FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas -- Sam Pittman saved Arkansas five years ago from the dregs of the SEC.

On Saturday, he officially lost the Razorbacks' fan base.

In Arkansas, where moods rise and fall with the Hogs, life has been too humble for too long. The 56-13 loss to Notre Dame was the latest chapter in a slow-developing book of disappointment and marked Pittman's Arkansas record at 32-34. The 63-year-old Pittman is a lovable, affable, beer-drinking everyman who rose from career position coach to Arkansas savior. A fourth straight home loss against a power program by double digits, however, cemented that Pittman has lost himself in a Hog trough that is only growing darker and deeper to trudge. The footnote: Notre Dame's biggest win ever over an active SEC program and Arkansas' worst home l

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