One evening last year I spent the trip home flipping between “The Sports Animals” and “Drive Time Sports” to catch whatever tidbits I could. When I stopped on “Drive Time Sports” the occasion for me was about as memorable as hearing Bobby Petrino’s name come up for the first time for the Arkansas Football vacancy. Randy Rainwater asked Nolan Richardson something along the lines of (paraphrasing), “Coach, is there a circumstance in which you would return to coaching college basketball?” Continue Reading . . .
“In the coming days and weeks, the disingenuous drifter will say what Arkansas fans want to hear. He’ll look at them with blank shark eyes and tell them, in a monotone voice, how excited he is to be the coach of the Razorbacks. He will tell them how impressed he is by the tradition and the fan base. He will tell them that the Southeastern Conference is the place he always wanted to coach Continue Reading . . .
This is the second of a three-part series which looks at Coach Petrino’s career in comparison to the things going on around him. The first is Petrino Understood — Part I on Hog Database. Things have settled and we need to catch up on the history now to help us with Arkansas’s Future. Remembering the series of coaching changes the University of Arkansas endured in the early 90’s, we were reasonably concerned about the U of A going through another merry-go-round of coaches.
I wanted to decide for myself whether the Most Inflammatory Personal Attacks I’ve Ever Seen on a Coach, which start Part Three, were warranted. I’m passing along to you what I found.
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The question last posed was “When Petrino took the head coaching job at Louisville on December 23, 2002, where was he in the grand scheme of coaches?” Continue Reading . . .
IF the allegations in the Complaint filed by Lindsey Smart against Pinnacle Preps, LLC and Walt Williams in Washington County Circuit Court on February 12, 2010 are true, any amateur athlete using Walt Williams or Pinnacle organization services as described may have their eligibility in JEOPARDY.
Walt Williams, former Gus Malzahn player and current Petrino hater has been sued for Breech of Contract and fraud among other things.
If you’re like me and only think of the boy from Lost when you hear the name Walt you can read all about this guy over on woopig.net.
We missed a lot of learning about Coach Petrino as he became head coach at Arkansas. The Dresden-esque firestorm which rained from the national media on Bobby Petrino swallowed whatever fire remained about Houston Nutt’s departure in Arkansas, not that the latter has ever gone out.
It was merely 5 weeks or so to National Signing Day which was followed by the most attention to spring football than had been seen in some time. How Bobby Petrino could function simply seemed to defy explanation. Stories usually published during the lull before the next event weren’t written and when there was time to write them, they were “old news.”
Needing some direction lately, we’ve rolled down the Hog Bus window and asked the Recruiting Fellas, “How we can get to the SEC or National Championships?”
Their replies? “You can’t get there from here.”
Now, I don’t know about you, but when I ask for directions and a fella starts his this way, I start thinkin’ cabin deep in the forest, maybe a below-ground room with a bunch of candles in it, Continue Reading . . .
We’re working hard to keep you updated on signing day news as is breaks. Continue checking back here for the latest on Razorback Recruiting. You can also follow us on twitter (@HogDatabase) or Facebook.
Here is a list of expected Commitments.
First: Remember one Razorback is already on Campus. QB Jacoby Walker is already enrolled for the Spring Semester
PROFILE
Name: Maudrecus Humphrey
Hometown: Hoover, Alabama
Position: Wide Receiver
Height: 6′2″
Weight: 185 lbs
40: 4.5 sec
Class: 2010
Committed: January 25, 2010
PROFILE
Name: Jarrett Lake
Hometown: Jenks, Oklahoma
Position: Athlete
Height: 6′2″
Weight: 205 lbs
40: -
Class: 2010
LOI: February 3, 2010 @ 8:55 AM
