Former Arkansas coach Danny Ford was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame on Monday. Ford led the Razorbacks for five seasons in the mid-90s, winning Arkansas’ first SEC West title in 1995 (the first non-Alabama team to win the West), but he’s best known as Clemson’s head coach throughout the 80s, where he won a national title in 1981.
It may seem as though winning the West at Arkansas alone would qualify a coach for the Hall of Fame, but not yet.
The 1995 season is also the first time I ever got excited about Arkansas football.