This is the third installment of Split Zone Duo’s “Team of the Week” series, featuring guest host Rodger Sherman. To hear the full episode, become a paid subscriber at the link below. Everyone can hear roughly the first half:
Three games into Ryan Silverfield’s coaching tenure, Arkansas fans are in open revolt against their athletic director. The team is bad, and the university overlords are already running a “review” of the athletic program. How did the vibes get this bad this quickly? It’s a long story, and it’s only somewhat about the coach who was under pressure from the second he took the job. Rodger Sherman joins Alex for our latest TEAM OF THE WEEK episode, where we finally focus on a program where things are not going well.
1:05: Ryan Silverfield’s honeymoon never started
7:22: The coaching hire, and the cost of waiting another year on Sam Pittman
15:25: What Arkansas gained and lost by joining the SEC
18:59: The Waltons, the chicken money, and Arkansas’ billionaire relationships
28:59: Hunter Yurachek’s mounting problems
39:52: What would success even look like for Arkansas now?
TEAM OF THE WEEK is a subscriber series where Rodger Sherman and SZD hosts talk about a college football team doing something no one else is doing
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This series will continue all season. See you soon.
