FAYETTEVILLE -- Arkansas Razorbacks defensive coordinator Paul Rhoads likened Frank Broyles' impact on the state of Arkansas to what Moro Bottom native Paul "Bear" Bryant meant to Alabama.
Bryant took the reins at Alabama in 1958 -- the same season Broyles took the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville job -- and led the Crimson Tide to a 137-28-5 record in 25 seasons.
"What Bear Bryant meant to the state of Alabama, Frank Broyles meant every bit of that to the University of Arkansas and the state of Arkansas," Rhoads said. "Anybody that devoted as much time as he did to one football program, one athletic department and one university in one state, you can't measure what that's meant to all the people that he's impacted and that have benefited from what his career meant and what he stood for.