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Players including former receiver Jarius Wright react to reports that the University of Arkansas has fired football Coach Bobby Petrino. read more >

What's not to like about Rutgers on the schedule the next two seasons? Getting the Scarlet Knights on the schedule is a real victory for Arkansas. No, it's not the guaranteed ‘W' that schools like Texas A&M and Florida State have coming, but Arkansas could win quite a bit more thanks to its 12th opponent. read more >

Anybody up for a 22-hour road trip? That could potentially be on the horizon for Arkansas, according to a report in the Newark Star-Ledger. It appears the Razorbacks and Rutgers are close to finalizing a deal for a home-and-home series in 2012 and 2013. 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 has secured a commitment from linebacker Vin Ascolese, a Parade All-American. Ascolese (6-2, 220) chose the Razorbacks over offers from schools including Illinois, Texas A&M, Cincinnati and Michigan State. read more >