FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas coach Sam Pittman developed a friendship with Tennessee assistant Jim Chaney well before they landed on SEC coaching staffs.
It will get put on hold when Arkansas (2-3) hosts the Volunteers (2-3) on Saturday.
“I talk to Jim once a week, but I have not spoken with him this week,” Pittman said. “Not that it matters. He’s not going to tell me anything, and I’m not going to tell him anything.”
Arkansas' first-year coach recalled how he and Chaney both signed to play football at Central Missouri State out of high school. Chaney was from Holton, Missouri, and Pittman was from Grove, Oklahoma.