Arkansas football has spent more than a decade searching for stability, direction, and identity. With repeated losing streaks, multiple failed coaching tenures, and mounting pressure in an ever-competitive SEC, the Razorbacks find themselves at a crossroads once again.
If Arkansas wants to escape mediocrity and reclaim relevance, there’s one model worth following: the Curt Cignetti blueprint. Everyone in college football is trying to find the next Cignetti, someone who can replicate what he’s done at Indiana and elevate a program from obscurity into national relevance. It’s not as simple as copying and pasting, but the formula is there, and Arkansas desperately needs it.