Arkansas

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SEC · Ryan Silverfield, year 1 (1-1) · Razorback Stadium · 80,000 · 69,178 avg in 2026

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The model#122 CFB ZeitgeistSP+ #56 (+3.3) · FPI #77
The marketGeorgia by 24.5vs Georgia · our model 3% Arkansas · a number, not a pick

LastL 10–43 at Utah · Sat Sep 12 · Christian Harrison 1 INT, 7 tackles

Nextvs Georgia · Sat Sep 19 · 12 pm ET · Razorback Stadium · Georgia by 24.5 · series 4-12, lost the last 3 · Game preview

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

No consensus around Arkansas right now — the fanbase is genuinely divided.

Arkansas fans can't agree.

The Ryan Silverfield Era begins today. Let’s go Hogs 🐗💪

▲ 65r/razorbacks

Maybe we just need more corporate advertising on every surface. Surely that will help

▲ 72r/razorbacks
✓ verbatim
belief cooled ↓ 2.0vs prior week
Fanbase belief
Mixed
47/100 · 673 mentions
~ our read
Grounding
backed by facts
8% cite a stat · 6% typical ✓ counted
~ our read
Volatility
Reactive
σ 17 pts
~ our read
The model
#122
CFB Zeitgeist · -5.1
✓ measured
Explore all 12 corners of the fanbase ↓

The Pulse on Arkansas

Archive · Wk 2 · 673 mentions · medium confidence
47
Δ -2.0 vs last wk
673 mentions this week · conversation velocity

What moved it — last 14 days

Awaiting next signal window
"Go Hogs" — Arkansas fanbase · recurring line

Fanbase Signals

Cohort Divergence
1 pctSpread between sub-fanbase cohorts in the Pulse window.
The Fever Year

Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling

Inside the fanbase — all 12 corners

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
LLocked On
UUnderdog Dynasty
CCampus paper
WWhole Hog Sports
BBluesky
YYouTube
8 outlets & communities talking

The split, staged

Warmest corner+0.00
Local
most bought-in cohort our read
vs
Coldest corner−0.00
National take
coolest cohort our read

How Arkansas fans actually talk real · top-upvoted

Rr/CFBthe room

No Big 12 team has won a game with the monster patch. Is it a curse? People are saying

1.8k open ↗

The crowd’s loudest take by upvotes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.

Loudest in the room this week real · by engagement

All 12 corners of the fanbase

skeptical
buying in
Local+0.16
National take−0.00

Cohort sentiment is a source-weighted model read — never a quote pinned to a person.

What this fanbase keeps coming back to our read · topic model

fan energy
35%
where the program is headed
18%
recent results
17%
the coaching staff
7%
the schedule
6%

Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.

1084 mentions · 8 sources · week 2026-02. Counts, sources and the divergence rank are measured (fact). Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model read (our read) — never a quote attributed to a person.
Belief checkevidence-driven

~ our readArkansas fans are down on the program, and they're pointing to real stats and results to back it up — more than most fanbases right now.

backed by facts
8% cited a stat or resultleague 6%
the mood
19% optimistic41% down

✓ counted We read 673 posts from Arkansas fans this week.

Press Pulse

10 quotes collected this season

What the beat said, in their own words.

I want to say one thing because I’m not an equivocator, but I got to know Jayden when he was at LSU
Finebaum · Saturday Down South
I just wasn’t prepared to do it until we got a full commitment from another Heisman Trophy winner
Kelly · Saturday Down South
It’s so exciting to have ‘High Noon’ as the anthem for this upcoming college football season on ESPN
Shaboozey · Saturday Down South

Fanbase health · Arkansas

Arkansas's fanbase is growing — 53 of 100.

Loud (226 weighted voices in the latest week), middling on the field (2-10 last season, 1-1 so far), and not arguing about much.

On the field — 2-10 last season, 1-1 so far48
How loud — 226 weighted voices in the latest week77
How much they argue — not arguing about much35

3 of 3 signals · on-field reading uses last season until 4 games are in · 0–100, bands at 26 / 51 / 76

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ArgumentsRecurring arguments this fanbase keeps returning to.

