FAYETTEVILLE -- University of Arkansas Athletic Director Hunter Yurachek didn't lose his sense of humor after a 71-day stretch in which he fired football Coach Sam Pittman, conducted a lengthy coaching search for his replacement and in the middle of that rose to the hot-spotlight role as chairman of the College Football Playoff selection committee.

Yurachek, aware of criticism from ESPN analyst Nick Saban, signed off on his stint on the network's CFP selection show special on Sunday with a message to the legendary former Alabama coach.

After explaining the committee's rationale over several hotly debated ranking decisions in a six-minute question-and-answer session with host Rece Davis, Yurachek imparted a few words to Saban, who suggested he danced around several "what-if" scenarios reg

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