As Arkansas football’s coaching search drones on over the next two months or so, prepare for the endless debates on exactly how prestigious or trashy the job is.
Some of the pessimists in the Southeastern Conference landscape think it’s an impossible task to win at Arkansas right now – a career killer, even – while others have elevated the Hogs to the glorious status of “not a dumpster fire.” Praise be. The Athletic’s Chris Vannini graded the job as a “B,” and listed it as the top open position on the market right now, above the likes of Oklahoma State and Virginia Tech.