Cignetti and Silverfield Tackle Key Question Differently on The Way to Same Goal

photo credit: Craven Whitlow / Indiana AthleticsLike every other middling college football program around the country, Arkansas is trying to capture some of Indiana’s magic.

After guiding James Madison from the FCS ranks to the top of the Sun Belt, Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti performed the unthinkable by guiding the Hoosiers to a national title.

With the concept of patience now ruined for first-year head coaches, Arkansas football coach Ryan Silverfield must oversee a rapid rebuilding project in Fayetteville. Similar challenges await the other American Conference head coaches who jumped up to the Power Four: Alex Golesh at Auburn, Jon Sumrall at Florida and Eric Morris at Oklahoma…