Arkansas luring Tuberville?

In the wake of Houston Nutt’s departure from Arkansas, incoming athletic director Jeff Long is apparently going after Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville.
As has been reported so many times in the past, Tuberville was passed over in 1997 for the Razorbacks head coaching position when the search committee elected to give Nutt the job. Tuberville is [...]

Ole Miss hires Nutt

The Arkansas Razorbacks may not have a head football coach but an old rivalry has intensified.
University of Mississippi officials announced Houston Nutt as their new head coach in an e-mail sent by Ole Miss athletics director Pete boone.
Nutt resigned as head coach of the University of Arkansas Monday after 10 years at the school.
Nutt, [...]

Nutt’s fate determined before season began

Ron Higgins of the Commercial-Appeal chimed in on the departure of Arkansas coach Houston Nutt. Higgins wrote that Nutt had been attacked relentlessly by the Springdale cabal and ultimately tired of the media scrutiny as well as the antipathy exhibited by an ornery fan base:
The organized Springdale lynch mob, upset over the transfer of Hogs’ [...]

Nutt to Ole Miss appears to be a done deal

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal is reporting it has confirmed that former Arkansas coach Houston Nutt will be named the head coach at Ole Miss.
Here is Parrish Alford’s take from an earlier post on his blog:

Nothing I’ve heard indicates any change in the direction the search began to take this afternoon. It’s still looking like [...]

Nutt to resign; Herring to be interim coach

Arkansas coach Houston Nutt will resign today, and defensive coordinator Reggie Herring will be appointed interim head coach.
“I am grateful for the confidence Coach Houston Nutt has expressed in me by recommending to Athletics Director Frank Broyles that I serve as interim head coach for our team’s bowl game,” Herring said in a statement. “I [...]

An announcement concerning the football program to be made today

A press conference will be held at 6:30 p.m. tonight that will discuss the future of Arkansas’ football program. Here is the text of the release that was sent out to the media:
An announcement regarding the future of the Arkansas Razorback football program has been scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Monday in the Raymond Miller [...]

Nutt says White, Broyles want him to stay

Arkansas’ embattled coach Houston Nutt said Sunday he has both UA Chancellor John White and outgoing athletic director Frank Broyles in his corner.
“We had some little preliminary discussions and we have some more coming this week,” Nutt said Sunday. “We’ll wait until that time to see what comes out of it. Again, right now, I’m [...]

Arkansas ranked again

Arkansas is ranked again. The Razorbacks cracked the Top 25 of the coaches’ poll Sunday after their stunning 50-48 three-overtime victory over No. 1 LSU last Friday.
It’s the first time the Hogs have been on the national radar since September, when Arkansas tumbled out of the polls following a 41-38 loss to Alabama. It was [...]

Tuberville no longer on Texas A&M’s wish list

Arkansas native Tommy Tuberville won’t be packing his bags and heading to College Station. But will Auburn’s coach relocate to the Ozarks? That’s the question Phillip Marshall of The Huntsville Times poses:
Tommy Tuberville won’t be Texas A&M’s next head football coach. The Aggies are moving toward hiring Texas assistant and former NFL head coach Mike [...]

Arkansas, Texas A&M agree to play each other in football

Who needs Texas? Arkansas apparently doesn’t. The Razorbacks have agreed to play the Longhorns’ biggest in-state rival, Texas A&M, in what could become an annual showdown between the old Southwest Conference nemeses. The game will take place at the Dallas Cowboys’ new stadium in Arlington that is scheduled to open in 2009. Here’s more from [...]