I agree. Incredibly weak, given the magnitude of what he said. IMO, what made it especially egregious was when he went above and beyond relaying the unsourced "report" and speculated that it would be interesting to see if the PED issue was limited to just Russell or involved the entire team. THAT crossed an entirely different line, and he stopped being a journalist and started being a fan (an Arkansas fan) at that point.
There have been journalists fired from their job for much, much less than what he said last night.
So Eklund is based in Fayetteville. Is he a a full time Arkansas announcer who sometimes does national games on the side, like Kessling?