TOP 10 ARKANSAS COACHING CANDIDATES

Arkansas has a great athletic director in Jeff Long. But it isn’t a top tier job in the SEC. When I ranked the top 25 college football jobs, I had Arkansas at 9th in the SEC. Right now I’d rank the SEC jobs 1-14 thusly: Florida, Bama, LSU, Georgia, Texas A&M (now that it’s in the SEC), Tennessee, Auburn, South Carolina, Arkansas, Mizzou, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Kentucky, and Vandy. Yes, yes, I know, I’ve horribly underanked your favorite team and am clearly biased against them. The more provincial your team’s fan base is, the more underrated you think your program is.

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Football Scandal at the University of Arkansas Casts An Unflattering Light on UAB

A motorcycle crash on April 1 in the Arkansas countryside provides more evidence of the mismanagement that continues to plague Alabama’s largest employer.

What does the crash, which led to the firing Tuesday night of University of Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino, have to do with the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)? At first glance, the connection is hard to see. After all, UAB is a small-time player in college football, and it’s known mostly for a world-class medical center and its status as the largest employer at one location in Alabama.

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UAB’s Garrick McGee was born to coach football

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Garrick McGee didn’t grow up just playing football. The new UAB football coach grew up liv­ing football in his hometown of Tulsa, Okla.

His playground was the Booker T. Washington High football field, where his fa­ther, Larry, not only made a living for nine years as the head coach but also became a legendary figure at the school. His class­room was often the film room or his fa­ther’s office during game planning and strategy sessions.

al.com
12/9/11