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Posted on 11/30/25 at 6:57 pm
Posted on 11/30/25 at 6:57 pm
Unless the NIL/Portal madness is addressed….and it likely won’t be…the future is bleak.
High school kids really get shafted. Unless you’re a 5 star you’ll be going to one of the poor farm teams that can’t keep up with the top 40 or so spenders. That top 40 might look very different than the traditional blue bloods as boosters with bucks and the stupidity to spend fortunes on 19 year old mercenaries is all it will require. Think Texas Tech, SMU, Vandy..if Harvard alums wanted it…they could have it also…thankfully they probably don’t.
Arkansas is surely headed for “farm program” status. We can’t (or won’t) afford proven and developed players, so we will still recruit HS and then watch our top 10-12 kids leave every year to the highest bidding money school. (Sartegna, Hasz, Kumas). We might pick up a few portal kids every year, but as the futility becomes more clear, the money continues to dry up.
I don’t like it. I hope it doesn’t happen, but the money gap will continue to widen.
High school kids really get shafted. Unless you’re a 5 star you’ll be going to one of the poor farm teams that can’t keep up with the top 40 or so spenders. That top 40 might look very different than the traditional blue bloods as boosters with bucks and the stupidity to spend fortunes on 19 year old mercenaries is all it will require. Think Texas Tech, SMU, Vandy..if Harvard alums wanted it…they could have it also…thankfully they probably don’t.
Arkansas is surely headed for “farm program” status. We can’t (or won’t) afford proven and developed players, so we will still recruit HS and then watch our top 10-12 kids leave every year to the highest bidding money school. (Sartegna, Hasz, Kumas). We might pick up a few portal kids every year, but as the futility becomes more clear, the money continues to dry up.
I don’t like it. I hope it doesn’t happen, but the money gap will continue to widen.
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Posted on 11/30/25 at 7:02 pm to Rzrbackguy
As much as we moan and groan about NIL, our football program was still a top 17 spender. We aren’t going to be a “farm team” as you said.
You can’t do what Pittman did with this years roster. ALL of the big money went to the offense. It has to be spread out. This was the big riff between Petrino and Williams. We had leftovers playing defense and no DL depth. It can’t continue to be that way and we must bring in some more money.
Whatever the name of the head coach is won’t matter.
You can’t do what Pittman did with this years roster. ALL of the big money went to the offense. It has to be spread out. This was the big riff between Petrino and Williams. We had leftovers playing defense and no DL depth. It can’t continue to be that way and we must bring in some more money.
Whatever the name of the head coach is won’t matter.
Posted on 11/30/25 at 7:04 pm to Rzrbackguy
The future is the Sunbelt and our annual rivalry weekend game in LR against StAte!
Posted on 11/30/25 at 7:08 pm to Hawgeye
Arkansas is top 20 in investment/money spent.
Arkansas produces bottom 20 results.
HY is mad that the fans do not accept that.
Arkansas produces bottom 20 results.
HY is mad that the fans do not accept that.
Posted on 11/30/25 at 7:11 pm to Hawgeye
Where are we getting the stats that show rankings for us being a top 20 in NIL spend?
If we really are…and won 2 games….why would anyone give more?
If we really are…and won 2 games….why would anyone give more?
Posted on 11/30/25 at 7:16 pm to Rzrbackguy
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we really are…and won 2 games….why would anyone give more?
That’s why I say it has to be spent wisely. You can’t give all your money to one side of the ball. That was the issue this season.
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Posted on 11/30/25 at 7:21 pm to Hawgeye
So you fire Pittman and tell it like it is at the LRTDC, not fire Pittman and claim we do not have the financials to be competitive.
Arkansas is top 8 in the sec in money spent in the program, they spend less on HC salary but still top 25 overall in the country.
Arkansas averages around top 25 in recruiting and have for the past three decades.
Arkansas should be near the top 25 every year not the bottom 25 like they have been for the last 10 years.
Hunter thinks the results are fine, the wanting and expecting are the problem.
Arkansas is top 8 in the sec in money spent in the program, they spend less on HC salary but still top 25 overall in the country.
Arkansas averages around top 25 in recruiting and have for the past three decades.
Arkansas should be near the top 25 every year not the bottom 25 like they have been for the last 10 years.
Hunter thinks the results are fine, the wanting and expecting are the problem.
Posted on 11/30/25 at 10:41 pm to Hawgeye
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We aren’t going to be a “farm team” as you said.
We have been though, for Ole Miss.
Posted on 11/30/25 at 11:32 pm to DaleDenton
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So you fire Pittman and tell it like it is at the LRTDC, not fire Pittman and claim we do not have the financials to be competitive. Arkansas is top 8 in the sec in money spent in the program, they spend less on HC salary but still top 25 overall in the country. Arkansas averages around top 25 in recruiting and have for the past three decades. Arkansas should be near the top 25 every year not the bottom 25 like they have been for the last 10 years.
So thats why according to Wess Moore, Arkansas had half the support staff that the majority if the SEC does.
Most SEC teams have 9 guys in their recruiting/portal department. We had 3 IIRC. Multiple areas were like that.
Believe what you want but we have been operating at the bottom of the barrel.
Hunter sucks and should be gone for his lack of ability to raise funds, but we weren’t spending 10 win money.
Posted on 12/1/25 at 7:54 am to Hawgeye
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our football program was still a top 17 spender.
And where does that put us in the SEC, about 12th? If that doesn't improve, none of it matters.
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