When UALR Athletic Director Frank Cuervo asked Ray Tucker, there was such a long pause he thought maybe Tucker wasn't interested in being honored at the 2026 SpectacUALR.
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Wally Hall is assistant managing sports editor for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. A graduate of the University of Arkansas-Little Rock after an honorable discharge from the U.S. Air Force, he is a member and past president of the Football Writers Association of America, member of the U.