Hunter Yurachek, University of Arkansas athletic director, spoke to the Little Rock Touchdown Club today and he didn’t sugarcoat the Razorbacks’ loss Saturday to lightly regarded San Jose State.

He was disappointed, he said. “Saturday, we took a step backwards. We did not get better.” He said there’d been hope the Hogs would be 3-1, even 4-0, at this point in the season rather than 2-2. But he conceded the team just wasn’t good enough to hope for wins in every game in a tough SEC schedule. The SEC is hard, he said. He said the goal is for the football team to improve and he said some patience will be required.