FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas Razorbacks Coach Houston Nutt already was nervous about playing Texas in the Cotton Bowl.
As an Arkansas native and former Razorback, Nutt knew what playing — and especially beating — the Longhorns meant to the program and the state.
Arkansas played old Southwest Conference rival Texas in a bowl game for the first time and pounded the Longhorns to end a seven-game losing streak in bowls.
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Now the Razorbacks were going to play their old Southwest Conference rival for the first time in eight seasons since Arkansas left the Southwest Conference for the SEC in 1992.