re: 2 Lawmakers Propose Arkansas-Arkansas State Matchup

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I would say CSB, but I legitimately found that interesting.

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When Broyles took over, we stopped playing lower division schools, you have to remember there was only D1 and DII, no D1-AA at that time. This policy held true and left out stAte until the 90s when we moved the the SEC and some where along that time the NCAA split the D1 into two divisions, and Broyles allowed scheduling of one D1-AA school however many years that it would allow to qualify for bowl purposes.

stAte never really had a problem except during their "good years" which was once in the mid-70s or unless Arkansas was really down which was in the early 90s. When Arkansas was good or they were bad you never heard from them wanting to play. Right now they are having good years and we just had a bad year and what do you know, they want the game ASAP.

We have played them in basketball, in the NIT in Nolan's 2nd year and some other time in women's basketball, both times they have shown a series isn't a good idea. They have tried to start fights with players during the game, burnt the state flag during the game, etc. They have made the bama/barners antics look sane and civil during these two meetings.

We tried to work out a deal to help them in basketball back in the early 2000s hosting a "double header" in verizon areana in north little rock hosting OSU and Oklahoma, it didn't make it past the first year as they couldn't hold up their end financially and we had to buyout the deal which lead to us playing OSU there two more times and lead to our current home and homes with OU.

stAte also tried to steal our "thunder" by hosting Okie state in WMS but couldn't afford the rent we pay to play there and the series ended sooner than planned.

So what do they want? Everything they've tried in the past while we foot the bill and they pay nothing, all the perceived rewards for free.

Their fans also think we are suppose to help elevate them above sunbelt conference status every time conference expansion talks heats up due to some conspiracy theory involving Broyles they have where he "kept" them from reaching university status back in the 60s-80s.

Basically, their fans and alums are batshit crazy.