G Hammons left this comment:
YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT HOG SPIRIT. OF COURSE RAZORBACKS ARE STILL KING IN ARKANSAS, BUT I SEE LESS PASSION ALSO IN THIS NEW ERA. --- I REMEMBER THE STICKERS, SIGNS, PEP RALLIES AND THE LIKE OF THE 1960S ALSO.
I THINK THE PROLIFERATION OF TV GAMES HAS LED SO MANY TO HAVE FAVORITE "NATIONAL (NONREGIONAL) TEAMS" AND ARE A BIT LESS PASSIONATE WITH THEIR HOME/LOCAL TEAMS. WITNESS HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS GOING OUT OF STATE OR ACROSS COUNTRY. "BACK IN THE DAY" NEVER WOULD YOU SEE THE POOR OR EVEN AVERAGE TEAMS ON TV, BUT YOU WOULD EVEN HAVE TO WAIT TIL SUNDAY TO GET ALOT OF SCORES (AND NEVER SEE HIGHLIGHTS). NOW I CAN WATCH THE LESS THAN STELLAR TEAMS (INDIANA, IOWA STATE, VANDERBILT, WASHINGTON STATE, SYRACUSE, ETC.) PLAY AT LEAST 3 TIMES IF NOT MORE. IN 1969 I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THEY HAD FOOTBALL TEAMS (UNSEEN , UNHEARD AND UNPUBLICIZED IN PLACES LIKE ARKANSAS. AND LESS FOLKS LISTEN TO RADIO GAMES, NO DOUBT.
UNFORTUNATE AND IRONIC RESULT OF ALL THE MEDIA (ESPN, CABLE, SATELLITE) AND MORE
Your right G. At the time, of course, I lived in Little Rock. Arkansas State had a following and for those of you new to this blog, do a little search in the upper left box about the time KAAY delayed the Razorbacks to broadcast an A.State game and why.
Now I live in Alma. A stones throw from the home of the Razorbacks. I am not sure anyone here has even heard of Arkansas State. Even this close, there is not the excitement of a Razorback game day as in the 60s.
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