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Before Pat Summerall became a legendary NFL broadcaster, he was a Jack of all trades for Arkansas' football team. Summerall, who died Tuesday at the age of 82 of cardiac arrest, played for the Razorbacks from 1949-1951. He arrived in Fayetteville ...

The head football coaches in the SEC are some of the highest paid in the country. Eight of the 14 head coaches in the league make $3 million or more per year. The athletic directors in the SEC aren't exactly going poor, but many of the other at...

Our Thursday stroll around the league: Former Arkansas coaches blame athletic director Jeff Long for the Hogs' collapse last season and say some players quit on the team. Linebacker prospect Jonathan Walton is trying to make a tough choice betw...

Back from New York and I came very close to successfully re-enacting the movie "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York." Another Christmas in the trenches. Notre Dame emulated the SEC while building its defense. The epic Alabama-Notre Dame meeting i...

Arkansas pulled a shocker when it hired Bret Bielema away from Wisconsin to be its new head coach. He was officially introduced to the Arkansas faithful on Wednesday and just after his introductory news conference (featuring an awkward "Call the H...

Search committee? Barry Alvarez don't need no stinking search committee. "I won't use a search committee," Alvarez said Thursday. "Most search committees use me." Boom! And we're off and running. Barry's bluster came through loud and clear d...

Anytime a head-coaching job opens in the SEC, the athletic director at that school stands at the podium and promises his fans with conviction that he's going to go out and hire a proven winner. Sometimes that's a difficult promise to keep, especia...

It's official: Arkansas has hired Bret Bielema to be its next head football coach. Here are some statements on Bielema's departure from Wisconsin and his arrival with the Razorbacks. Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez "I was very surp...

Bret Bielema is taking his brand of power football to Arkansas, leaving Wisconsin after seven seasons.

Arkansas' coaching search took a very interesting twist Tuesday. According to a report by The New Orleans Times-Picayune, Arkansas has offered LSU coach Les Miles a deal to become the Razorbacks' next head coach. The newspaper reported that Arkans...

Arkansas interim football coach John L. Smith will not return next season, the school's athletic director said Saturday.

Nick Saban was only trying to be nice when he praised former assistant Derek Dooley Saturday night. Speaking with the media following Alabama's 44-13 thumping of Dooley's helpless Tennessee team, he said that Dooley's team "really played hard" and...

Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long wants to hire a new coach for the Razorbacks shortly after the season ends in late November. While speaking to the Touchdown Club in Little Rock, Ark., Long told Razorbacks fans that he wouldn't discuss coachin...

Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long wants a football coach with "discipline and accountability." Someone with "honesty and integrity on and off the field."

You ask the questions, and I try my best to deliver a coherent answer. Let's see how it worked out this week: Drew in Fayetteville writes: With the shame of Petrino's scandal, the criticism following the John L. Smith hire, and now an all-but-d...

A check of what's making news in the SEC: Missouri quarterback James Franklin says his ailing shoulder has hurt his confidence. Auburn quarterback Kiehl Frazier is feeling the pressure. A Q&A with Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long, who...