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Auburn tried to hire guy who cleaned up Hogs’ mess

With all of drama going on around Auburn, it really shouldn’t be surprising they looked at Hogs earlier this year.

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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A lot of us speculated Bryan Harsin might not make it to Halloween as Auburn’s coach, but he didn’t finish it that way.

First, the Tigers announced Harsin’s firing early Monday morning, a day before his birthday. That wasn’t particularly surprising and probably was done shortly after Saturday’s 41-27 loss to the Arkansas that wasn’t nearly that close.

Then it was an early tweet Monday from Hunter Yurachek that seemed really interesting, to say the least.

A lot of people were wondering.

Yurachek was an early target when Auburn dumped Allen Greene, who left at the end of August. At least that’s what Brandon Marcello reported at 247Sports.com later Monday:

“He received a raise and contract extension at Arkansas after the offer was made. Yurachek’s new deal with Hogs begins Jan. 1. Auburn went after ADs with SEC experience.”

Somehow you just knew the Razorbacks were going to get dragged into all of the drama going on the last couple of years with Auburn.

Now it may be the state of Mississippi’s turn. That came with the story Sunday that Mississippi State athletics director John Cohen was going to be the new Tigers’ athletics director.

Considering he was a former player and baseball coach in Starkville that was mildly interesting. It’s an indication Auburn is not being cheap with any of all this and may be trying to buy their way out of chaos.

It’s been rumored for a month the Tigers are going to make a serious run at Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin, who has the Rebels sitting at 8-1 heading into the final month.

A couple of well-place people over in Oxford think it might be a deal that’s closer to being done than anyone knows with one person telling me Auburn is talking $11 million a year for seven years … all guaranteed.

Those talks have probably been going on for a couple of months. No reason for it be public because agents do that in the background. The reason you fire a coach on Halloween is to get a jump on everybody else firing people.

It’s all expensive … which is the world of college athletics these days.

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2024 High School Rankings

Following is the Arkansas Sports Media High School Football Poll including the Overall Top 10, the top five in Classes 7A, 6A, 5A, 4A, 3A and 2A, plus the top three in the 8-man division, as voted by a panel of sports media from around the state for the week ending August 24. Ranking is given with first-place votes received, records, total points and ranking from last week's poll:
OVERALLRecordPtsPrv
1.Bryant (18)8-02521
2.Conway (6)8-02302
3.Greenwood (2)8-02103
4.Little Rock Parkview7-11714
5.Bentonville5-31416
6.Benton7-11265
7.Fayetteville6-21008
8.Pulaski Academy6-2757
9.Rogers5-3459
10.Shiloh Christian6-24010
Others receiving votes: Marion 13, Valley View 9, Joe T Robinson 8, Mountain Home 4, Cabot 3, Elkins 3.
CLASS 7A
1.Bryant (20)8-01241
2.Conway (6)8-01052
3.Bentonville5-3753
4.Fayetteville6-2455
5.Pulaski Academy6-2354
Others receiving votes: Rogers 5.
CLASS 6A
1.Greenwood (26)8-01301
2.Benton7-11022
3.Shiloh Christian6-2713
4.Marion7-1524
5.Mountain Home7-131
Others receiving votes: Little Rock Catholic 4.
CLASS 5A
1.Little Rock Parkview (23)7-11271
2.Joe T Robinson7-1902
3.Valley View (3)8-0803
4.Hot Springs Lakeside7-1484
5.Farmington7-130
Others receiving votes: Camden Fairview 4, Maumelle 4, Morrilton 3, Greenbrier 2, Harding Academy 1.
CLASS 4A
1.Elkins (19)8-01161
2.Arkadelphia (5)6-2792
3.Little Rock Mills (1)8-0703
4.Warren6-2404
5.Malvern (1)8-0315
Others receiving votes: Dardanelle 22, Southside Batesville 11, Mena 8, Bauxite 7, DeWitt 4, Highland 2.
CLASS 3A
4.Bismarck (15)8-01054
5.Fordyce (4)8-0765
Prescott (3)7-1531t
1.Osceola (2)6-149
3.Mayflower (1)8-036
Others receiving votes: Booneville (1) 31, Rivercrest 19, Mansfield 14, Charleston 4, Rison 3.
CLASS 2A
1.Carlisle (21)8-01211
2.Conway Christian (4)8-01042
3.Des Arc7-1663
4.Bigelow (1)6-2455
5.Murfreesboro6-230
Others receiving votes: Marked Tree 10, Mineral Springs 6, Junction City 5, Cross County 1, Mount Ida 1, Poyen 1
8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.Strong-Huttig (25)5-0761
2.Midland (1)7-0502
3.Cedar Ridge7-1253
Others receiving votes: Rector 5.

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