Thawing out after 40 years
For decades, the result of The Big Shootout has been frozen in the minds of Arkansas players and fans, an icy memory for a bone-chilling event held in Fayetteville on Dec. 6, 1969
Posted: December 6, 2009 at 5:27 a.m.
Arkansas football coach Frank Broyles, left, and Texas coach Darrell Royal greet on the field in Fayetteville, in this Dec. 6, 1969, file photo. No. 1 Texas defeated No. 2 Arkansas, 15-14.
Forty years beyond the Game of the Century, Frank Broyles still struggles to come to grips with his second-ranked Arkansas team’s 15-14 loss to No. 1 Texas.
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Sports, Pages 36 on 12/06/2009
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