What fans are saying

Fan claims · every quote verified verbatim

player performanceOne fan's take that season

One fan believes key players will perform better in first scrimmage

Here's what we know about today's first scrimmage. Sounds like KJ Jackson and Chris Marshall had strong days as there were plenty of explosive plays from the offense.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Aug 16, 2026 · via razorbacks

program directionOne fan's take

One fan thinks Arkansas lacks the talent to compete at the highest level in the SEC

Tough to see them ever being elite at football in the SEC

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jul 29, 2026 · via CFB

job securityOne fan's take

One fan argues Ryan Silverfield is likely to fail as Arkansas's head coach

Sure Ryan. Let's look at this quote in December when you're like 5-8 against SEC coaches and we go *maybe* 3-9.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jul 23, 2026 · via CFB

program directionOne fan's take

One fan believes Silverfield is capable of leading Arkansas to consistent bowl eligibility

Silverfield has potential to rebuild this dumpster fire into something average and I will take average after the last few seasons of the “heartbreak hogs”

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Jun 21, 2026 · via razorbacks

coaching decisionOne fan's take that season

One fan thinks Hunter Yurachek mishandled coaching staff decisions

Arkansas ad hunter having a hell of a year. Fire a coach that won 2 games this season and promote a guy that got 0 wins.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Nov 30, 2025 · via CFB

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coaching decisionOne fan's take that season

One fan thinks the coaching staff is mismanaging players

WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU KICK!!!! WE HAVE BEEN CARVING THEIR DEFENSE SO FAR WTF!!!

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 13, 2025 · via CFB

player performanceOne fan's take that season

One fan believes the defense gives up too many points

Defense looking like shit rn. Plz adjust.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Aug 30, 2025 · via CFB

PodcastsThe shows this fanbase actually listens to.

From the booth

a recent episode about this team
The obsessionThe rival this fanbase can't stop bringing up.
Rent free · r/cfb fan posts, last season
Arkansas fans this offseason 45% of posts bring up another team▲2pp saltier#27 of 70 saltiest · mostly about Utah
Who Arkansas fans can’t stop bringing up
  1. Utah14%
  2. Alabama11%
  3. Georgia5%
  4. Texas4%
  5. Vanderbilt3%
share of Arkansas’s football posts that mention each team
Who they talk aboutThe people this fanbase names more than anyone else does.
Who they talk about 615 posts and articles vs the field · 2026 season

The names this fanbase says more than anyone else does — players, coaches, the places they keep coming back to. Not slang: these are the people carrying the conversation.

Ryan Silverfield
×498.0 the field
Signature — named ≥10× as often as the rest of college football
Ryan Silverfield×498.0n=46
Tim Cramsey×30.1n=14
Caleb Wooden×2225.6n=13

“Wake up, it’s gameday y’all sickos The Ryan Silverfield Era begins today. Let’s go Hogs 🐗💪”

reddit/razorbacks · fan post, verbatim
Fans on Ryan Silverfield (8 examples)
  1. RYAN SILVERFIELD LOOKS LIKE HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND HOW TO COACH FOOTBALL!!!!!! RYAN COULD VERY WELL
  2. Ryan Silverfield is the second coming of Chad Morris
  3. I'm just going to call it like I see it. Nobody was excited about hiring Ryan Silverfield. He's a peewee league coach that is in way over his head with the SEC. He has no
  4. The Ryan Silverfield Era begins today. Let’s go Hogs 🐗💪
  5. If we can pull off a 4-win season in year 1 of the Ryan Silverfield era, I'll consider that a success.
  6. I expect Ryan Silverfield to be the head coach of Arkansas for at least 2 full seasons. That being said,
  7. Ryan Silverfield. We just don't care any more.
  8. Ryan Silverfield isn't giving up - or waiting around for the Walton family. He spent 75% of his offseason
Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Fanbase Voice 1,878 fan mentions
Doomers
Optimism
9th
Joy
42nd
Anger
54th
Doom
99th
Sarcasm
41st
vs the 94 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
Vocabulary by eraThe words that defined each chapter of this program.

Season Vocabulary

2026SILVERFIELD
silverfieldrecruitingpracticeschoolletnfl
Wake up, it’s gameday y’all sickos The Ryan silverfield Era begins today. Let’s go Hogs 🐗💪
2025DEFENSE
defensefumbleyardsstadiumpleasetrash
Wait. Is our defense allowed to do that?
Defining termsThe handful of terms that carried this season.
Words of the season how the conversation changed, year to year
2026
silverfield×4.0recruiting×5.8practice×9.9school×3.4let×5.0
2025
defense×5.4fumble×8.5yards×8.5stadium×10.2please×6.8
Fanbase clusterWhich other fanbases talk the way yours does.
Your Vocabulary Clustercluster 0
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