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Bohannon’s choice doesn’t slow down Hogs’ recruiting

Earle’s Gerry Bohannon chooses Baylor over Arkansas after the previous coaching staff simply didn’t recruit him very well and the early signing date.

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Gerry Bohannon has made his choice and it’s not Arkansas.

The Earle quarterback picked the Bears over the Razorbacks on Tuesday afternoon in a press conference at the high school in Earle.

In the last few days it had become increasingly clear from people who follow the world of college football recruiting closely that he was leaning in that direction.

To be honest, the response should be, quite simply, okay. Good luck and goodbye.

The Hogs weren’t putting all their eggs in Bohannon’s recruitment, mainly because they don’t have to.

Signing Bohannon would have been nice, but in my opinion Connor Noland is more capable of stepping in and running the new offense sooner and it’s about 99 percent that he’s coming to Fayetteville.

It would be a shocker, according to people who are extremely knowledgeable about such things, if he’s drafted high enough to consider an immediate leap to play pro baseball.

Some fans are already getting on the Debbie Downer group that Chad Morris isn’t able to recruit. If you’re thinking that you don’t know enough to be giving it a second thought.

With less than two weeks on the job, Morris has tried to build a relationship equivalent of one or two years in about 20 minutes. In some cases, he’s made progress.

Losing Bohannon a day after Sean Michael Flanagan of Charleston chose Oklahoma State certainly isn’t great news, but it’s not even a warning sign.

Not after 12 days as the Hogs coach.

Baylor had been on Bohannon for some time. According to his coaches in Earle, Arkansas really didn’t push that hard.

No, don’t blame Morris for this one … or Flanagan, either.

The negative being used against Arkansas right now on the recruiting trail is the lack of a defensive staff. While that may indeed be the case, it’s only going to affect the early signing date.

That is the major culprit here.

Nobody knew what would happen this first year with that new date, but you knew anybody making a coaching change probably wasn’t going to do well in that early signing period.

Let’s see how it plays out through February.

If things haven’t improved by then, well, we’ll address it at that time.

But Bohannon’s decision won’t slow Morris down one bit.

2024 Razorbacks Football

Fri, Dec 27Liberty Bowl
vs Texas Tech (Memphis)
W, 39-26
Thu, Aug 29vs UAPB (Little Rock)W, 70-0
Sat, Sep 7@ Oklahoma StateL, 31-39 2OT
Sat, Sep 14vs UABW, 37-27
Sat, Sep 21@ AuburnW, 24-14
Sat, Sep 28vs Texas A&M (Arl)L, 21-17
Sat, Oct 5vs TennesseeW, 19-14
Sat, Oct 19vs LSUL, 34-10
Sat, Oct 26@ Mississippi StateW, 58-25
Sat, Nov 2vs Ole MissL, 63-31
Sat, Nov 16vs TexasL, 20-10
Sat, Nov 23vs Louisiana TechW, 35-14
Sat, Nov 30@ MissouriL, 28-21

2024 High School Rankings

OVERALLRecordPts
1.Bryant (21)13-02461
2.Greenwood (4)13-02242
3.Bentonville9-41855
4.Little Rock Parkview13-11734
5.Conway10-21563
6.Pulaski Academy10-31128
7.Shiloh Christian9-477
6.Benton10-2676
7.Fayetteville9-3527
9.Rogers8-4359
Others receiving votes: Arkadelphia 20, Farmington 15, Valley View 5, Hot Springs Lakeside, Mountain Home 2, Salem 2, Conway Christian 1, Little Rock Christian 1.
CLASS 7A
1.Bryant (25)13-01251
2.Bentonville9-4983
3.Conway10-2772
4.Pulaski Academy10-3485
5.Fayetteville9-3174
Others receiving votes: Rogers 10.
CLASS 6A
1.Greenwood (25)13-01251
2.Shiloh Christian9-4964
3.Benton10-2772
4.Mountain Home10-3513
5.Lake Hamilton8-420
Others receiving votes: Little Rock Catholic 6.
CLASS 5A
1.Little Rock Parkview (25)13-11251
4.Farmington12-2904
3.Valley View12-1683
5.Hot Springs Lakeside10-3605
2.Joe T. Robinson10-2252
Others receiving votes: Morrilton 3.
CLASS 4A
1.Arkadelphia (25)13-21252
2.Elkins14-1991
3.Little Rock Mills12-1523
4.Southside Batesville13-1465t
5.Warren10-3284
Others receiving votes: Malvern 3.
CLASS 3A
1.Salem (25)11-4125
2.Bismarck14-11001
3.Mansfield11-365
4.Fordyce11-1422
5.Osceola10-2214
Others receiving votes: Booneville 17, Prescott 3, Rivercrest 2.
CLASS 2A
1.Conway Christian (25)14-01252
2.East Poinsett Co.10-4984
3.Junction City9-468
5.Mount Ida9-341
4.Carlisle11-1251
Others receiving votes: Des Arc 8, Bigelow 6, Murfreesboro 3, Cross County 1.
8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.Strong-Huttig (25)8-0751
2.Midland11-1502
3.Cedar Ridge9-2223
Others receiving votes: Woodlawn 3.