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Sam Pittman Only Partly at Fault for Arkansas Football’s Rudderless Ship

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Alcohol consumption does not, despite what millions of poor decision-makers have claimed since its fermentation, make people say things they don’t believe. It makes them say things they might not in a clear-headed state. The words uttered are still a truth, suppressed or otherwise.

Booze begets boos.

Arkansas fans let head coach Sam Pittman hear it Saturday, one day before one of the most-drawn out deaths in recent Razorbacks memory culminated with Pittman’s dismissal as head coach. His predecessor-turned-replacement Bobby Petrino’s removal in 2012 was sudden, at the crash of a motorcycle. Bret Bielema’s, though perhaps simmering for a season, happened as he walked off the field of his final game in Arkansas garb.