Moving into the 2025 season, what’s the hotness temperature of Sam Pittman ’s seat? Scalding hot. But turns out that by now, the Arkansas Razorbacks head coach has gotten immune to handling the heat. As ESPN analyst Paul Finebaum said in an interview in January, this year, “I forgot he was in trouble. That guy has been living on the hot seat the last three years.”

Fast forward to seven months, and Pittman’s chair is still releasing fumes. As Outkick’s Trey Wallace on July picked Pittman, along with Billy Napier and Mark Stoops , to be sitting on red-hot coal. The analyst also came up with a wakeup call: “I think Arkansas is going to have to take a hard look in the mirror and figure out what they want to be in college football.” Here comes more serving of woes for Pittman.

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