Texas’ move to the Southeastern Conference rekindled an old rivalry so intense that national championships hung in the balance and a U.S. president once made a special trip to attend. The Texas-Arkansas border clash is a feud that in its heyday was as big as any in the country. It renews this week when the No.
FILE - President Richard Nixon presents a plaque to Texas football coach Darrell Royal, naming the Longhorns the No. 1 college football team in college football as linebacker Glen Halsell and quarterback James Street watch, Dec. 6, 1969. FILE - Arkansas fans rush the field to celebrate Arkansas ’ win over Texas in an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, in Fayetteville, Ark.
It was Sarkisian’s first defeat with Texas, and he would later declare that Arkansas fans probably hate Texas more than they like themselves. Arkansas coach Sam Pittman agreed. A Longhorns goal-line stand preserved a 7-3 Texas win in 1962 that determined the SWC title. Texas won the national title in 1963. Arkansas went undefeated and claimed a share of the national crown a year later. Royal said the loss cost Texas another championship.
“He was walking around like one of the guys. You’re a kid, you’ve just beaten Arkansas, somebody says, `Congratulations’ and you say, `Thanks, buddy!′ and start slapping backs, not realizing it’s the president of the United States,” Street told The Associated Press in 2005. And then Texas joined the SEC, and the league immediately linked the Razorbacks and Longhorns again. It is yet to be determined if the matchup will be an annual one or just every few years, but Saturday’s game comes at a time when national championship dreams are once again on the line.
“I think you have to educate the kids on how big the game is to the fans to the university,” Pittman said. “I think rivalry games matter.”“We’re here, I mean 60-70 years later and this game still means the world to Arkansas and Texas,” Arkansas offensive lineman Fernando Carmona said. “I’m excited to make history.”
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