Hog Fans Renew Hope
Posted: September 16, 2012 at 5:13 a.m.
University of Arkansas football fans, from left, Brian Vance, Bryan Yarbrough, Rick Smith and Ricky Yarbrough, all from Springdale, play a game of baggo Saturday while tailgating in a parking lot near Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville.
It took about a week for Carolyn and Ron McIntosh to get over Arkansas’ surprising loss to Louisiana-Monroe last weekend, but by Saturday the Rogers couple returned to their usual tailgating spot with renewed enthusiasm.
Fast Facts
The Rivalry
w Alabama leads the series, 15-7. Arkansas last won in 2006 in Fayetteville.
w The two teams first played in 1961 in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. The Crimson Tide won, 10-3 and went on to win the National Championship.
w The Razorbacks first win was notched in 1995 in Tuscaloosa, 20-19.
w The Crimson Tide have outscored Michigan and Western Kentucky by a combined 76-14.
SOURCE: Staff Report
REFER
For a complete report on the game turn to sports in today’s Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
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