FAYETTEVILLE - In an exclusive interview with KFSM, University of Arkansas Athletic Director Frank Broyles says head football coach Houston Nutt will remain the university's coach this year and next.
Nutt has been under fire from many fans after the Razorbacks opened this season 1-2 with a loss at home to Vanderbilt and then on the road at #1 USC.
Broyles told 5 News Sports Director Mike Irwin that he expects the University of Arkansas will win championships under Nutt's leadership and that he remains fully behind the coach.
Mike will have a live report tonight at 6 p.m. on Channel 5 and we will stream portions of the exclusive interview here on 5NEWSonline.com shortly.
http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=3880802
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
The Heat Is On
The heat has really turned up on Houston Nutt this week as he prepares his Razorback team to face a formidable Alabama team on the road Saturday. The last time these two met, Bama head coach Mike Shula accused the head Hog of running up the score late in the game.
Alabama is off to their best start in years and Arkansas is coming off two of the worst defeats in recent memory. They will need to put it all together for 60 minutes in order to have a chance at beating an Alabama team that is much improved on offense and defense.
A loss against Alabama on Saturday could spell doom for Houston and his coaching staff. Rumors concerning the future of the Razorback football program can be found on message boards across the net. The fan base seems to be divided on whether they want Houston Nutt gone after this season, but most concede that changes need to be made now before things get any worse.
Some of the names that keep cropping up as potential candidates to replace Houston Nutt are: Butch Davis, Bobby Petrino, Mike Price and a little known coach from the Northeast named Bobby Joe Swindickle.
One thing is certain, the game in Tuscaloosa on Saturday is shaping up to be the most important game in Houston Nutt's career if he has hopes of keeping his job after this season.
Gametime is 11:30 CST on Jefferson Pilot.
Arkansas in SEC Road Openers
1992 - Arkansas 45, South Carolina 7
1993 - Arkansas 3, Alabama 43*
1994 - South Carolina 14, Arkansas 0
1995 - Arkansas 20, Alabama 19
1996 - South Carolina 23, Arkansas 17
1997 - Arkansas 17, Alabama 16
1998 - Arkansas 41, South Carolina 28
1999 - Alabama 35, Arkansas 28
2000 - South Carolina 27, Arkansas 7
2001 - Alabama 31, Arkansas 10
2002 - Tennessee 41, Arkansas 38 (6 OT)
2003 - Arkansas 34, Alabama 31 (2 OT)
2004 - Florida 45, Arkansas 30
* Alabama win forfeited by NCAA sanctions
Alabama is off to their best start in years and Arkansas is coming off two of the worst defeats in recent memory. They will need to put it all together for 60 minutes in order to have a chance at beating an Alabama team that is much improved on offense and defense.
A loss against Alabama on Saturday could spell doom for Houston and his coaching staff. Rumors concerning the future of the Razorback football program can be found on message boards across the net. The fan base seems to be divided on whether they want Houston Nutt gone after this season, but most concede that changes need to be made now before things get any worse.
Some of the names that keep cropping up as potential candidates to replace Houston Nutt are: Butch Davis, Bobby Petrino, Mike Price and a little known coach from the Northeast named Bobby Joe Swindickle.
One thing is certain, the game in Tuscaloosa on Saturday is shaping up to be the most important game in Houston Nutt's career if he has hopes of keeping his job after this season.
Gametime is 11:30 CST on Jefferson Pilot.
Arkansas in SEC Road Openers
1992 - Arkansas 45, South Carolina 7
1993 - Arkansas 3, Alabama 43*
1994 - South Carolina 14, Arkansas 0
1995 - Arkansas 20, Alabama 19
1996 - South Carolina 23, Arkansas 17
1997 - Arkansas 17, Alabama 16
1998 - Arkansas 41, South Carolina 28
1999 - Alabama 35, Arkansas 28
2000 - South Carolina 27, Arkansas 7
2001 - Alabama 31, Arkansas 10
2002 - Tennessee 41, Arkansas 38 (6 OT)
2003 - Arkansas 34, Alabama 31 (2 OT)
2004 - Florida 45, Arkansas 30
* Alabama win forfeited by NCAA sanctions
Bobby Joe Swindickle - Bio
Bobby Joe Swindickle came to Lackawanna College from Iowa State University, where he tutored the quarterbacks for two seasons and the tight ends and special teams for three. In 1998, Swindickle coached Todd Bandhauer, the first quarterback in Iowa State University history to notch a pair of 2,000-yard passing seasons. In 1995 and again in 1996, Iowa State University featured the nation’s leading rusher in All-American Troy Davis.
A 1979 graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School in Plymouth, PA, Swindickle earned a football scholarship to the University of Maryland after an outstanding career with the Spartans. As a Maryland defensive lineman, he set a single-season school record with more than 13 sacks and ranks second in career sacks with more than 30.
Swindickle later starred in the National Football League, spending six seasons with the St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals. He was defensive line coach for two years at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania and defensive coordinator for one year at Meyers High School in Wilkes-Barre, PA, before coming to Lackawanna.
Among his coaching associates at Southeast Missouri University was Jon Gruden, the current head coach of the National Football League’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Following his tenancy at Southeast Missouri State University, Swindickle went on to become the offensive coordinator at Southern Illinois University from 1989 to 1993 and Illinois State University in 1994.
He was inducted into the University of Maryland Wall of Fame in 1994 and a year later was inducted into the Northeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sport Hall of Fame. He was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Education by East Stroudsburg University in 1991.
Swindickle has compiled a 70-26 record while elevating the program to a position of national prominence.
Under his guidance, Lackawanna has appeared in five bowl games and has been ranked nationally in recent years, highlighted by a No. 5 ranking at the end of the 2001 regular-season. The college won four championships in five years as a Northeast Football Conference member.
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