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Arkansas coach John L. Smith says three players who were suspended indefinitely after being arrested earlier this month for burglary are currently not part of the team or enrolled in summer school.

The Southeastern Conference and the Big 12 Conference announced Friday a five-year agreement for their football champions to meet in a post-season bowl game following the 2014 season.

The Arkansas State Athletics Department announced Tuesday that it has added Auburn to its 2013 football schedule, which will give the Red Wolves a game at Jordan-Hare Stadium against the Tigers for the third time over a seven year span.

Kickoff times for the Arkansas State football team’s three games currently set to be televised by the ESPN?network in 2012, including a Nov. 8 home contest against Sun Belt Conference opponent Louisiana-Monroe, have been announced.

In one year, Tyler Wilson has gone from relative unknown to one of college football's elite quarterbacks.

Arkansas coach John L. Smith says wide receiver Quinta Funderburk has been granted his scholarship release.

Arkansas and Texas A&M will move its football series to campus sites for 2012 and 2013 before targeting a return to Cowboys Stadium beginning in the 2014 season.

Former NFL star Junior Seau was found shot to death at his home Wednesday morning in what police said appeared to be a suicide. He was 43.

The GoDaddy.com Bowl will continue to match teams from the Sun Belt Conference and the Mid-American Conference for at least six more seasons.

The Minnesota Vikings have selected Arkansas receiver Greg Childs with their third pick in the fourth-round.

The Minnesota Vikings have selected Arkansas receiver Jarius Wright with their first pick in the fourth round.

Arkansas Wide Receiver Joe Adams has been selected by the Carolina Panthers in the 4th round of the NFL Draft.

The New England Patriots selected Arkansas defensive end Jake Bequette with the 90th selection of the NFL draft Friday night.

The New York Jets have selected Arkansas State linebacker Demario Davis with their third-round draft pick, giving Rex Ryan's defense another aggressive tackler.

Several Arkansas players hope to be drafted into the NFL over the next three days. None were picked in the first round Thursday but Round 2 begins at 6pm tonight.

Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long had to balance the short-term and long-term interests of the football program when he hired John L. Smith to replace Bobby Petrino.

John L. Smith knows Arkansas, knows the expectations for a powerful program rocked by a scandal that cost Bobby Petrino his job.

John L. Smith knows the Arkansas football program well and has a vested interest in its continued success. So a chance to help clean up the mess made by coach Bobby Petrino was too good to pass up.

With a new Twitter hash tag, #GOHOGS, painted on the field of Razorback stadium, the fan base grows as the spring game unfolds.

Arkansas ended a chaotic spring caused by the firing of coach Bobby Petrino with a scrimmage that showed the Razorbacks still have reasons to be hopeful for a good season.

Bobby Petrino believed he could win a national championship at Arkansas. He won't get the chance. Athletic director Jeff Long fired Petrino on Tuesday night and laid out a stunning laundry list of misdeeds against the man he hired away from the Atlanta Falcons four years ago.

The bomb was dropped and the smoke is still thick from one of the most mind blowing weeks in the history of Arkansas sports. Jeff Long, executing the boldest of moves - firing Bobby Petrino, a man and a coach many thought was untouchable

Friday after the football team's scrimmage, Arkansas Offensive Coordinator Paul Petrino was asked about his relationship with his brother Bobby, who was recently fired as the team's head coach.

Arkansas Head Coach Bobby Petrino is “resting comfortably” after a motorcycle accident southeast of Fayetteville.

Arkansas put football coach Bobby Petrino on paid leave Thursday after he failed to disclose he had been riding with a female employee half his age when his motorcycle skidded off the road over the weekend.   |   Petrino Crash Report (192.7KB)

The University of Arkansas says Jessica Dorrell has resigned from her position as the football program’s student-athlete development coordinator.

University of Arkansas senior linebacker Alonzo Highsmith sustained an injury to his left pec Tuesday and is expected to miss spring football practice

Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino says he hasn't decided yet how to handle running back Knile Davis' return to the field.

Arkansas State has announced the signing of a junior college offensive lineman.

Bobby Petrino enjoys talking about his childhood love of motorcycles. He has had a thing for them since he was 10, though there have been mishaps along the way.

Arkansas' Joe Adams has been selected the winner of the inaugural Johnny "The Jet" Rodgers Award as the top return specialist in college football in 2011.

Tuesday night, one Little Rock family that knows Razorback football reacted to the firing of Coach Bobby Petrino.

Arkansas Athletics Director Jeff Long has released a statement saying that he has looked at potential candidates, both outside of the program and within, but the search will continue after the spring game.

Arkansas backup linebacker Tyler Gilbert has been arrested and charged with aggravated residential burglary and theft of property for his role in an apartment break-in early Friday morning.

A week after Bobby Petrino's firing, Arkansas football is in a state of flux as athletic director Jeff Long searches for a new head coach.

Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long made it perfectly clear what he expects from his staff as he put coach Bobby Petrino on leave for keeping him in the dark about a sordid-looking relationship with a female employee.

Six home games, including a matchup against longtime rival Memphis, and three nationally-televised contests highlight the 2012 Arkansas State football schedule that also features non-conference outings at Oregon and Nebraska.

The Razorbacks football team met at the Broyles Center Monday at 3 pm. They were told they couldn’t speak to the media, but spirits seemed high following the news of Bobby Petrino’s motorcycle accident.

Statement from former Arkansas Head Coach Bobby Petrino, who was terminated by AD Jeff Long Tuesday evening.   |   Petrino Statement (46.5KB)

Bo Pelini says he's happy at Nebraska and that it's "ludicrous" his name is being connected to the coaching vacancy at Arkansas.

Spring practice this year at Arkansas has been one to remember for all the wrong reasons.

Former Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino told his boss that his affair with a woman he later hired as an assistant began with a kiss last fall and ended sometime in February when the two decided to simply be friends, according to documents released Thursday.

The Razorbacks won't battle against LSU this year in Little Rock. Instead the Hogs will play in Fayetteville.

Former Auburn tailback Mike Dyer testified that his handgun was used in the robbery allegedly committed by Antonio Goodwin and three other teammates.

Wednesday, the University of Arkansas released seven months of phone records for the number belonging to former head coach Bobby Petrino's state-issued cell phone.

A series of text messages between Bobby Petrino and various administrators in the Arkansas Athletic Department shows Petrino was worried about his job and sorry about the situation in the days leading up to his termination.

University of Arkansas Chancellor David Gearhart was in town for Silas Hunt Legacy Awards banquet. While he would not speak specifically former head coach Bobby Petrino, he did have words of praise for Athletic Director Jeff Long.

The scandal surrounding Bobby Petrino has divided Razorbacks fans, with many supporting the embattled Arkansas coach.

The rosters for Saturday’s Red-White Spring Game were announced Friday.

Citing “the courageous leadership” demonstrated recently by athletics director Jeff Long, the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation and its board chair Tuesday announced two separate gifts to the University of Arkansas totaling $1.25 million.