FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long is no longer the chairman of the College Football Playoff selection committee.
That doesn’t mean he won’t face difficult choices in his final two seasons as a member of the committee.
With No. 3 Louisville (3-0) moving up the rankings after its 63-20 win over Florida State last week, that makes it possible Long could possibly sit in on committee discussions about including the Cardinals _ led by former Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino _ in the playoff.
They are discussions Long said on Wednesday before a meeting of the Northwest Arkansas Touchdown Club that he won’t recuse himself from, despite the fact he famously fired Petrino in 2012 after the coach wrecked his motorcycle.