At long last, the two best football programs in the Natural State will finally face off against each other.
Most because of a long-standing policy by former Arkansas athletic directors John Barnhill and Frank Broyles, Arkansas and Arkansas State have never met on the gridiron. They’ve also never faced off in the regular season in men’s basketball, at least not in the modern era. Their only meeting since 1948 came in the 1987 NIT, a game Nolan Richardson’s Hogs narrowly won.
Arkansas baseball coach Dave Van Horn has been the best diplomat in that regard, as the Diamond Hogs have scheduled the Red Wolves in midweek games each of the last five seasons.