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re: SEC Football Teams All Time Historical Rankings according to CFB Warehouse
Posted on 8/1/15 at 11:06 pm to redeye
Posted on 8/1/15 at 11:06 pm to redeye
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I think the networks setup things up for Arkansas and Texas to be ranked 1-2 at the end of the season in '69
Oh yeah. This used to happen all the time when there were only 1 or 2 games on TV. Michigan State-Notre Dame is probably the other most famous example
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Posted on 8/1/15 at 11:21 pm to PAGator
I can't remember the story, but I found this nugget about the game on wikipedia:
1969 Texas vs Arkansas Football Game
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The 1969 season marked the 100th anniversary of college football. This game would decide the Southwest Conference Championship, as well as its berth in the Cotton Bowl Classic, and ABC television executive Beano Cook arranged for Texas and Arkansas to play the final game of the regular season, moving their usual October date to the first weekend in December. ABC Sports executive Roone Arledge persuaded Arkansas coach Frank Broyles to move the game with a promise that President Richard Nixon would attend the game, and ABC would televise Arkansas' season opener in 1970 against Stanford (and its star quarterback, Jim Plunkett).
1969 Texas vs Arkansas Football Game
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