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Time to clean up mess of botched experiment

FAYETTEVILLE — It is worse than anyone suspected.

The Julie and Joe experiment is a failure.

Former associate athletic director Julie Cromer Peoples recommended Chad Morris during her first football head coaching search, and University of Arkansas Chancellor Joe Steinmetz — who picked Cromer Peoples — trusted her and asked the board of trustees to approve the hire.

After a devastating 45-19 loss to Western Kentucky, Morris is 4-18 with two games to go.

The question is no longer whether the Razorback Foundation can afford to pay his ridiculous $10 million buyout. The question is whether the Foundation can afford not to.