In something that felt unthinkable more than a decade ago, Bobby Petrino is once again calling the shots in Fayetteville. The Razorbacks fired Sam Pittman on Sunday, and in the shuffle that followed, Petrino was elevated from offensive coordinator to interim head coach. He once went 34-17 leading Arkansas from 2008 to 2011 before scandal cut the tenure short. But now, in a twist of fate, he’s back with the whistle and is thankful for it. Although it is still temporary, and he has some outside competition.

Arkansas has nine weeks left to figure out where the program heads next, and Petrino has exactly that much time to prove he deserves to stay in the big chair. For Petrino, this was not a job he politicked for but one he felt compelled to take. Meeting with reporters, he said, “I was

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