Arkansas may pay the University of Tulsa $850,000 to travel and play the football Hogs in Fayetteville on Nov. 1, according to the Tulsa World.
Arkansas was to play Utah State on Nov. 1, but the school pulled out of the schedule earlier this month. The UA, under new athletics director Jeff Long, approached Tulsa and [...]
Filed under: Arkansas Football, Other Conferences by Brandon Marcello . Posted on: February 12, 2008 at 12:49 pm
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TCU head coach Gary Patterson interviewed for the Arkansas football coaching vacancy and may have been the front man for the job had Bobby Petrino not expressed interest after leaving the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram’s Jim Reeves reported Saturday.
He did interviews with Arkansas and Nebraska and, depending on whom you talk to, [...]
Filed under: Arkansas Football, Other Conferences by Brandon Marcello . Posted on: February 11, 2008 at 2:44 pm
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Former Razorbacks quarterback Joe Ferguson is in the hospital after being diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia, according to a Web site updated by family friends and his wife, Sandy.
Ferguson was admitted into the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston some time in January, where he was also diagnosed with pneumonia on Feb. 3 and admitted [...]
Filed under: Arkansas Football, Other Conferences, Uncategorized by Brandon Marcello . Posted on: February 10, 2008 at 9:02 pm
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Nolan “Notes” Richardson III, son of former legendary Arkansas basketball head coach Nolan Richardson, made headlines five years ago when it was reported the then-Tennessee State basketball coach brought a gun into the TSU arena during a practice on Christmas night of 2002.
Now, someone claiming to be the former Arkansas assistant and Tennessee State coach [...]
Filed under: Arkansas Basketball, Other Conferences, Uncategorized by Brandon Marcello . Posted on: January 30, 2008 at 3:54 pm
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Loyalty is not a factor as much as comfort is for coaches in college and the NFL, says The State columnist Ron Morris.
Morris defends coaches like new Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino for switching jobs without much hesitation or notice to their current employers in his Sunday column titled, “A Bigger Deal.” Morris wrote his commentary [...]
Filed under: Arkansas Football, Other Conferences, SEC Football by Brandon Marcello . Posted on: January 27, 2008 at 9:18 pm
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Tim Tebow has accounted for 51 touchdowns this year — a mind-boggling number when put in perspective. But is Tebow a product of a system? Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville, who believes Arkansas’ Darren McFadden should win the Heisman Trophy, thinks so:
“Look at Gino Torretta,” said Tuberville, referring to the 1992 Heisman-winning quarterback from Miami. [...]
Filed under: Arkansas Football, Other Conferences, SEC Football by Rainer Sabin . Posted on: December 8, 2007 at 8:07 am
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That was quick. Mike Singletary is the first person to interview for the Baylor football coaching vacancy since Guy Morriss was fired Sunday.
Will Arkansas coach Houston Nutt be next? Jerry Hill of the Waco Tribune-Herald lists Nutt as a candidate and so does The Dallas Morning News’ Brian Davis.
Filed under: Arkansas Football, Other Conferences by Rainer Sabin . Posted on: November 20, 2007 at 1:48 am
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CBS Sportsline’s Gary Parrish has always seemed to favor Memphis. Last year, he suggested Razorbacks swingman Sonny Weems could land in The Bluff City if he failed an Algebra exam that he needed to pass in order to gain admission to Arkansas. Weems and his father later debunked the story that seemed to come straight [...]
Filed under: Arkansas Basketball, Other Conferences by Rainer Sabin . Posted on: October 16, 2007 at 1:20 am
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Lloyd Carr’s days are numbered at Michigan. The Wolverines’ coach of the last 13 years is expected to be axed at the end of this year after an embarrassing loss to Appalachian State in the season opener. So who is likely to replace Carr?
The word on the street is that LSU coach Les Miles is [...]
Filed under: Other Conferences, SEC Football by Rainer Sabin . Posted on: October 5, 2007 at 12:57 pm
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The shockwaves are still being felt from last weekend after five of the nation’s top 10 teams suffered defeats. The rash of stunning upsets has prompted some curious journalists to wonder why they occurred.
Georgia coach Mark Richt has a theory: The media and his colleagues are partly responsible. He believes the ranking system is not [...]
Filed under: Other Conferences, SEC Football by Rainer Sabin . Posted on: October 4, 2007 at 12:18 am
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