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Last Thursday night, ArkansasSports360.com columnist Jim Harris visited in-depth with Arkansas recruiting coordinator Tim Horton about the Razorbacks' most recently signed recruiting class. Horton discussed his overall feelings about the class, the saga recruiting highly touted receiver Dorial Green-Beckham for four years and some of the redshirts from last year's class. read more >

In the past three years the Little Rock Razorback Club has moved its “Signing Day in the Rock” spectacular from one large ballroom, to a bigger one, and now to Verizon Arena, where Thursday night’s visit by Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino and his staff turned into part rock show/part religious revival. The religion, of course, is Razorback football, where more than 1,200 folks paid the price of a Southeastern Conference football ticket in Little Rock’s War Memorial Stadium, $65, to hear Petrino and the other coaches go into full detail — with video — of the latest, 24-man signing class. The arena darkened and AC/DC’s “Hell’s Bells” rang in the assistant coaches to the main stage, each one entering from the opposite side to the stage and almost sprinting down the middle aisle where “Voice of the Razorbacks” Chuck Barrett welcomed them in. Then came Bobby Petrino’s rock-star entrance, complete with a fog machine. read more >

Arkansas now plans to spend an estimated $40.31 million for its football operations center. Why an increase from the $35-million estimate when the facility and accompanying parking lot were propsed in 2009? Well, the Board of Trustees approved on Thursday a "revised Capital Project Proposal" for the center with the addition of an elevated parking lot. read more >

Did a one-time Arkansas commitment "flip" to Arkansas State? Regardless, Chris Humes can be viewed as good get for Gus Malzahn. Humes reportedly had offers from Auburn, Cincinnati, Kentucky, Louisville and Mississippi State among others. Nice offer sheet for a guy that signed with Arkansas State. read more >

FoxSports.com has some unflattering details about Arkansas pertaining to the recruitment of Dorial Green-Beckham. If there is one positive to the situation it’s this: People are paying attention to Arkansas and see its football as an increasingly relevant brand and/or threat. Relevance brings its share of headaches. read more >