It’s early going, but so far the Arkansas football program is enjoying the kind of offseason you tell your grandchildren about. The Razorbacks team proper is showing up in the top 20 of the first batches of too-early preseason polls,…
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Over the past two decades, Razorback fandom has registered prominently on one part of the sports misery index — the heartbreak category. Hog fans’ collective heart has been ripped from our collective chest numerous times. Whether through the hands of…
- January 2022MagazineOpinionSports/Outdoors
Where the Razorbacks’ Long, Hard Road Out of Hell Leads Next
by Eric Bolinby Eric BolinConfusion occasionally arises when the discussion about whether college football bowls “matter” comes up. In the grand scheme of things, no. They don’t. The difference between 8-5 and 9-4 is negligible. It always has been, too. The proliferation of other…
- December 2021MagazineOpinionSports/Outdoors
How the 2021 Season Will Be Remembered in the Annals of Arkansas Football History
by Eric Bolinby Eric BolinThe year 2021 will not go down as the greatest season in Arkansas football history. But, by golly, it will be remembered as one of the most impressive. Arkansas capped an improbable regular season with a 34-17 win over Missouri…
Editor’s Letter: A Razor’s Edge on New Year’s New Year’s Day in Arkansas will have an edge in 2022, a “Razor’s” edge, if you will — the Hogs are bowling on Jan. 1. Never mind that TCU’s opt-out of the…
- November 2021Sports/Outdoors
Editor’s Letter: Football, Basketball Provide A Glorious Overlap
by Mark Carterby Mark CarterThe glorious overlap for college sports that envelops the weeks of late October and early November is my favorite part of the year. Football season is in high gear, preparing for stretch runs that will determine championships, bowl invites and…
- MagazineOctober 2021
Cheers or Jeers? Bobby Petrino Is Returning to Razorback Stadium to Coach Against the Hogs
by Brent Birchby Brent BirchThe Arkansas Razorbacks released their 2022 football schedule, and to no one’s surprise, it is once again brutal. The toughness of the conference schedule is what it is. Top 25 teams abound in this league (with a subset taking up…
- MagazineOctober 2021
The Biggest Differences Between the ‘Old-School’ Approaches of Sam Pittman and Chad Morris
by Jim Harrisby Jim HarrisHiring Sam Pittman to coach the Arkansas Razorbacks — was it an amazing stroke of genius by Razorbacks athletics director Hunter Yurachek? Is it the best hire seen in the college football in years? Allow us to be a little…
I wouldn’t call myself an evangelist when it comes to the power of positive thinking, but I’m an optimist by nature. I believe things will get better, even as evidence mounts to the contrary. I believe good outcomes can result…
- AMP NewsCultureSports/Outdoors
Hogs Release ’22 Football Schedule: Cincy, BYU, Petrino Highlight ‘No Breather’ Slate
by Mark Carterby Mark CarterArkansas released its full 2022 football schedule on Tuesday, and to the surprise of no one east of Tulsa, west of Memphis or employed by the SEC office in Birmingham, the Razorbacks once again face what almost certainly will be…