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No. 19: Arkansas
By Paul Myerberg // Aug 15, 2012
Forget what you think you know about John L. Smith, because to Arkansas, all that mattered was this: he was experienced, he was familiar with the roster, he was familiar with the program’s returning staff and he was available. Oh, and he was available to rent, not to buy; Smith is being leased by the university, which needed a solution but wasn’t yet in the market for a permanent replacement for Bobby Petrino, once the savior, now the no-good ex-flame. Smith, the former Arkansas assistant who left Fayetteville after last season to take the head coaching job at Weber State, signed a 10-month, $850,000 contract with the school, which can choose to take a new plunge into the coaching pool in December or January, depending on when Smith’s one-year turn with the Razorbacks ends — or the Razorbacks and athletic director Jeff Long can opt to alter the terms of Smith’s contract, buying in rather than renting. What would Smith need to do in order to become Petrino’s replacement? What many thought Arkansas would do before Petrino sped out of favor: take the fight to L.S.U. and Alabama.
Tags: Alonzo Highsmith, Alvin Bailey, Arkansas, Bobby Petrino, Bryan Jones, Chris Gragg, Chris Smith, Cobi Hamilton, Darius Winston, Dennis Johnson, DeQuinta Jones, Dylan Breeding, Eric Bennett, Jason Peacock, Javontee Herndon, Jerry Mitchell, John L. Smith, Julian Horton, Keon Hatcher, Knile Davis, Kody Walker, Mekale McKay, Mitch Smothers, Paul Haynes, Paul Petrino, Robert Thomas, Ronnie Wingo, SEC, Taver Johnson, Tenarius Wright, Tevin Mitchel, Trey Flowers, Tyler Wilson, Zach Hocker
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No. 13: Arkansas
By Paul Myerberg // Aug 22, 2011
There’s so much star power in the SEC West that it’s easy to forget about Arkansas, which has only been playing top-level college football since, oh, 1959 or so. Perhaps not tasting Alabama-like success or even L.S.U.-like success – definitely not over the last decade, at least – but certainly not anything less than extremely good: one national title, back in 1964, more than 10 double-digit win seasons, nearly a dozen conference banners and so on. Arkansas has never lacked for support for its football team, both spiritually and financially, nor have the Razorbacks ever given the fan base any reason to doubt that winning is not the be-all-end-all in Fayetteville. Arkansas is much like the rest of the SEC, in short. And that’s why it was with much anticipation – and with some fear from the rest of the conference – that Bobby Petrino took charge in 2008: Arkansas has the resources to win big, and now has the coach to take it there.
Tags: Arkansas, Bobby Petrino, Cobi Hamilton, Darius Winstom, Greg Childs, Jake Bequette, Jarius Wright, Jason Peacock, Jerico Nelson, Jerry Franklin, Joe Adams, Knile Davis, Robert Thomas, Ronnie Wingo, SEC, Tramain Thomas, Tyler Wilson
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