Petrino

After a couple of swings and misses, Arkansas goes yard in the coaching search by hiring Atlanta Falcons coach Bobby Petrino, who was apparently discontented in the NFL. Sounds a lot like the Holtz hire, although I was just two at the time. Now half the coaches in the SEC either have NFL head coaching experience or have won an outright or shared national championship. Here's the NWA Morning News article, and here's a blistering column at ESPN critical of Petrino (includes video of the press conference).