The heat is on
Jeff Long and John L. Smith should be very thankful that the Razorbacks Nation is ticked off at them. Anger means people still care. It is apathy that eats a program up from the inside out. While I don’t think you replace John L. now, and I explain why in detail in my column, I [...]
Aggieville
One of the many reasons I have always loved the old Southwest Conference is no matter which city I was in I knew there was going to be good Mexican food. So I’m a little excited about returning to College Station this weekend, but not just for the food. There is something special about watching [...]
Who isn’t next Hog coach
A couple of quick things. First, Rutgers brings a good defensive line and pretty good overall defense to Fayetteville. The Scarlet Knights offense is not so good, but Louisiana-Monroe looked like a Top 25 team against the Arkansas Razorbacks defense. There is going to be a lot of discussion in the coming weeks about the [...]
John L. needs to stay … for now
Firing John L. Smith is not the answer. It wasn’t when Jack Crowe was fired after losing to Citadel either. It took six years for the program to recover. It wasn’t until Danny Ford’s fifth recruiting class, the one Houston Nutt went 9-3 with, that the Razorbacks were competitive. Ford recruited big, strong linemen and [...]
Statistics don’t lie
There were two statistics that stood out in last Saturday’s 34-31 loss by the Arkansas Razorbacks to Louisiana-Monroe. Very telling statistics. First, the ULM Warhawks went for it seven times on fourth down. They were so confident they did it twice on fourth and 10 and once on fourth and 11. They converted six times; [...]
Uniforms and a playoff
There will be a lot of debate about the Arkansas Razorbacks new football uniforms. The main thing will be to win in them. When they wore red pants in the past and won, no one seemed to notice much, but if they lost, there was an outcry about tradition. In other college football news, here’s [...]
