Hogs able to get “ground and pound” working and pays off in 41-27 road win that got Tigers coach fired.
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Tigers finally pull the plug on football coach after 21 games and what direction they go with new athletics director.
Auburn tried to hire guy who cleaned up Hogs’ mess
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.
— Hunter Yurachek (@HunterYurachek) October 31, 2022
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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Arkansas running back Dominique Johnson has another knee injury and Liberty ranked No. 23 and Razorbacks not this week.
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AUSTIN, Texas — The 12th-ranked Texas Longhorns out-scored Arkansas 25-5 to open the second half and cruised to a 90-60 victory over No. 10 Arkansas in a charity exhibition game Saturday at the new Moody Center.
Texas scored on the opening possession of the game on a 3-pointer and never surrendered the lead, taking a 40-30 advantage at the break.
While the Longhorns led by 10 at halftime, Arkansas kept the first half close – staying within 2-to-5 points – until a late Texas run. Arkansas committed 12 turnovers with just four assists while Texas had nine assists with seven turnovers.
Texas scored the first four points of the second half to lead by 14 and force a Razorback timeout. The lead would stretch to 17 before an Anthony Black layup. However, Texas would out-score the Hogs 25-5 to start the second half to put the game out of reach.
Texas had five players score in double figures including a game-high 19 from Arterio Morris.
Jordan Walsh led Arkansas with 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting with five rebounds. Nick Smith Jr., added 12 points and Kamani Johnson had a team-high six rebounds.
Arkansas will officially open the 2022-23 season on Nov. 7 (Monday) versus North Dakota State. Tipoff at Bud Walton Arena is set for 7 pm.
