- Brian Chilson
- IS THE THRILL GONE? From Hog games at War Memorial Stadium?
Robert Shields, who writes a weekly column on Razorback sports, writes today about the Hog loss to Ole Miss and what it means about Razorback football in Little Rock.
Is he onto something in seeing it as the beginning of the end (when the contract expires in 2016) of Razorback football in Little Rock? Is War Memorial magic over? Did the tailgate party eclipse the football? When you consider that the Little Rock Hog season has dropped from four games to two and no longer includes LSU, would the loss be that great?
A restaurant owner told me during the Louisiana-Monroe game tailgate that a Razorback weekend was no longer the business boost it once was. Better highways and changing game times mean many drive in and drive out the same day, he said. A Razorback Saturday is about the same for him as any other, he said.
Nothing like a winner, of course, to alter the dynamics of all things pertaining to college sports. But Fayetteville still has 17,000 more seats — easier to fill when winning than losing, naturally.
Shields’ column follows.