What happened to our State ?

[NotSoFastMyFriend]

that south arkansas is still fighting the civil war has done more to harm that area than anything ever done by anyone else.

This a million times.

[a0ashle]

The internet has torn down many metaphorical walls. Where you were born and raised hardly defines who you are anymore. To younger generations, Arkansas is a place, not an identity.

[AirWarren]

No, just like someone who has moved past 1868.

To the far more impressive 2017.......


Kudos.

[AirWarren]

that south arkansas is still fighting the civil war has done more to harm that area than anything ever done by anyone else.

Thomas Robb of Boone County(Harrison is 74 miles east of "the motherland") says hello.

[IronHog]

The internet has torn down many metaphorical walls. Where you were born and raised hardly defines who you are anymore. To younger generations, Arkansas is a place, not an identity.

Major problem in the world is no one has roots anymore

[a0ashle]

Major problem in the world is no one has roots anymore

Meh, we build up borders so we can have an "us" and a "them". "Roots" are just another way to separate.

[Richard Davenport]

Phillip Dokes, Leslie O'Neal, Keith Jackson, Eric Mitchel, Chet Winters are just a few from the 70's and 80's. Kids will leave the state.

[IronHog]

Meh, we build up borders so we can have an "us" and a "them". "Roots" are just another way to separate.

Globalist BS

[a0ashle]

Globalist BS

Another wall

[IronHog]

Another wall

All college football teams should be the fighting rainbows and hold hands

[a0ashle]

All college football teams should be the fighting rainbows and hold hands

No, just don't expect them to be loyal to arbitrary borders that you deem worthy.

[IronHog]

No, just don't expect them to be loyal to arbitrary borders that you deem worthy.

Then there is zero point

[Tejano Jawg]

Delta, you ask a good question. And there are some good answers (or attempts) here in this thread.

I'm old enough to believe in the "state pride" thing...I'm also ignorant to believe it still exists. Maybe players like Darren McFadden just don't come along often—elite talent with unshakeable dedication to the University of Arkansas.

Sure, plenty still have the Razorback red in their blood. But for others, we are just another school who get put on the runner-up list after signing day. The QB that signed with Baylor also did not sign with Alabama, Georgia, Louisville, or us. (Those schools are probably scratching their heads more than we are.)

The difference between us/Arkansas and other states/Texas/Louisiana/etc is the number of great players year to year. So when one leaves Arkansas, it's a bigger deal.

[IronHog]

Delta, you ask a good question. And there are some good answers (or attempts) here in this thread.

I'm old enough to believe in the "state pride" thing...I'm also ignorant to believe it still exists. Maybe players like Darren McFadden just don't come along often—elite talent with unshakeable dedication to the University of Arkansas.

Sure, plenty still have the Razorback red in their blood. But for others, we are just another school who get put on the runner-up list after signing day. The QB that signed with Baylor also did not sign with Alabama, Georgia, Louisville, or us. (Those schools are probably scratching their heads more than we are.)

The difference between us/Arkansas and other states/Texas/Louisiana/etc is the number of great players year to year. So when one leaves Arkansas, it's a bigger deal.

Mostly the universities and NWAs fault IMO

[a0ashle]

Then there is zero point

I don't follow. Arkansas recruits don't necessarily feel loyalty to state borders, but  neither do Texas and Louisiana recruits.

[Tejano Jawg]

Mostly the universities and NWAs fault IMO

How so?

[IronHog]

I don't follow. Arkansas recruits don't necessarily feel loyalty to state borders, but  neither do Texas and Louisiana recruits.

Then why have LSU vs Arkansas


Lets dissolve all borders and group hug

[IronHog]

How so?

We've covered that to death


Two counties cannot support a SEC program no matter how much corporate money it has

[factchecker]

Then why have LSU vs Arkansas


Lets dissolve all borders and group hug

LSU = Louisiana State University

Arkansas = The University of Arkansas

It's not about state pride.  It's about two college football teams representing their respective universities in a game.

You can't control where you were born or where your parents decided to raise you.  You do choose what university you attend and what athletic program you support.

Develop some real pride and move past this state pride nonsense.

[IronHog]

LSU = Louisiana State University

Arkansas = The University of Arkansas

It's not about state pride.  It's about two college football teams representing their respective universities in a game.

