Something must be happening, because the most used/visited Arkansas message board (Hogville) has pretty much been inaccessible all afternoon. Last two times it was this bad was when Petrino got fired and John L. Smith got hired. It's where all the people who claim to have "sources" go to post what their "sources" are telling them. Out of the 10-15 regular posters that claim to have legit inside sources, though, there's only one or two I trust, and even they're only right about half the time on stuff like this.
That, coupled with the Sports by Brooks report of an offer being extended to Les Miles (my grandma knows the coach at LSU wouldn't leave for Arkansas, so no idea where that BS came from), and some Tweets about "a lot of smoke surrounding Gundy's name and it's not coming from Fayetteville" has apparently caused the Hogville servers to melt.
You'd think that, since every time any thing of any kind of significance happens their site crashes, they'd do whatever it takes to the servers or whatever to handle more traffic.
Something must be happening, because the most used/visited Arkansas message board (Hogville) has pretty much been inaccessible all afternoon. Last two times it was this bad was when Petrino got fired and John L. Smith got hired. It's where all the people who claim to have "sources" go to post what their "sources" are telling them. Out of the 10-15 regular posters that claim to have legit inside sources, though, there's only one or two I trust, and even they're only right about half the time on stuff like this.
That, coupled with the Sports by Brooks report of an offer being extended to Les Miles (my grandma knows the coach at LSU wouldn't leave for Arkansas, so no idea where that BS came from), and some Tweets about "a lot of smoke surrounding Gundy's name and it's not coming from Fayetteville" has apparently caused the Hogville servers to melt.
You'd think that, since every time any thing of any kind of significance happens their site crashes, they'd do whatever it takes to the servers or whatever to handle more traffic.
I've heard the Gundy talk from some Ok State friends who have, in the past, been pretty good sources.
Crazy to take the job unless the offer was too good to pass up money wise and he had a boat load of assurance that they are making football a top priority. If he could get Ellis as his defensive coordinator that would be a coup. He sucks as a headcoach, judging by Southern Miss, but he is a top DC.
Going to be interesting to see who he can get as his OC and the other assistants.
Gundy would be a great hire if they could get him. Going to cost some big time dollars to outbid Boone Pickens though.
Wal-Mart, Tyson, J.B. Hunt, Jum Lindsey, etc.
I think that's something people either just don't know or forget about us because the state itself has this "hillbilly" reputation. We don't have a single booster/donor as rich as Pickens, and outbidding him won't be easy, but Arkansas has money.
I think that's something people either just don't know or forget about us because the state itself has this "hillbilly" reputation. We don't have a single booster/donor as rich as Pickens, and outbidding him won't be easy, but Arkansas has money.
I'm aware of those, but the price to get him will be steep like probably top 5 HC type money to pull him away from Okie State.
I'm aware of those, but the price to get him will be steep like probably top 5 HC type money to pull him away from Okie State.
Well, I didn't know what top 5 money would be, but $4M-$5M/year is a number that's been floated out there for whoever we get. Some "reports" of even $6M/year for a big name hire, but that just seems absurd.
Well, I didn't know what top 5 money would be, but $4M-$5M/year is a number that's been floated out there for whoever we get. Some "reports" of even $6M/year for a big name hire, but that just seems absurd.
Rumor is they offered Les 5/27 so I would imagine that's the ball park for Gundy to leave OSU or slightly less. Definitely going to be the 5 mil mark to get a top established coach.
Rumor is they offered Les 5/27 so I would imagine that's the ball park for Gundy to leave OSU or slightly less. Definitely going to be the 5 mil mark to get a top established coach.
Yeah, don't know for sure how much truth there is to that. Jerry Jones, Arkansas's biggest and most prominent booster, has ties to Miles and so does Jeff Long. Don't know what that was all about.
Jerry Jones had a lot to do with Petrino coming here from what I remember and I'm sure he's going to play a pretty prominent role in this hire.
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