Auburn hired a former Arkansas State coach, fired him, replaced him with a former Arkansas State coach, fired him and then replaced him with a former Arkansas State coach.
Complete list of schools that have been ranked in the top 10 in football, men’s basketball and baseball at some point during 2021:
Arkansas.
That’s it. That’s the list.
Kamani Johnson just walked by the legendary
@BobHoltADG
outside of the media work area and said, "Tell 'em about that shit, Bob. Tell 'em about that shit."
Hearing from sources that Arkansas *might* crack the top 15 in the NET rankings tomorrow. If the numbers fall right, the Hogs might even pass LSU. Stay tuned.
This defense has three current/former walk-ons + a couple former two-star recruits playing significant snaps. It's the same unit that was literally the worst (statistically) in school history last year. What Barry Odom has done is nothing short of incredible.
Allen HS came into this season with an 83-game regular-season winning streak and having never lost a game inside its $60 million stadium.
It took Chad Morris two (2!) games to end both of those impressive streaks.
Atascocita 41, Allen 20
BREAKING: HawgBeat has learned Arkansas signee Peyton Stovall, a projected first-round pick, has pulled his name out of the
#MLBDraft
and will play for the Razorbacks. Huge, huge news for Arkansas.
The game didn't turn out how Arkansas fans would have liked, but this imagine belongs in a museum...
DVH waving at John Calipari after he was ejected while Immanuel Quickley plugs his ears because of the noise.
(📷 via
@Erik_Walther
)
A&M fan yells, "Is anyone on your team from Arkansas?"...while Trevor Ezell - a Bryant native - is batting, Casey Martin - a Lonoke native - is on deck and Matt Goodheart - a Magnolia native - is in the hole. 🤔
List of schools that currently have a top-20 recruiting class for 2022 in football (Rivals), men's basketball (Rivals) and baseball (Perfect Game)...
~Arkansas
~LSU
Kevin Kopps has been promoted to Double-A San Antonio after posting a 0.00 ERA, 0.75 WHIP and .080 BAA in 8 IP with 1 win and 3 saves in 8 appearances for High-A Fort Wayne. He’s allowed just 1 ER with 20 K/5 BB in 12 2/3 IP as a professional.
#ProHogs
In Kenny Guiton's first game as OC, Arkansas piled up a season-high 481 yards.
That's more yards than the Hogs had in their last two games under Dan Enos combined (450).
And it came against a Florida team that ranked 34th nationally in total defense (334.1 ypg) before today.
BREAKING: Bryan and Mandy Hunt have signed the entire Arkansas men’s basketball team to an NIL deal through the AAC to support the Children’s Safety Center.
Interesting baseball nugget: The SEC is implementing a 10-run mercy rule in conference play this year. If a team is up by 10+ through seven innings, the game is over.
Arkansas competes in 19 Division I sports. By my count, 15 of them were ranked in the top 10 at some point during the calendar year of 2021.
Two others peaked at No. 20 and another topped out at No. 26. Only one - I believe - was unranked all year.
Could you imagine Sam Pittman leading Arkansas to an SEC title in 2025?
That is essentially what Courtney Deifel has done with the softball team... She inherited the worst program in the conference (one with no SEC titles) and won the SEC in her sixth season.
Incredible.
Less than seven months after being fired, Mike Anderson returned to Bud Walton Arena to be here for today’s Nolan Richardson Court ceremony. Just listen to this ovation...
#WPS
Jordan Walsh fouls out on a flagrant foul. He walked down to the Bradley bench, shook their coach's hand and received a standing ovation as he walked to the Arkansas bench.
Wow. Arkansas jumped up SIX (6!) spots to No. 10 in the AP Poll. This is the second time the Hogs have cracked the top 10 during the Sam Pittman era after a nearly decade-long drought.
Just confirmed with
@HogStats
: Moses Moody (25 pts.) and Devo Davis (20 pts.) are the first pair of Arkansas freshmen to score 20+ points in the same game since...Corliss Williamson (26) and Scotty Thurman (22) vs. Tennessee in 1993.
Ever heard of them?
Kevin Kopps issued a leadoff walk in the ninth inning against Texas A&M on April 17.
Since then, he's retired 28 straight hitters with 19 strikeouts. All against SEC competition.
That is batshit crazy.
I have always said the '14 Arkansas-Kentucky game, which the Hogs won on the buzzer-beating dunk by Michael Qualls, was the best basketball game I ever witnessed live.