You can't control where you were born or where your parents decided to raise you.  You do choose what university you attend and what athletic program you support.

Develop some real pride and move past this state pride nonsense.

Those toothless Cajuns have a rude awaking coming then 🙄

[Memhogs]

Win more games get more quality recruits simple as that.

[jvanhorn]

But you think like an Yankee.

Sounds nice but actually doesn't mean anything.  Just a generality and basically profiling a group of people based on where they were born.

[Inhogswetrust]

I don't follow. Arkansas recruits don't necessarily feel loyalty to state borders, but  neither do Texas and Louisiana recruits.

There is state pride in all states but never the type of pride that would mean people should never leave that state.

[Inhogswetrust]

We've covered that to death


Two counties cannot support a SEC program no matter how much corporate money it has

So since I don't live in those two counties I'm not allowed to support them and attend games. Who knew. I've been sending money from Memphis and driving from it all theses years to attend games and didn't know I wasn't suppose too.

[hawganatic]

I think it's clear he wanted to go somewhere that would hand him the starting role. That wasn't going to happen here

And here we go... High school kid makes a decision that grown adults don't like.  Grown adults proceed to demonize and vilify said high school kid.

I wish a lot of our fan base could actually act like adults and not throw tantrums every time something doesn't go our way.

[a0ashle]

And here we go... High school kid makes a decision that grown adults don't like.  Grown adults proceed to demonize and vilify said high school kid.

I wish a lot of our fan base could actually act like adults and not throw tantrums every time something doesn't go our way.

Either we love them, or we have to find reasons to hate them. There is no middle ground, or so it seems.

[Inhogswetrust]

How so?

Because he hates them.

[a0ashle]

Because he hates them.

It's like he doesn't really have true state pride, since NWA is part of the state, but rather he picks/chooses/carves out what he is proud of by his own definition not someone else's , kinda like student athletes do.

[IronHog]

So since I don't live in those two counties I'm not allowed to support them and attend games. Who knew. I've been sending money from Memphis and driving from it all theses years to attend games and didn't know I wasn't suppose too.

There's been a big push the last few years to make it all about the University


Very few Arkansans have an attachment to the actual school.....just the football team.  That is slowly but steadily declining as well.

[hogsanity]

It's like he doesn't really have true state pride, since NWA is part of the state, but rather he picks/chooses/carves out what he is proud of by his own definition not someone else's , kinda like student athletes do.

I think Ironhog is a troll. No one can truly be as backwards about things as he is and still have electricity, let alone a internet connection.  All the NWA is da debil crap is just his schtik.

IF he is for real, he should be thankful for NWA because without it Arkansas would be dead last in everything good and 1st in everything bad in the US.

[IronHog]

I think Ironhog is a troll. No one can truly be as backwards about things as he is and still have electricity, let alone a internet connection.  All the NWA is da debil crap is just his schtik.

IF he is for real, he should be thankful for NWA because without it Arkansas would be dead last in everything good and 1st in everything bad in the US.

Well when you get a billion dollars in subsidies it's easy to look good

[Swestwill66]

I can understand a 4 star qb wanting to go out of state where the odds of playing sooner are better. I can't understand a 4 star going to Bama or auburn never to be heard of again. If they stay at Arkansas there is a good chance of major playing time,becoming legends like D-Mac,Matt Jones,Mallet and many others.
      Picking up guys from other states like DeJon Harris who after committing to us gets Sabah's hard sell and says no thanks, we need guys like that! And instate guys like Agim who are all hog!


Go Hogs!!

[TexHog188]

When I was a kid in the 60's/70's, the Razorbacks were all you would get on local news, the papers, the barbershop, etc... maybe the occasional OU mention.  Today, with the explosion of media availability via internet, cable, satellite, message boards and the like, kids are exposed to many more options outside the razorbacks, thus expecting Arkansas kids to have only interest in the Hogs, and to follow them exclusively is unrealistic.  The success level of the Hogs over the past two decades also contributes to that. ESPN and others hype successful programs 24x7, but "disrespect" the hogs and other modestly successful programs through apathy towards them.  Winning is the only solution to this dynamic.  Arkansas MUST win consistently, top 10, top 5 sustained success to turn this around.  Arkansas must give kids a reason to choose the Hogs beyond just being THE local program.