Representatives of the Arkansas Razorbacks and Arkansas State Red Wolves were nearly 150 miles apart when they spoke Monday, but their statements illustrated the programs are even further apart on philosophies of intrastate play.
It was about noon in Jonesboro when Arkansas State University Coach Blake Anderson said in the team’s weekly news conference that he’s happy ASU is playing the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff on Saturday
“We always want to try and create an opportunity to play an in-state opponent,” he said
At the same hour, Jeff Long — the athletic director at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville — fielded a question as the guest speaker at the Little Rock Touchdown Club about whether the Razorbacks would ever play ASU.