‘It’ll be louder’ – Arkansas HC Bobby Petrino hits Lane Kiffin and Ole Miss with a stray while discussing road matchup against Tennessee
Arkansas Razorbacks interim head coach Bobby Petrino hit the Ole Miss Rebels with a stray on Monday while discussing this weekend’s matchup against the Tennessee Vols. The Razorbacks are set to head to Knoxville on Saturday to take on No. 12 Tennessee. While previewing the game, Petrino was asked about the atmosphere at Neyland Stadium. […]
Arkansas Razorbacks interim head coach Bobby Petrino hit the Ole Miss Rebels with a stray on Monday while discussing this weekend’s matchup against the Tennessee Vols.
The Razorbacks are set to head to Knoxville on Saturday to take on No. 12 Tennessee.
While previewing the game, Petrino was asked about the atmosphere at Neyland Stadium.
Petrino, who took over as the Razorbacks’ interim head coach late last month after Sam Pittman was fired, pointed to Arkansas’ road game against Ole Miss earlier this season as a reason why his team will be prepared for Neyland Stadium.
He also said that Tennessee will be louder and more hostile than Ole Miss.
“It’s awesome,” said Petrino of playing on the road. “You always want to go into a hostile environment and have fun with it. I think at Ole Miss, we did a really nice job of handling the noise and communication. We didn’t have pre-snap penalties. I thought the experience was [was good]. I feel like we’ll go in there and handle it well. I’m optimistic we’ll go in there and handle it well. It is different. It’ll be louder [and] it’ll be more hostile than Ole Miss was.”
I’m not a big fan of arguments about which SEC stadium is the loudest or the most hostile. Every SEC venue, except Vanderbilt, can be extremely challenging for the opposition.
Still, I’m not sure Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin and the Rebels will appreciate Petrino’s comment.
Bobby Petrino erased a visit to Neyland Stadium from his memory
A reporter asked Petrino on Monday if his trip to Knoxville in 2023, when he was offensive coordinator at Texas A&M, was the only time he’s visited Neyland Stadium.
“Yeah, that’s the only time I’ve been there,” said Petrino of Texas A&M’s game at Tennessee in 2023 (the Vols won that game 20-13).
That’s actually incorrect.
Petrino was the head coach at Western Kentucky in 2013 when the Hilltoppers visited Neyland Stadium.
That game is memorable because Western Kentucky turned the ball over five times in six plays.
I’d probably want to erase that game from my memory, too, if I were Bobby Petrino.
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