Arkansas coach Sam Pittman knew this current stretch of four games away from Fayetteville would hold the key to the Razorbacks season.
The unfortunate thing for him is the Hogs lost four and a row and the stretch isn’t over.
Arkansas fell Saturday night at No. 16 Ole Miss, 27-20, dropping the Hogs’ record to two games under .500 at the halfway point of the regular season. The loss was the third of the four to be within one possession, an ill comfort to the embattled coach after the game.
Pittman is fully aware that a portion of the Arkansas fan base wants him out at season’s end. But to his credit, he isn’t going down that path and his team, unlike the teams of Bret Bielema and Chad Morris at their end, is staying hooked up.
Pittman was proud of the effort Saturday, but knows effort isn’t enough anymore. Here’s what he had to say following the game.