Well, I wanted to wait until the morning after…

It’s like the time we lost to Vanderbilt and Darren McFadden got one(1) touch.

As for your original post:

I was a little more patient with Sam until last night. Our OL committed 6 penalties on the final drive alone. That’s unacceptable. I get people are hurt but holy shite, It’s year 4. We shouldn’t be this undisciplined. As for your point about the SEC being wide open, I think that’s why I’m most frustrated. We could win the west this season but we’re going to piss it away. We didn’t score a single point after lining up in shotgun and handing it off on 4th and 1. All they have to do is watch 1 Philadelphia Eagles game and they have the blueprint on how to handle short yardage situations. KJ is the biggest person on the field. Use that to your advantage.

Lastly, the new rules suck. I was a fan when they announced them because of how much they mimic nfl rules and how good nfl games flow because of it. But when you add commercial breaks it makes the games so much worse, especially in the stadium. They need to take out some of the ad breaks like the NFL did but they’ll never do that because money machine go brrrrrrr

You thinking Deion Sanders is still interested?

Double overtime games against MWC teams at home sound exciting.

Why did we HAVE to have a stop gap? Two hires in a row that were small-time and embarrassing, coming with a far larger risk than we could afford. There was no reason on paper to hire either Chad Morris or Sam Pittman. Bielema didn't work out for various reasons, but on paper, we went out and got ourselves a high-performing coach who was firing on all cylinders at a lateral job. We kept him a year longer than we should have, which was frustrating, but we couldn't afford to frick up the next two hires like we did.

We didn't need a "stop gap," we had Lane Kiffin ready to come here, and we fricked him around, so he went to Ole Miss. Kiffin may or may not have worked out, or stayed if he was working out, but it was a hire that at least said "we care about football and win or lose, we're not mailing it in."

Here is the position I've maintained since Pittman was hired: let him stay. It's what the Arkansas fan base deserves. For every time our rubes have filled the stadium for this guy or Chad Morris, it proved it's what we deserve. He'll likely get us to regular bowl games. He's not notably bad and he really does love this place. That's good enough, let him retire here. We have basketball and baseball, and our basketball hire said "we're a known brand in this sport and we're tired of losing." So far it's worked out. For 2/3 of the year, we have sports we're in the mix for and at least not laughingstocks.

I forgot when football season even started this year until someone at work told me. Yesterday was the first time I tried to keep up with a game. I stopped watching after 14–14 because I'm tired of a song I don't even like being on repeat.

We need to go get Elko ASAP

I'd go after Brian Hartline. People will say but he will leave for Ohio State. Who gives a shite. This guy is an ELITE recruiter and a superstar in the making.

Agree 100%, Hawgeye.

I’m lazy so I’ll repost my rant from last night, but it aligns with your points:

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I’m done with Sam, too.

Too many times where we’ve overlooked or disrespected opponents leading to slow starts and/or losses.

Too much “aww shucks” and “2-0 is still damn 2-0” instead of getting into asses and demanding excellence.

Nutt levels of inconsistency and playing up or down to opponents.

Lazy coordinator hires and unwilling to hold staff accountable.

Horrendous play calling.

Year 4 and his area of specialty is our worst position group.

Continually hemorrhaging players to the portal, which should be a huge red flag.


I appreciate him pulling us out of the shitter and making us respectable again, but it’s time for him to go to the lake and for us to bring in someone else.

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I'd go after Brian Hartline.

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excellent choice.

We're talking about a school that hired good ole boy Nutt from Boise St., Bobby Petrino, John L Smile, Bert Bielema, Chad Morris and now Sam Pittman.

What if anything makes anyone think we GAF about the football program.

Serious question