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The University of Arkansas's search for a football coach

Arkansas Times Arkansas Blog

Just in case you wondered: FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The following is an update from Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Jeff Long regarding the head football coach position at the University of Arkansas. “As we near the completion of spring practice,... »

Petrino fired, ESPN reports

Arkansas Times Arkansas Blog

FATAL CRASH: Coach Bobby Petrino's cycle crash with assistant Jessica Dorrell (shown here at an earlier visit to a Razorback club) proved fatal to his career. I've received notice of a news conference at 7:15 p.m. at Bud Walton Arena. Only accredited m... »

Petrino had rider in motorcycle crash

Arkansas Times Arkansas Blog

NEW DETAILS: Hog coach Bobby Petrino, shown here at a Tuesday news conference, wasn't alone when he wrecked his motorcycle last weekend, a State Police report says. The State Police this afternoon released its report on Razorback football coach Bobby P... »

Hogs face record wait before bowl

NWA Online - Slop House

IRVING, Texas - When Arkansas takes the field Friday night at the Cotton Bowl, it will do so 42 days removed from playing its last game. The Razorbacks (10-2) lost to LSU in that game, eliminating any chance of a repeat bid to the Bowl Championship Ser... »

The cost of big-time football

Arkansas Times Arkansas Blog

AT WHAT COST?: Penn State controversy inspires questions about the often-hidden costs of big-time football. Joe Nocera, writing in the New York Times about the sex abuse case rocking Penn State, is unstinting in his criticism of the school and Paterno ... »

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Smith Hire Makes Sense

The Arkansas Traveler

Jimmy Carter. Jeff Long keeps surprising. April 10, Arkansas’ athletic director made the tough decision to fire Bobby Petrino. Monday, Long hired John L. Smith as the interim coach, a name on no one in Fayetteville’s radar since Smith took the Weber ... »

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