( Andy Shupe)
Arkansas coach Sam Pittman speaks to his players Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, during practice at the university practice facility in Fayetteville.
At 11:15 a.m. Monday, several DoubleTree Hotel staffers were hurriedly setting up extra tables.
It was at least an hour before Arkansas Razorbacks head coach Sam Pittman would begin his talk at the Little Rock Touchdown Club’s kickoff lunch.
It would be impossible to give an accurate number of how many wanted to hear Pittman, maybe 500.
When Pittman entered the room 30 minutes later it was to a standing ovation and a reverberating Hog call.