LITTLE ROCK — A daily salary exclusively for the elite, a litany of productive dual-threat quarterbacks, current star power and the good ole days mean the free pass for first-year coaches might not last 12 games in College Station, Gainesville, Starkville or Knoxville.
None of those circumstances are relevant in Fayetteville and that’s a good thing for Chad Morris, who inherited a talent gap that should be worth a two-year grace period at a minimum.
In the four years before Morris arrived, Arkansas’ recruiting classes were ranked Nos. 30, 22, 24 and 26 by ESPN. Short on time, Morris’ first class was No.