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Arkies, please explain how we are the reason you are called Razorbacks
Posted on 8/21/15 at 9:46 am
Posted on 8/21/15 at 9:46 am
In a reddit subject discussing LSU this season, an Arkansas fan chimed in with this:
I do pride myself on knowing at least some college football history, especially as it pertains to LSU, but I had never heard anything about this. What is this Hog fan talking about? Did LSU really have something to do with Razorbacks being your nickname?
Link to Reddit discussion if you're interested
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I think I just feel a little confused about how A&M came in and was suddenly a much bigger rival than us without even batting an eye. I understand there is history between A&M and LSU along with Houston being a large market for both schools, but Arkansas and LSU go way back too. Hell, y'all are the reason we're called the Razorbacks.
I do pride myself on knowing at least some college football history, especially as it pertains to LSU, but I had never heard anything about this. What is this Hog fan talking about? Did LSU really have something to do with Razorbacks being your nickname?
Link to Reddit discussion if you're interested
This post was edited on 8/21/15 at 9:48 am
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Posted on 8/21/15 at 9:47 am to Nuts4LSU
We beat yall. Famous coach Hugo Bezdek said we played like a band of wild Razorbacks. Razorbacks had been associated with the state before then as well so it stuck
Posted on 8/21/15 at 9:48 am to Nuts4LSU
Pretty sure they were the cardinals before they were the razorbacks. Definitely one of the most unique mascot choices
Posted on 8/21/15 at 9:49 am to Nuts4LSU
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Arkansas's athletic teams weren't always known as the Razorbacks. From 1894 until 1910, the football team was known as the Cardinals, a reference to the deep shade of red that the student body voted the school's official color—over heliotrope—in 1895. Upon returning to Little Rock after Arkansas's 1909 team capped off an undefeated season with a 1609 win at rival LSU, head coach Hugo Bezdek announced to the crowd of cheering students that his team had played "like a wild band of Razorback hogs." The Razorback, a wild boar known for its fighting ability, was adopted as the school's mascot the following year.
Posted on 8/21/15 at 9:50 am to MoneyShot
ETA!!!!
way less interesting now.
way less interesting now.
This post was edited on 8/21/15 at 9:53 am
Posted on 8/21/15 at 9:52 am to piggilicious
He was our coach
Posted on 8/21/15 at 9:52 am to piggilicious
Hugo Bezdek was our coach. 
Posted on 8/21/15 at 9:52 am to I Ham That I Ham
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Famous coach Hugo Bezdek
Posted on 8/21/15 at 9:52 am to I Ham That I Ham
oh now that makes more sense.
i'm gonna edit out that whole post.
i'm gonna edit out that whole post.
Posted on 8/21/15 at 10:00 am to MoneyShot
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the football team was known as the Cardinals, a reference to the deep shade of red that the student body used to mask tobacco juice stains
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a 1609 win at LSU
Damn, that is a lot of history.
Posted on 8/21/15 at 10:08 am to I Ham That I Ham
Interesting story. I Googled Hugo Bezdek Razorbacks and also found this from Hog Database...
TL;DR version--Arky baseball and football teams were called Razorbacks in two newspaper articles prior to Bezdek's famous reference following the 1909 LSU game
True or not, I do like that Arkansas attributes it to the 1909 LSU game.
TL;DR version--Arky baseball and football teams were called Razorbacks in two newspaper articles prior to Bezdek's famous reference following the 1909 LSU game
True or not, I do like that Arkansas attributes it to the 1909 LSU game.
Posted on 8/21/15 at 10:11 am to MoneyShot
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Cardinals, a reference to the deep shade of red that the student body voted the school's official color—over heliotrope
good choice.
Posted on 8/21/15 at 10:11 am to MoneyShot
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From 1894 until 1910, the football team was known as the Cardinals, a reference to the deep shade of red that the student body voted the school's official color—over heliotrope—in 1895.
Wow, it would have been awesome if that vote had gone the other way. I bet they never would have changed it to Razorbacks...could there be any better or more unique nickname than the Heliotropes? I would root for them just so I could say the name a lot.
Posted on 8/21/15 at 10:12 am to Nuts4LSU
that's the story I've always heard as well.... although for some reason I was thinking it was a game against Texas and not LSU... don't know where I got that from though.
Posted on 8/21/15 at 10:12 am to I Ham That I Ham
So is all started with LSU....
Posted on 8/21/15 at 10:13 am to Nuts4LSU
That's a color lol. I guess we could be like stanford tho
Posted on 8/21/15 at 10:14 am to Nuts4LSU
That's pretty cool and it cemented LSU as Arky's biggest rival for all time.
Posted on 8/21/15 at 10:18 am to Nuts4LSU
and LSU is still arky's superbowl to this day
Posted on 8/21/15 at 10:18 am to shinerfan
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Damn, that is a lot of history.
Big 2.
Posted on 8/21/15 at 10:26 am to ElDawgHawg
It started in a game against LSU, based on how WE played.
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