Rzrbackguy

Hogs get Houston Saturday, so hopefully one more win vs top 10.

If Pringle continues to pick his game up I wouldn’t be shocked to see Arkansas as a 4 seed or better. Way ahead of where they were same time last year.

10RC looks real strong. I’d say lower than a 4 seed should be disappointing for them. Will find out a lot on 1/3 when the Vols visit Bud Walton.

Silverfield did work to keep most of Arkansas’ desirable “keeps” in place.

If they pick up Curne from LSU I might actually believe the rumors that NIL money has started rolling in.

Unfortunately the boosters weren’t gonna write checks for BP. It ain’t about the best coach….its about the best bankroll.

Please. Nobody ever wants to see that on the field again.

Seems I’ve seen a few games against lower caliber teams (Winthrop) in Bud that had depressing crowds.

Central AR has plenty of issues with the stadiums. No doubt. Nor is there still a debate about the benefits of playing any games there, The only reason to do so is that the programs(s) see some benefit in broadening in person fan exposure. The fact that there are even less than top tier facilities available in such a location creates options. Those options can or can not be chosen.

I just see little value in discussing the facilities, how often they decide to play there, etc.

I’m just hoping they (primarily football) decide to play hard…again….somewhere.

Literally hired the very best coach who would come here.

Yes, Golesh was the first choice. He picked Auburn. Silverfield isn’t horrible and opinions on coach rankings are just that. Opinions. Put a given coach in a given situation and you’ll get different results.

Freeze did fine at ole Miss until he ahot himself in the foot…he sucked from the get go at Auburn. Golesh likely gets tired of their crap and jumps to LSU after the inevitable happens there.

Strategery exemplified

Note: I think Silverfield will be just fine.

I own a private plane. I well know the costs!

6.5m a year doesn't require a 100k annual increase. Its probably from some inane policy to give everyone a 1.5% COL increase from the HR department...at least that's my guess.

If you make 6.5m a year you don’t really need a COL adjustment.

Unless the NIL/Portal madness is addressed….and it likely won’t be…the future is bleak.

High school kids really get shafted. Unless you’re a 5 star you’ll be going to one of the poor farm teams that can’t keep up with the top 40 or so spenders. That top 40 might look very different than the traditional blue bloods as boosters with bucks and the stupidity to spend fortunes on 19 year old mercenaries is all it will require. Think Texas Tech, SMU, Vandy..if Harvard alums wanted it…they could have it also…thankfully they probably don’t.

Arkansas is surely headed for “farm program” status. We can’t (or won’t) afford proven and developed players, so we will still recruit HS and then watch our top 10-12 kids leave every year to the highest bidding money school. (Sartegna, Hasz, Kumas). We might pick up a few portal kids every year, but as the futility becomes more clear, the money continues to dry up.

I don’t like it. I hope it doesn’t happen, but the money gap will continue to widen.

Good thing we started that Arkansas State rivalry.