After sleeping on it...last night topped it. Just an incredible college basketball game and amazing atmosphere.
Heston Kjerstad broke up a no-hitter in the sixth inning of his first career start with his first career hit… It just so happened to be a 418-foot blast.
#ProHogs
In MLB history, there have been...
...334 times a player hit for the cycle
...350 times a player homered from both sides of the plate in a game
...16 players who accomplished both feats in their career
...0 who did both in the same game
@ZDylanLeach
did just that last night.
Currently on Stubhub...
The cheapest ticket to the Arkansas-Duke basketball game on Nov. 29 is $351.
*OR*
For just $2 more, you could buy 76 tickets to today's Arkansas-FIU football game.
I know this will fall on deaf ears, but I would caution Arkansas fans not to overreact to today. LSU built a superteam and is a juggernaut. It is going to do that to *a lot* of teams this year. Good news is the Hogs managed to win one game this weekend.
The streak is dead. After making at least one in each of its last 1,092 games, Arkansas failed to make a 3-pointer tonight vs. South Carolina. The Hogs went 0 of 11 from deep.
It was a hell of a ride folks, and I’ve genuinely enjoyed bringing you updates each game.
Wow. Playing short-handed, the Arkansas women rally to beat Auburn 68-66 on Amber Ramirez's bucket with 0.4 seconds left. Ramirez finished with 30 points. Clutch.
In Year 2 of the Sam Pittman era, Arkansas finishes tied for third in the SEC West - with tiebreakers over A&M and MSU.
It'll probably go to Kirby Smart, and I have a hard time arguing against that, but Pittman would get my vote for SEC Coach of the Year.
List of SEC QBs with 3+ pass TDs and 3+ rush TDs in the same game, since 2000…
~KJ Jefferson*
~Matt Corral
~Joe Burrow*
~Chad Kelly*
~Dak Prescott*
~Johnny Manziel
*did it vs. another SEC team
Gotta feel for Arkansas fans...
"Can't wait for football! Chad Morris HAS to be better in Year 2!"
*San Jose State 31, Arkansas 24*
"Man, Muss has this thing rolling! Sweet 16, baby!"
*Isaiah Joe gets hurt*
"AT LEAST WE HAVE BASEBALL!"
*Coronavirus*
Stanley Umude has been incredible...but let's take a moment and appreciate Chris Lykes' game. He was pretty bad for a stretch, but has been great tonight. Like a completely different player.
Six of the 11 starters on Arkansas' 2018 defense - which ranked 108th nationally in scoring defense - have now played in the NFL.
It makes sense that the DC that season is now an assistant coach at a middle school.
Idk, maybe the day after you were eliminated in the Sweet 16 as the No. 1 overall seed isn’t the best time for clapbacks on social media. Especially if you’re a fifth-year former 5-star going after a projected one-and-done lottery pick.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Even crazier: Jefferson's last INT came on a Hail Mary at the end of the 1st half at Ole Miss.
Had that pass simply fallen incomplete, his streak would be at 238 consecutive passes without an INT. Not only would that shatter Wilson's UA record, but it'd rank 5th in SEC history.
QB KJ Jefferson has thrown 170 consecutive passes without an INT, the second-longest streak by an Arkansas quarterback in history.
QB Tyler Wilson holds the program record of 184 consecutive passes without an INT (2011).
Arkansas will be the “road” team tonight vs. Kansas State.
This is my annual reminder that this is one of the dumbest things about the baseball postseason. And it has such an easy solution.
Baylor outscored it’s opponents by an average of 15.3 points on its way to a national championship.
The Bears’ closest game? A nine-point win over the Hogs in the Elite 8.
One of the traits Arkansas fans have to love about the Eric Musselman era so far is that his team doesn't just roll over and die. Several times this year I thought a game was over, only for the Hogs to fight back into it.
Kevin Kopps has been named the National Pitcher of the Month for May by the NCBWA. He also won the award for April. It's the first time in the six-year history of the monthly award that it's gone to the same player in back-to-back months.
Listen, Devo has been incredible lately and deserves a ton of credit for improving from a terrible 3-point shooter to a very good one...but man, he makes some of the most infuriating passes you'll ever see.
Has… Has this ever happened? I’ve never seen a targeting call retroactively reversed/first-half suspension overturned after the fact. I’ve seen “sorry we messed up” apologies, but never a removal of the suspension.