re: Is Arkansas the GOAT stepping stone in CFB?

None of those listed were actually head coaches at Arkansas although we have had a few (e.g. Lou Holtz) who labored at Arkansas during the Broyles AD era. Those all left or were forced to leave because of Broyles. That era has passed - as long as we can manage to hire a coach who can keep it in his pants (unlike Petrino), longevity should become the rule from this point on.......

And, the "stepping stone" theory didn't work out too well for Houston Nutt - I guess if you're saying that players and asst coaches who were at Arkansas for a time went on to do well at other institutions/teams, I guess that's not a bad thing.