My friend Chris Bahn, an ace sportswriter years ago, tells a story about the time Arkansas was looking for a head coach to replace Houston Nutt and almost found one two states to the east.
In the first days of December, Jim Grobe, then the head coach of Wake Forest, looked like a sure thing to become the first Arkansas football coach in the post-Frank Broyles era.
Grobe, who’d just led Wake Forest to an 11-win season and ACC title, was set to nearly double his $1.1 million salary in a new life with Jeff Long as his boss.