$6 million college football HC becomes commanding favorite for Arkansas Razorbacks job

The Arkansas Razorbacks head coaching job is now one of the oldest openings of the season. The Hogs fired Sam Pittman early in the year and haven't exactly seen the light under interim leader Bobby Petrino. Now, a totally new name has emerged as the heavy favorite to land the Razorback head coach gig.

According to the predictive trading market Kalshi, which accepts bets on the possibilities of the next Arkansas head football coach, current Memphis head coach Ryan Silverfield was the favorite to land the position for most of the last week. However, on Saturday, during Arkansas' 52-37 loss at Texas, Silverfield was demoted to second place as a new name rocketed past him on the odds list: Eric Morris.

That's right, the leader of the Mean Green, Eric Morris has North Texas at 10-1 and circling a spot in the next edition of the College Football Playoff rankings. He usurped the No. 1 spot on Kalshi's list around 8 p.m. ET on Saturday and has only further surged above the rest since.

As of this writing, Sunday afternoon around 2 p.m. ET, Morris sits with a 67% chance to become the next Arkansas coach, per Kalshi. He is trading at a 64-cent price of a "Yes" option to become the Arkansas coach, which means... if you pledge 64 cents to that bet, you only stand to win 46 cents. But the no option listed at 39 cents, meaning you'd win 61 cents if Morris is NOT hired. So, you'd stand to win more with the NO option vs YES, meaning that even Kalshi believes the odds are better than 50-50 that Morris becomes the Arkansas coach.

Silverfield remains at 41% — making the pair of AAC coaches the overwhelming favorites to nab the job over the remaining field of candidates. Sorry to those Hog fans still dreaming about Jon Gruden.

Salary info on Eric Morris