Most college football coaches enter a new job with a bit of a honeymoon period. Arkansas football coach Ryan Silverfield, however, walked into a firestorm Sunday.
Athletics director Hunter Yurachek’s decision to hire the Memphis coach after missing out on Alex Golesh and multiple other candidates sent the fanbase into uproar, with some even staging an impromptu protest outside the football facility. Most folks’ anger is directed at the administration rather than Silverfield himself, but the new Head Hog still has an uphill battle to win over an unconvinced fanbase.
Mostly due to Yurachek’s obligations chairing the College Football Playoff committee, which releases its rankings on Tuesdays, Silverfield’s introductory press conference won’t take place until Thursday afternoon.