Sooners' running back loss led to gain for Razorbacks

Ike Forte, University of Arkansas running back, drags an unidentified University of Georgia tackler with him, as he scores a touchdown from the one-yard line in the second quarter of the Cotton Bowl game in Dallas, Texas, Jan. 1, 1976. (AP Photo).FAYETTEVILLE -- Among the college football recruiting stories, the one about Donald Roy "Ike" Forte, is a doozy that worked out in favor of the Arkansas Razorbacks.

The Texarkana native, who earned All-America honors at Tyler (Texas) Junior College, was targeted by Oklahoma for the 1974 signing class and he had every intention of playing for the Sooners and Coach Barry Switzer, the ex-Arkansas assistant coach, whom he had signed with out of high…