Gosser's role vital, even as a backup

FAYETTEVILLE -- The "Bus" will be pulling into North Little Rock later this week.

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville catcher Alex Gosser, a senior from North Little Rock nicknamed "Bus," will make his final hometown appearance when the No. 14 Razorbacks play Memphis Wednesday night at Dickey-Stephens Park.

It will be part of a two-game series that starts tonight when Arkansas plays Memphis at Baum Stadium.

Gosser said his teammates started calling him the "Goss Bus" late in his sophomore season in reference to a character known as the "Gus Bus" in the movie "The Benchwarmers."

"I'm just a big-bodied guy, so it works," said Gosser, 6-0 and 215 pounds. "Nobody even calls me by my first name…