On Sept. 22, the Auburn Tigers will face a Arkansas team led by new Razorbacks head coach Chad Morris. While it will serve as an important SEC West showdown between both teams, it will also pit two coaches against each other who have a friendship that goes back 15 years.
At SEC Media Days, Morris and Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn discussed their connection that dates back to their high school coaching days. It all started with a call out of the blue from Morris — then the Stephenville High (Stephenville, Texas) head coach — to Malzahn, who was at Springdale High School (Springdale, Arkansas) at that time.