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Arkansas vs Oklahoma

Posted on 5/11/23 at 10:10 pm
Posted by Numberwang
Bike City, USA
Member since Feb 2012
13163 posts
Posted on 5/11/23 at 10:10 pm
Three total meetings since 1926.

Zero games since 2002.

Campuses are under a 4 hour drive apart.

How is that possible?
Posted by McNet
Member since Nov 2020
235 posts
Posted on 5/11/23 at 10:12 pm to
Legit question.
Posted by Clark14
L.A.Hog
Member since Dec 2014
20349 posts
Posted on 5/11/23 at 10:17 pm to
We played okie st 46 times I think, I don’t know why okie wasn’t scheduled. Just bowl games.
Posted by dchog
Pea ridge
Member since Nov 2012
21633 posts
Posted on 5/11/23 at 10:24 pm to
Probably because both played Texas and didn't see anything to gain from playing each other.
Posted by Numberwang
Bike City, USA
Member since Feb 2012
13163 posts
Posted on 5/11/23 at 11:19 pm to
In the past 60 years, OU has played Kentucky and Vanderbilt as many times as they've played Arkansas.

They've played Alabama and LSU more.

That just kinda blows my mind given that we share a state border and the fanbases overlap quite a bit around here.
Posted by dstone12
Texan
Member since Jan 2007
30833 posts
Posted on 5/12/23 at 8:31 pm to
Much like

Tennessee and V Tech
Tennessee and WVU
This post was edited on 5/12/23 at 8:33 pm
Posted by tkeefer
TX
Member since Apr 2004
1121 posts
Posted on 5/13/23 at 12:26 am to
Posted by Audustxx
Member since Jul 2022
1137 posts
Posted on 5/13/23 at 11:58 am to
You cost us a national championship in 1976
Posted by snoblind
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Member since Oct 2009
152 posts
Posted on 5/13/23 at 12:19 pm to
The attitude that Broyles inherited from John Barnhill was conference championships not national rankings was the main "goal". Bowl games were more a reward for a good regular season

The 4 non-conference games were money making home games. Oklahoma State was the Little Rock first game and Tulsa was Fayettevile opener.

Never going to get agreement to that from Oklahoma. Plus Bud Wilkinson raised buying players to an art form back in the late 40's and 50's.

The first home and home opener was USCw in the early 70's.

Edit: actually Stanford was before USC, IIRC.
This post was edited on 5/13/23 at 1:06 pm
Posted by OU_Fan
Fort Riley
Member since Dec 2014
770 posts
Posted on 5/13/23 at 1:48 pm to
I do wish OU and Arkansas end up in the same pod. Its crazy how close Arkie is to Tulsa.
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