Slow Site

If the site seems to come to a crawl at various points throughout the evening, please stay with us. With all the coaching rumors abound, the hits are coming in pretty fast this evening and I’m having to adjust the pages pretty constantly so our database doesn’t run out of active connections. Don’t be […]

Updated: Interesting development with Arkansas and Tuberville

I was scouring the Web for flights going to and from Auburn, Ala. And I stumbled upon this one, which left Tunica, Miss., flew to Rogers, went on to Auburn and came back to Tunica today. It appears that this flight may have picked up Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville, who was in Arkansas hunting Thursday.
The […]

Tuberville in Arkansas

Tommy Tuberville is in Arkansas for a hunting trip. Negotiations with Auburn appear to be at a standstill, but Phillip Marshall of The Huntsville Times says it’s likely that Tuberville stays put on the plains:
Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville left Thursday for a hunting trip in Arkansas without saying anything publicly about contract negotiations with athletics […]

The heat is on

If you were at Arkansas’ 94-91 victory over Missouri on Wednesday, you probably noticed it was a tad toasty in Bud Walton Arena. There is a reason why the heat was jacked up. Arkansas coach John Pelphrey wanted it that way.
I talked to Pelphrey after the game and he said he asked the maintenance crew […]

Long addresses coaching search

Arkansas’ incoming athletic director Jeff Long said Wednesday he is still in the process of conducting the search for the Razorbacks’ new head football coach.
Long, who will take over the athletic department Jan. 1, addressed the media at halftime of the Arkansas-Missouri basketball game. He discussed a range of topics concerning the quest to find […]

Report: Tuberville agrees to contract extension with Auburn

It may be premature to cross Tommy Tuberville ofd Arkansas’ wish list. But it appears he is very close to staying put at Auburn, according to a report by The Birmingham News that was picked up by ESPN.com.
Tuberville and athletic director Jay Jacobs met Tuesday, paving the way for the issues to be resolved, a […]

All in good fun, right?

Austin Murphy of Sports Illustrated took the time out of his day to poke fun at a few college coaches on the move by writing a fictitious transcript of a conversation between all of them at an airport. The principal character is Houston Nutt, who snuck out of Fayetteville on Monday and landed at Ole […]

D-MC and Felix playing in bowl game

Contrary to rumors, Razorback runners Darren McFadden and Felix Jones will play in the Razorbacks’ bowl game this season. McFadden, Jones and center Jonathan Luigs will miss some practice time on the award circuit next week, but they are in the fold.
Herring did say that several players are at risk of missing the bowl game […]

Herring not a candidate, but….

Arkansas interim head coach Reggie Herring said he is not a candidate for Arkansas’ head coaching job; however, he did throw in a “but.”
Herring said Wednesday that as long as the the criteria for the job is being a head coach elsewhere, he’s not going to stick his neck out for the job.
However, if Jeff […]

Louis Campbell to oversee defense for bowl

The Arkansas Razorbacks don’t know who their bowl opponent is going to be, but interim head coach Reggie Herring announced that longtime Razorback administrator and coach Louis Campbell will coordinate the defense in Herring’s stead.
As acting head coach, Herring said he would not have enough time to devote to film study and the other duties […]