In case you didn't know how important today's game is...
In each of the last 16 regionals Arkansas played in, its fate was based on the first 2 games.
They started 2-0 nine times: Won all nine regionals.
They failed to start 2-0 seven times: Eliminated in all seven regionals.
Here is Greg Sankey’s response to Arkansas AD Hunter Yurachek (which I’m sure he told him in-person recently) about kickoff times.
Cites ESPN, but also says he wasn’t particularly happy with the “squeeze” as well
"LEt'S kEeP tHe rEgULaR sEaSOn SPeCiAL"
What a riveting run to the title game for 2018 or Alabama (Before getting smoked by Clemson). Not ONE game was "special".
CFB has always been about just having the best regular season record regardless of schedule to get the invite to the playoff. That doesn't make the regular season great - if anything it made it worse
Is there a method to Hunter Yurachek's madness? Arkansas Tennis is just another example of the athletic director's apparent strategy.
https://t.co/XXL0P7P1R8
Meleek Thomas' unshakable confidence made the Hoop Hogs must-see TV last season. Jeremiah Dent brings the same mentality to Arkansas football.
https://t.co/c5HbnlXJTr
Arkansas' 2025 seasons was historic for all the wrong reasons, and a former Razorback captain has a bone to pick after the NFL Draft.
https://t.co/tbY8hbbt7U
Sources: The NCAA has initiated the final steps to expand the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournaments to 76 teams. The expansion is on track to be formalized in the upcoming weeks, with mid-May as the target. The 76-team tournaments begin next year. https://t.co/2ZGUjZR0uJ
Ryan Silverfield bucked the recent trend of Arkansas' finest prospects venturing northward, beating out Bret Bielema and Illinois.
https://t.co/F2SSCV9rpa
NEWS: 2026 Top-15 overall prospect Miikka Muurinen has committed to Arkansas, his agent Teddy Archer told @Rivals.
The 6-10 Finnish forward played professionally for Partizan Belgrade this past season.
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