ESPN Names Five Candidates For The Arkansas Job

By Staff Reporter•Sep 28, 20259:43 pm•Discuss the story11
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Arkansas parted ways with Sam Pittman on Sunday and named Bobby Petrino as interim head coach.

Petrino, who was once the head coach at Arkansas from 2008 to 2011, could be considered a candidate to land the job permanently.

Here's a list of five candidates who could land the job, according to ESPN:

SMU coach Rhett Lashlee
Tulane coach Jon Sumrall
Arkansas offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino
Memphis coach Ryan Silverfield
Colorado coach Deion Sanders





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cajunmud•10 months
How is Arkansas not the Oregon of the SEC? Walmart is way bigger than Nike.
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Csmims•9 months
Outside of Bud donating to the Basketball arena 32 years ago Walmart donates nothing to athletics. Nike donates millions to Oregon athletics
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chkenhawk•10 months
Sanders would be hilarious
it's not going to happen, you've got another reporter pulling names out of their arse
but it would be hilarious
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Timeoday•10 months
Coach Ed Orgeron should be the can't miss pick.
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omahawg•10 months
Honestly none of those names excite me. Though at this point I'm not sure who would.
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imjustafatkid•10 months
lol Deion Sanders would be such a failure.
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cajunmud•10 months
The Waltons (owners of Walmart) ought to make Kirby an offer he can't refuse.
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HunterDawg•10 months
1) Waltons don't GAS about CFB. 2) Kirby will leave UGA the day he retires.
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Oilytiger22•10 months
More throwing shite on the wall and hoping it sticks! Hell hire Nic Cage he’s playing John Madden in a movie.
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DaleGribblesMower•10 months
Sanders PLEASE
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DownSouthJukin•10 months
Please hire Deion Sanders, Pigs.
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