FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — There may not be much of a budding rivalry between Arkansas State and the Razorbacks, but there certainly seems to be one boiling quite hot between Arkansas head coach Sam Pittman and War Memorial Stadium.
Pittman has been pretty clear in his stance on wanting to be done with uprooting his team to go play in a much smaller venue that doesn’t even sell out and often has major malfunctions when the Razorbacks come to town. However, in his press conference Monday, he may have been more definitive than ever.
He’s hoping that by playing the Red Wolves in Little Rock, the fact it’s the first time the two teams have faced and that it’s closer for Arkansas State fans to travel to Warm Memorial than his own team, perhaps the place might be reasonably full. In a bit of a sarcastic manner, Pittman jested that perhaps he will get to finally experience this terrifying atmosphere at War Memorial as described by former Tennessee quarterback turned NFL Hall of Famer Peyton Manning…