It appears that enough Arkansas fans watched Ken Burns’ new documentary, “The American Revolution,” to get into the spirit of demonstrating on the streets.
After reports early Sunday morning indicated that Arkansas was set to hire Ryan Silverfield as the next head coach of the Razorbacks, a small group of UA faithful — about 30 people, per Little Rock’s KARK 4 News — got together at the Jerry and Gene Jones Family Student Athlete Success Center on the campus of the University of Arkansas to protest the hire.
Approximately 30 people gathered outside the Jerry & Gene Jones Family Student-Athlete Success Center on Sunday to protest Arkansas’ hiring of Ryan Silverfield as the next head football coach. https://t.co/a3DzS8XLvp
— KARK 4 News (@KARK4News) November 30, 2025
Fans brought signs that said “Fire Yurachek”, referring to Arkansas athletic director Hunter Yurachek and wore paper bags over their heads during the small “protest” that ended just before 1 p.m. CT Sunday.
Why are Arkansas fans upset?
On Wednesday, a report from Arkansas radio host Trey Schaap indicated that Alex Golesh was set to become the next Head Hog. But on Sunday, Golesh was hired by Auburn. The announcement of Silverfield’s hiring at Arkansas came shortly after it was reported that Golesh was going to be hired at Auburn…