Arkansas has wrapped up another Tuesday practice. Here are a few of the tidbits from what offensive coordinator Paul Petrino had to say. Petrino said the players, though down after the past two lopsided losses, had a good two-hour practice Tuesday evening. “Well, they actually came out and practiced hard today. There was a lot of energy,” [...]

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Extra! Extra! Now former Oakland Raiders coach Lane Kiffin was apparently interested in Arkansas’ head coaching job before Bobby Petrino was hired last December. This should come as no surprise. I was told early during Arkansas’ coaching search that Kiffin was interested in the job, but that Raiders owner Al Davis would never let the coach out [...]

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Arkansas’ athletic department released this earlier today, but I’m just now getting around to posting it. Sorry for the delay, but here you go… FAYETTEVILLE – The Arkansas-Auburn football game wasn’t selected as part of the Southeastern Conference’s television schedule for the weekend of Oct. 11, it was announced on Monday by the league office. The game between [...]

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In this edition of HogTalk, Morning News sportswriters Vernon Tarver, Alex Abrams, and Chip Souza, Robbie Neiswanger discuss the Hogs' second consecutive blowout loss, this time at the hands of Texas, and look ahead to next week's game against Florida.

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In case you hadn't heard, Florida is coming off a disappointing, 31-30 loss to Ole Miss. There's no doubt the defeat hit the Gators hard. But the player it may have affected most was quarterback Tim Tebow, who apologized to Gator Nation after the game on Saturday. In fact, he had some pretty strong words to say. And they probably make him even more of a hero to Florida fans.

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Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino wrapped up his weekly Monday news conference not too long ago. Here are a few of the highlights from what he and several Arkansas players had to say. The biggest topic of discussion was by far on how do the Razorbacks rebound after back-to-back blowout losses to No. 2 Alabama and No. [...]

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Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino has pulled the plug on place kicker Alex Tejada. The Razorbacks just had a drive stall inside the Texas 20 and Petrino put his kicking team on the field. Instead of Tejada, backup Shay Haddock got a chance to knock one through the uprights. Haddock made the 30-yarder to give the Razorbacks [...]

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Texas and Arkansas have traded field goal attempts in the early going here in Austin. Longhorns kicker Hunter Lawrence made a 35-yarder. Alex Tejada missed a 45-yarder. Tejada had plenty of leg on his attempt, but it sliced to the right. Interestingly, Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino didn’t say a word to his fragile kicker after the miss [...]

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Hello from Austin. It took us a little while longer than usual, but The Morning News caravan made it to Texas Memorial Stadium and kickoff for today’s game is just a few minutes away. Legendary coaches Frank Broyles and Darrell Royal are both at midfield for the coin toss before the 77th meeting between these two [...]

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Thursday’s practice has come and gone without much news. As usual, Arkansas practiced for around an hour Thursday evening. Coach Bobby Petrino said wide receiver Lucas Miller has been ruled out for Saturday’s game at seventh-ranked Texas as he continues to battle a concussion suffered in last week’s loss to No. 8 Alabama. Arkansas offensive coordinator Paul [...]

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