Would we beat Arkansas state this year?

They would beat us like a red headed step child in Walmart

Don't think anyone could say at this point. I have my doubts, but I'm guessing after the Georgia game, we all could give a definitive answer.

Arkansas beat Sunbelt champ Louisiana Lafayette 34-14 and still went 0-8.

Yes.

Chad is gone.

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Yes someone on the rant was arguing that Arkansas state had better talent than Arkansas these last 10 years.

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The idiot who said that needs to to inform the NFL of that tidbit. state has gone 6 years - SIX YEARS!!! without a player drafted. They usually also recruit around the 80s. KSU was a good win for them but that is their 3rd or 4th P5 win in their entire history and they still own an overall losing record.

With that said the games recently would be tight and they could beat us because the main area they're better than us at is the most important = coaching. Even so, state usually finds a way to arkansas up the season. They lost to a horrible 1 win South Alabama team last season. I honestly feel bad for them because anytime they get the least bit of momentum instead of focusing on what they accomplished the entire conversation is people comparing them to us or bringing up our failures. It permeates throughout their fanbase and in our media. Instead of "great win by state" it always comes down to people saying "Could the Hogs beat state?" or "Who is the best team in the state?" like being the best in the state of Arkansas is some sort of accomplishment.

I'm to point where I'm ready to play them. People need to realize that losing to state won't cause fans (the one's who donate and buy tickets) to jump ship and flock to jonesboro. If that was the case then many of them would have already done so and according to state's abysmal season ticket sales (less than 8k) that isn't happening.

My only rule is that the game be played on campus. Don't do that stupid bs play in little rock garbage. If this is supposedly the biggest game in the history of Arkansas then it needs to be done in the biggest stadium in Arkansas. We don't need to play a neutral site game and we sure as shite don't need to split the gate and give them the biggest payout of their life. Pay them whatever we would pay any other SBC team or reduce the payout and play in jonesboro. If we can play in Tulsa's tiny arse stadium --- which we are doing in the coming years then we can play in jonesboro's stadium.

Jonathon Adams Jr. is as good of a receiver, and maybe better, than any of ours, and I'm not saying ours are bad at all. Burks may be the closest to him.

A State plays well as a team. It would be a close game this year. They know what they are doing, we're learning a new system, new coaches...

I'd take the Hogs, but by the slimmest of margins. And would not be shocked at all if it went the other way.

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but I always thought the game should be played in WMS just because that's the most convenient way appease the pro-WMS crowd.

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Would be one of the dumbest ideas in all of our history of dumb ideas. Honestly. Why take a game that everyone seems to think would be an instant sell out and play it in a stadium with 20k less seats? The idea becomes even more idiotic when you consider that we are needing to make as much money as possible to offset the losses from COVID (see the $20 million loan). Like I said earlier - the all-time dumb idea is that we should play in wms and split the gate. It sucks that fans who are wanting us to not only lose money via travel/lodging and reduced capacity. They want us to turn around and give half the gate away to a Sun Belt Makes no sense whatsoever. No thank you. Play the game at the HOME OF THE RAZORBACKS and pay state whatever we pay a normal game vs a Sun Belt team. The truth is that all of our home games need to be played on campus. The lost revenue calls for less travel. There is zero reason to play a home game off campus now.