FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — It’s starting to become interesting just how much everybody is overlooking Arkansas’ game with Texas. Granted, the Longhorns are coming off an appearance in the college football playoffs and the Razorbacks stumbled through a season.
Regardless of the records, though, it will be the one game even casual Hogs’ fans will find a way to attend. The tailgating will be big. A lot of Arkansas fans can just bring their supplies with them from the deer camp as the biggest sport in the state starts a week or so prior to that game.
It could be a ray of hope for Sam Pittman’s team that has a ton of questions with no answers coming until at least mid-September. At least they will have a game on the schedule they’ll know is a big deal unless they completely live in a bubble these days.
Texas is probably already having it in the “win” category. A story at LonghornsCountry.com pointed out the obvious with an early road game at Michigan and the mid-season annual war with Oklahoma in Dallas being the headliners on their schedule. They just view the Hogs right now as a chance to get folks healthy for the postseason.