FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas football coach Sam Pittman hasn’t been shy about his thoughts on the Razorbacks playing Arkansas State in Little Rock this season.
He respects the 77-year history of Arkansas playing at War Memorial Stadium, but he doesn’t see a need for his team to continue playing there. He respects Arkansas State as a program, but he doesn’t see “any advantage” for the Razorbacks playing them for the first time this year, particularly in Little Rock.
“It's closer for them,” Pittman said. “There's going to be 20-30,000 people less [than at Razorback Stadium]....It hasn’t been packed [for a game at War Memorial] since I've been the head coach.