick Lanny Beavers and Wally in their respective junks. In the words of Tim Brando, 'Ole Miss is the best 3-4 team in the country.'" -- Jeremy P.

"Can't say I was ever a Nutt fan, even from the beginning. I did not like his demeanor on the sideline - looked out of control - and I always felt that kind of spastic behavior filtered down to the players and accounted for their lack of discipline on the field, stupid plays, etc. That being said, I didn't like the way he went out, from his end or that of the 'fans'. But one thing has already been proven a constant with Nutt now that he's in Oxford - he'll win games he is supposed to lose and just as often lose games he is supposed to win." -- Jeff G.

"Sorry, hate to pick against the Hogs, but I'm looking forward to Nutt's revenge." -- Paul H.

"Your choice matchups having me praying for rain (at least in Red Bank, NJ) to relieve me of my previous commitment to hang up Halloween decorations and get a pumpkin. While my 7 year old daughter would be disappointed to be rained out, the consolation prize will be to get daddy a napkin before mommy sees the dropped wing on the couch!" -- Greg Biz

"I used the same online ouija as Senor Dailey, but it seems I summoned the spirit of Shannon Hoon because when I questioned the Arkansas/Ole Miss game the reply came back 'czhat.' I called a heroin addicted friend of mine and he said that was clearly an Arkansas pick." -- DJ U-Explicit Johnson

"Never a good idea to pick so few home teams, but I am doing it anyway. Who needs $800? Probably a good idea to wear a rain coat to the game on Saturday - Mom told me you are going to be one of the fans cheering for Ole Miss and the rain coat should protect you from the spit hurled at you." -- Kate D.

"I hate Houston Dale Nutt. I hope he trips on his way to the stadium, falls into the street, and Nolan runs him over with his car!" -- Joe C.

"I noticed how you're sharing the extra money in the prizes. Just like a democrat sharing the wealth. On a serious note, that was nice of Wells to create that for Catholic alums and I do like the loser award because it's definitely just as difficult to go 0-5 if you're really picking." -- BR

"Ole Miss-Arkansas - Winner: Won't Pick. I've quit picking Arkansas games in case you didn't remember that from last year. It hasn't been a problem this year." -- Brendan O.

"I drank moonshine, that remarkably tasted like straight Popov and went down about as smooth. West Virginia fans like to cuss at you and give you the finger a lot. And finally, drinking a half liter of Captain Morgan DURING the game means you don't really remember a lot and a miserable 300 mile drive back to Philadelphia." -- Lee D. on his trip to see Auburn play at Morgantown