Coach checks out after 50 years

Arkansas will never see another Frank Broyles. Even when the media and fan base were all over him (over Hatfield, Holtz, you name it), he had a defender in my Dad. I truly think that had he never stepped foot on campus, Arkansas athletics would be on the same level as Southern Miss, TCU, or Kansas. He was a fundraiser and an empire builder. He made great hires but was quick with the trigger (or meddler, depending on your view) in his prime. His Georgian drawl made him the best color commentator ABC had in the '80s.

When I was student body president at the UofA, Broyles talked me into letting students into the Tennessee game free of charge (it was Homecoming, and we were en route to our first SEC West title since joining the league). I thought I'd never hear the end of it from the students who'd already paid for tickets (and the student newspaper, which complained about the lack of space, but the maneuver did work). It was probably a blunder on my part, but Broyles tried to cover for me, and I'll never forget that.

That picture above was from the 1995 bowl game in Miami. Here's another one from that same weekend -- now this is a collection of Razorback knowledge.