As I predicted, Razorback finished the season with 6-6, heading into a middle range if not mediocre postseason bowl game. I am also calling out that Sam Pittman stays for another year, however, with a major caveat.

Sam Pittman's buyout this year is still 8 figures, too expensive to let him go. Especially, in Spring of 2025, the Razorbacks need to cough up more than 20 millions for revenue sharing programs to pay the student athletes. However, passing the New Year's Day into 2025, Sam Pittman's buyout is significantly reduced. This is as much a decision about financial feasibility as it is about football coaching, which, to be fair, is not terrible, but more of under the expectations.

The caveat is the health condition of Sam Pittman, which appears to be declining pretty rapidly. I anticipate with those complex situations, the most likely outcome is some kind of softlanding regarding Sam Pittman's job with Razorback. Fior example, job reassignment to a lesser role, with Bobby Petrino takes over the helmet. This will kill two birds with one stone, keep Bobby around (he is rumored to be a HC candidate finalist for a major football program), while allowing Sam Pittman to do a lesser demanding job per his health conditions. What you all think?

Looks like it ends with “gg” or “gy” not sure though.

UAPB: 2 Fumbles (0 Lost)

OKSt: 4 Fumbles (2 Lost), 1 INT, 17 Points off Turnovers

UAB: 1 Fumble (0 Lost), 1 INT, 7 Points off Turnovers

Auburn: 2 INT, 0 Points off Turnovers

A&M: 3 Fumbles (2 Lost), 1 INT, 7 Points off Turnovers, 3rd Fumble on game winning drive

Tennessee: 2 Fumble (0 Lost)

LSU: 2 Fumbles (2 Lost), 1 INT, 10 Points off Turnovers

MSSt: 3 Fumbles (0 Lost), 1 INT, 7 Points off Turnovers

Ole Miss: 3 Fumbles (2 Lost), 14 Points off Turnovers

Texas: 1 Fumble (1 Lost), 1 INT, 7 Points off Turnovers

La Tech: 2 Fumbles (1 Lost), 1 INT, 0 Points off Turnovers

Missouri: 3 Fumbles (2 Lost), 14 Points off Turnovers

Turnovers alone accounted for the difference in 3 games (OKSt, A&M, and Missouri). They also shifted momentum majorly in Texas, LSU and Texas A&M games where Arkansas either turned the ball over on a go ahead drive or game winning drive.

TL;DR: Pittman is in over his head, and Yurachek deserves the blame for being okay with this.

Contrary to popular belief, Arkansas football should not be struggling to reach a bowl game in year five after missing the postseason in year four. This isn't just "typical Arkansas." We're a top 20 revenue-generating program with top 5 facilities, arguably the #1/#2 SEC town, and an extremely passionate fanbase. The program generally has success despite whatever recruiting woes we want to point to as a scapegoat.

Success? Yes, this program existed before the Chad Morris era. Since joining the SEC, Arkansas is just above .500. But, this doesn't tell the whole story. If we remove historically poor decisions from the administration—Chad Morris and John L. Smith—the win-loss total moves to 203-149. This spans from 1993 (Danny Ford) to 2022 (Barry Odom—Odom left, Arkansas fell apart, and UNLV became nationally relevant). This puts Arkansas' average season closer to 7-5. This still includes plenty of abysmal years which could rightfully be removed as not being indicative of the program's average potential: the back half of Ford and Bert's tenures, or rebuild seasons at the beginning of Ford, Nutt, Bobby, Bert, and Odom's tenures.

Plus, if you really don't like all the noise, 7-5 is pretty much right where the Hogs are from a total program history if we look at the average win percentage over the last 120 years, all seasons included.

Arkansas should comfortably beat G5 teams and win at least 50% of one-score games. The team should be capable of winning a couple home SEC games, and we definitely shouldn't be getting blown out consistently, if at all. Beyond wins and losses, the team should be disciplined in the basics like turnovers, false starts, and special teams. We've got an offensive line coach trying to lead an SEC program, and it shows. We can debate who to hire, but if you believe this is the peak of the program, you're just coping. Arkansas deserves better, and it's time for a change.

Has Arkansas Sports media been completely neutered? Do you know of examples where they’ve asked really hard questions of Sam/HY?

I’ve watched press conferences all year and can only recall Sam’s hardest questions being along the lines of how he felt about things. Something to the effect of “how do you feel the team did on defense today?”

Every reporter, columnist, website owner, or podcaster seems to be either Athletic Department propaganda or so cowardly that they won’t actually do their jobs for fear of losing their access. And then others just leave to moan and complain to their audiences without ever actually holding the department accountable to their faces.

Do you think a more critical, accountability-demanding media would be a good thing?

Pain

Game Info

Location: Farout Field, Memorial Stadium, Columbia, Missouri

Time: 2:00 PM CST

TV: SEC Network

Online: WatchESPN (ESPNU)

Radio: 99.3/99.5/Online

While I'm cheering hard for the Razorbacks today, I've got to admit the Arkansas-Missouri game doesn't quite feel like a true rivalry to me. I think many Arkansas fans share this same sentiment.

It's missing that deep-rooted history and intensity you see in classic matchups like Arkansas vs. Texas, Texas A&M, LSU, or Oklahoma. Those are true rivalry hatreds.

With Missouri, I just don't see the same level of passion or tradition. It's because we don't have a long history with one another.

If they were in the Big 10 or Big XII and we played them every year, it would probably be more exciting. Lower stakes, and all about bragging rights. Like UGA & GA Tech, Florida & FSU, USC & Clemson, etc. But them being our permanent, and a meaningful conference game without the rivalry aspect to motivate us, it has just been an annoyance.

A rivalry game has certain elements that make it so the odds are thrown out the window. This game has never had those elements.

Either way, I'm hoping the Hogs come out on top today!

WoooPig

Game Info

Location: TBD

Time: TBD

TV: TBD

Online: WatchESPN (ESPNU)

Radio: 99.3/99.5/Online

Game Info

Time: 3:00pm

TV: CBS

Online: Paramount+

Radio: 99.3/99.5/Online

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Arkansas-Mizzou Battle Line Rivalry went back more than 10 years, and Arkansas has been on the wrong side of the games a lot more than they are on the winning side. Unfortunately, I do not see things change this coming game. This season, Arkansas has been having troubles dealing with veteran quarterbacks (LSU and Ole Miss), Mizzou's 5th year Brady Cook is too much to handle for the hogs.

Ironically, the only thing helps for the hogs is that they are on the road. Their road games are better than their home games for this season, which is odd. Still Mizzou is gonna beat up hogs like they normally do in the past. I see the game seperated by more than one touchdown. What you all think?

Just seeing how you guys are doing with him and what some of your goals are with him.

Does anyone know when the MBB team lands in kansas city and if it would be possible to get autographs?

Game Info

Time: 7:00pm

TV: SEC Network

Online: WatchESPN (ESPNU)

Radio: 99.3/99.5/Online

Eliminated from NCAA tourney :(

Sucks that we lost to such a dirty team

Great season regardless

Women's Soccer in 2OT. 2OT specifically wild. That is all. Going to a shootout