The Hogs vs. ????? in Little Rock in 2012
by KevinHog on Jan 26, 2012 3:28 PM CST
in Arkansas Razorback Football
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PrintThe winds of change, from what I can tell, appear to be blowing over War Memorial Stadium in connection to the Hogs' tradition of playing LSU there every other year on the Friday after Thanksgiving. You might have noticed that when Jeff Long and company put out next year's football schedule that locations were omitted. It just says "Home." Count me amongst those who would miss seeing LSU in Little Rock. And, yes, I am a ticket holder for the Little Rock games. But if a change is to be made, as it seems like it will be, which team would we want to have in Little Rock in place of LSU? That is the subject of today's poll question. And I am even adding the option of "None - Move Them All to Campus" just to see how many of you lean in that direction. I don't count myself amongst you, but I do acknowledge you and your arguments.
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It will happen
It seems pretty obvious that when the current contract expires with War Memorial, all the games will be moved to Fayetteville. But until then, it would be nice to have at least one conference game in Little Rock.
A&M
I assume the Aggies aren’t among the choices because that game has got to be played in Texas this year, either in Dallas or East Pigwart. I voted for Ole Miss, but I also like Tulsa for the other Little Rock game. And who is our twelfth game next year?
Yeah, their turn this year to be the home team
And it looks like they want the game in College Station. Wherever we play them, I just hope the results remain the same, haha.
I know it is nice to have a game or two in Little Rock
I am a North Little Rock native and my youth was spent in the fall going to three or four games a year at War Memorial Stadium. But that was when it made sense to play more games in Little Rock.
Playing in Little Rock the team is losing money. War Memorial seats less than 60,000 and Razorback Stadium seats over 70,000. Even if you have an average seat cost of $25.00 that is a minimum of $250,000.00 that the team is leaving on the table (let alone travel expenses.
It is time to just bite the bullet and move all home games on campus to the bigger stadium.
Also, what kind of message does it send to recruits when they tell them they play two games in Little Rock? Other than kids from Central Arkansas that can be seen as a negative. Why would they want to play in a smaller, older, and much less modern stadium than Razorback Stadium?
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