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LR>NWA :ducksforcover:

Kidding. For me, its more of a nostalgia thing than anything. I grew up going to LR games. My family had LR season tickets and tried to make a Fayetteville game every year. I went to pretty much every LR game from 1996-2010, missing only a couple here and there due to out of town conflicts. I remember freezing my arse off when Manning and the Vols came to LR. I remember Carlos Hall's block against SC, I remember getting pissed during Miracle on Markham 2 at the fans who left early, then laughing at them on the way out of the stadium when we won, and I remember staying in the stadium with everyone else for about 30 minutes after LSU 2010 because none of us wanted to leave. I understand why they are moving and it makes complete sense, but I still hate to see the LR games coming to an end. The thing I hate the most about it is the hate that goes back and forth on the argument. The yankees vs. redneck bull shite gets old and is pretty offensive sometimes. I never understood why an argument over the location of football games could draw so many insults and hatred between fans.

I have moved out of the state (my last home game was LSU 2010, and it was probably my favorite game as a Razorback fan) so this doesn't affect me as much as it does my parents and their ability to go to games. I'll still support whether they stop them in 2018 or extend it a few more years. After all, they are the Arkansas Razorbacks, not the LR/Fayetteville Razorbacks.

nice post. fwiw I've lived in central Arkansas all my life. lots of family in this area. I like the area.

It just amuses me to see people get up in arms and get defensive when they perceive a slight being made towards a portion of the state they like.