I can see what you're complaining about. I grew up ~2.5 hours from the Arkansas/Louisiana border and there's a good amount of LSU fans/alumni in my hometown. There's definitely a strong Arkansas following but it's not overwhelming.

I have no idea why but my highschool counselor & 4-5 teachers tried to steer anyone and everyone away from the UofA. Every valedictorian/salutatorian around my time always left the state or ended up at the honors program at UCA/OBU. I graduated with ~140 and if I were to count my graduation class and the year after me I'd say this is approximately where everyone I can remember going:

UCA 30+
ASU 20+
OBU 15-20
Arkansas 10
Hendrix 1 (golf scholarship)
UAM/UALR/Henderson/CC etc: 10-20

Out of State:
LSU 5
Ole Miss 2
MSU 1
Vanderbilt 1
SMU 1
TCU 1
Memphis 1

The rest went straight to work

A good amount of families around my area have never even gone to a Fayetteville game in their lifetime. They'll watch them on tv and attend the LR game(s). I'm not sure how fading out WMS will help/hurt southern Arkansas in regards to Razorback support but am interested in how it will play out.

My opinion is that the university is currently more interested in grabbing TX/OK/MO students than Arkansas students. This might be great in increasing university attendance and making a quick buck but long-term, most of these OOS students will do nothing to benefit the state once graduating. I can see how leaving a game in WMS allows many from across the state to attend & in the term "unites" the state & I can also see why fans are pissed because the hogs are continuing to play at WMS when they have Donald Reynolds Stadium which is a far superior venue. It's difficult

This post was edited on 4/7/14 at 8:00 pm