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Coach Smith comments on LSU fan video

A humorous video recently posted on YouTube by “LSU DAD” labels Arkansas as poachers for coming into Louisiana and signing recruits to take back north.

The Razorbacks signed four players from The Boot last season with three more already committed to the 2017 class. The recruiting in Louisiana is spearheaded by wide receivers coach Michael Smith, a New Orleans native with vast knowledge of the state.

“I actually did see it today when our video guys brought it to me,” Smith said Thursday after practice. “I think that’s great for him to have that attention, and if he believes I’m poaching my own state then that’s what it is. I take it as a compliment. I do. They’re paying attention, that’s a good thing.”

LSU DAD jokingly suggests he helped Arkansas find recruits at New Orleans’ St. Augustine High School when he showed a Razorbacks fan where the school was located. Arkansas signed St. Augustine linebacker Giovanni LaFrance in the 2016 class.

“He doesn’t know that’s where my dad went to school,” Smith said. “I know them very well. They were also in the Catholic league, the league I played in.”

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Posted on 8/13/16 at 3:23 pm to Pigfeet

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Arkansas baseball received a verbal commitment from an Illinois left-hander on Wednesday.

Steven Sanchez (6-foot-8, 230 pounds) is a junior at Mundelein High School. He is ranked the 10th-best prospect in the state of Illinois by PrepBaseballReport.com. He is the 13th player to commit to Arkansas in the class of 2018, according to a database at HogNation.net.

According to his PrepBaseballReport.com profile, Sanchez has a fastball that has been clocked at 87 mph and also throws a curveball and a change-up. His team was state runner-up earlier this year.

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