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FOOTBALL: Petrino Scrambles To Secure First Recruiting Class
Bobby Petrino didn't have the luxury after being hired as Arkansas' new football coach on Dec. 11 to relax and ease his way into the job.
After all, the other coaches in the Southeastern Conference had almost a one-year headstart on Petrino when it came to recruiting.
He, on the other hand, had less than two months to strike up a relationship with recruits, sit down with their families and hopefully get them to commit to the Razorbacks.
Along the way, Petrino used up plenty of minutes on his cell phone and logged thousands of miles on Arkansas' private plane. It has all led up to today -- National Signing Day.
"It's been a grind for about six weeks," Tim Horton, Arkansas' recruiting coordinator and running backs coach, said Monday night following another long day.
Petrino won't know until the end of today as to how well his first recruiting class at Arkansas turned out, and whether all those days on the road paid off.
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