A brewery in Tuscaloosa, Ala., has paid tribute to Arkansas Coach Bret Bielema for the Razorbacks' overtime victory at Ole Miss with a mural.
Arkansas' 53-52 victory over the Rebels on Nov. 7 allowed the Crimson Tide, which had lost 43-37 to Ole Miss, to win the SEC West, paving the way for Alabama's inclusion in the four-team College Football Playoff.
The mural, on a wall at Druid City Brewing in Tuscaloosa, depicts Bielema in a Santa Claus suit surrounded by toys and holding a tumbler of beer with the scoreboard showing the 53-52 victory in Oxford, Miss.
The brewery tweeted out the message "We would like to thank Father 'Bret'mass for our early holiday Roll Tidings of Arkansas over Ole Miss!"
Cutthroat Lefty
Phil Mickelson has been known to drive and putt for dough during his fabled pre-tournament golf dates with young guys eager to soak up all the knowledge they can from the five-time major winner.
Mickelson, according to his sister Tina and brother Tim, really, really likes to win at everything -- whether it's teeing it up with Tiger Woods, playing penny-ante poker games with his brother or taking part in silly computerized memory games with nieces and nephews.
"Everything was a competition," Tim said during a recent Golf Digest interview. "He always won."
Phil's competitive juices flow even when he's up against a 4-year-old.
"Phil challenged [Tina's son] Lucas to a game and, concentrating furiously, barely wins," Tina said. "They play again, and Phil barely wins again. Phil is punching the air like he does when he makes a big putt. He's going, 'Yeah!'
"Lucas says, 'Come on, Uncle Phil, one more game.' And Phil says, 'Lucas, I think you need to go practice on some easier competition for a while because you're just not ready for me.'
"He was joking. A little."
Given that snapshot of Lefty's cutthroat side, you know it must eat at him when he has to fork over big bucks to his adherents when the students better the sensei at his own game.
So listen up, Keegan Bradley, Rickie Fowler, Dustin Johnson "and the other guys Phil loves to play for money in practice rounds," Tim Mickelson advised.
"Here's a tip: If you're ahead on the bets, don't let Phil know it," he said. "If he asks where the match stands, just shrug like you don't know or tell him he's ahead. Chances are, he's not following that closely.
"But if you let him know you're winning, especially with a couple of holes left, you've got a problem, because he'll pour it on at the end and beat you."
Oops!
Six Lehigh University football players are facing criminal charges after breaking into a home Nov. 8.
According to Pamela Lehman of the Morning Call newspaper in Allentown, Pa., the intrusion was meant as retribution for an alleged attack on a fraternity president. But the Lehigh players entered the wrong residence.
All six players are free on bail, including wide receiver Dylan Parsons, who is accused of urinating in the victims' refrigerator.
In addition one player was previously charged with burglary, simple assault and criminal mischief after allegedly punching one of the victims multiple times, causing a concussion and a busted lip.
QUIZ
What is the mascot for Lehigh University athletics?
ANSWER
Mountain Hawks
Sports on 12/12/2015