Arkansas athletic director Hunter Yurachek is unlikely to find many allies in South Bent over his latest claims that the SEC is treating his school unfairly. Once upon a time, Yurachek led the charge to keep Notre Dame out of the College Football Playoff. He did so with some of the most ridiculous reasons possible, all in order to serve the same SEC he’s now furious with.
On Wednesday, times and networks for several games this fall were announced, including two game times for the Arkansas Razorbacks that Yurachek believes treat his program unfairly. The Arkansas AD, who also served as the CFP Chair this past fall and winter, was so incensed by the scheduling that he wrote a lengthy letter and posted it on social media.
“I am extremely concerned and displeased about the recently released kickoff times for our football program in consecutive weeks this September and the impact it will have on the well-being of our student-athletes,” Yurachek wrote. “ESPN has set our game at Utah for 9:15 p.m. Central Time on September 12. We anticipate returning to campus at approximately 6 a.m. on Sunday, September 13 — followed by an 11 a.m. home kickoff against Georgia just six days later on September 19.”
Immediately after reading the post, every single man, woman, and child associated with the Notre Dame football program whipped out all of the world’s tiniest violins and started strumming the strings in honor of the Arkansas AD.
— Hunter Yurachek (@HunterYurachek) May 27, 2026
Hunter Yurachek gives Notre Dame football fans no reason to pity Arkansas
Yurachek’s complaining didn’t stop there. More than a matter of fairness, the College Football Committee Chair said he was genuinely concerned about his players' safety because they had one less day of rest.
“This assigned schedule will cost our student-athletes nearly a full day of rest and recovery that they would otherwise have available to them. This is not simply a competitive disadvantage — it is a genuine welfare issue for the young men who represent our program and contribute greatly to the bottom line of our television partners.”
It’s a safe bet that more than a few Notre Dame fans might wonder if such scheduling might cost Arkansas a CFP spot should they otherwise have the kind of season they haven’t had in decades. After all, Yurachek wasn’t shedding a tear for the Irish when he made one hollow explanation after another for Alabama and even Oklahoma making the playoff over Marcus Freeman’s squad.
Notre Dame did everything it needed to do to make the CFP in 2025, even after losing its first two games. I won 10 straight and, entering CFP Selection Sunday, was ranked ahead of Miami. And then, Yurachek announced, after weeks of keeping them there, that the Irish had dropped. Behind Alabama, which played terrible football down the stretch. They were also behind Miami.
When Yurachek was questioned about the fairness of that drop, even though Freeman’s squad had that win streak, he smirked and talked about how they should have beaten Miami or Texas A&M.
It’s a safe bet if Yurachek continues complaining about the “unfairness” and safety of his players because they have a night game, and then an 11 am game a full week later, Notre Dame fans and members of the football program won’t shed a tear or offer a shoulder to cry on.
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