Yearly reminder: Arky series at JerryWorld is a massive bust

Yeah, I don’t know anyone in favor of it, and luckily the new AD appears to be against it too. It might be the first solid thing I’ve heard from him, but a week or so ago he was on either Texags radio or Louie belina’s radio show and basically said, without stating it outright, that he’s heard the concerns and that he’s in favor of keeping home games at home and not giving one away to neutral stadiums. He also mentioned that the current contract runs through 2024 or something like that. So still a ways off, and who knows if Bjork will be here when it’s time to look at that deal again.

My guess is low 50s, won’t look good on TV. We need to get out of there ASAP and get to a home and home like regular.

I've been 4 times. 2016 was the only time I truly enjoyed it. Last year sucked. 2009 and 2010 obviously sucked.

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frick jerry Jones.

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Something EVERYONE can agree on.

I've been once (last year) and enjoyed it a lot. But now that that's out of the way, I have no interest in going back. I'd love a road trip to Fayetteville - beautiful country on the drive there.

I've been multiple times but not going tomorrow. Definitely need the home/home.

Being a season ticket holder, being in the SEC has been awesome, but the Arkansas game every other year would make it even more awesome.

My uncle does a big tailgate. One year we tried to stay after the game and got kicked out of the parking lot. It was pretty lame.

The way I see it, we benefit more from the neutral site than Arkansas does. We always outnumber their fans and our players seem to enjoy it (it's an NFL stadium afterall). Playing at Arkansas isn't easy and their fans are trashy (Source* I went to the 2013 game at Arkansas). I'd much rather play at Arlington every year over playing at Fayetteville every other year. It's not like Kyle Field is much of a home advantage these days anyways .

The game may feel corporate, but that same argument can be made about Kyle Field. There really isn't anything special about playing there anymore now that we have the Gigantic Ad-atron blasting ads (this post is being brought to you by Doggett Heavy Equipment). I'm actually surprised our school hasn't found a way to sell yells to corporations .

If our school makes money off of this game and we get a crowd advantage every single year, why get rid of it??? We'd be stupid to give Arkansas an out.

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why get rid of it???

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Well, we’ve pretty much covered it with everybody’s responses here, but if you want a succinct list:

1) slight recruiting boost for arky having a game in Texas, we don’t need help recruiting the metroplex.
2) attendance at Jerry world sucks and looks bad on tv. Won’t fix that unless both teams are both highly ranked and that doesn’t look to be happening anytime soon.
3) takes away a home game every other year from Kyle, so season ticket holders don’t get as many games.
4) attendance at Jerry world sucks.
5) Arky’s stadium isn’t difficult or intimidating so we shouldn’t be scared to play there.
6) prices at Kyle are high, prices at Jerry world are higher.
7) atmosphere isn’t anywhere close to what you get at either home stadium.
8) attendance at jerry world sucks.
9) Jerry Jones is an Arkansas alum, that already makes plenty of money, we don’t need to help make him more.


I think that covers it.

We might get a small one, but not as much as Arkansas who gets to tell recruits that they’ll always have a game in Texas even though the school is in a different state. The game played there benefits them more than us.