Arkansas thought that its chaotic coaching search concluded after landing Memphis’s Ryan Silverfield with a five-year, $33.5 million deal. Instead of celebration, he is facing skepticism as analyst Josh Pate questions whether the Razorbacks have just repeated the same mistake as an ACC team. As history repeats itself, their gamble might come back to bite Arkansas.

ESPN’s Josh Pate said on his College Football Show , “If you give Arkansas a winner, they’ll really be all in. My default position here is that I’m very skeptical this will work out. Not because I don’t believe in Ryan Silverfield. This is nothing against him. Mike Norvell, ironically, also came from Memphis to Florida State. I’ve got nothing against Mike Norvell, but it hasn’t really been working out for him there.

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