A few months before he sent shockwaves through the college basketball world by hiring John Calipari, Arkansas athletics director Hunter Yurachek green-lit another stunning move: the return of Bobby Petrino.
It required extra approval, and some humility from head coach Sam Pittman, but bringing back the former head coach as the Razorbacks’ next offensive coordinator is paying dividends.
The eye test is more than enough to see just how much better Arkansas has moved the ball under Petrino compared to the Dan Enos disaster a year ago.
That was no more evident than last week. The Razorbacks scored 58 points and nearly broke a school record for an SEC game with 673 total yards against Mississippi State, which was a stark contrast to last year’s stinker of a 7-3 loss to the Bulldogs in which they managed only 200 yards.