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Texas Bowl: Arkansas vs. Texas


Roper84

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Can't put my finger on how I feel about this game - If Texas has a chance then the defense will have to pay possibly its best game of the year.

 

Arkansas did beat 2 top 25 teams in LSU and Ole Miss but could not seem to get over the hump with the rest of the SEC schedule - and they did play some chumps non-conference.

 

Texas on the other hand did not beat a ranked team all year and the offense had Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde tendancies.

 

Tough one.

 

But I will go:

Arkansas  -  27

Texas - 17

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Game is being reported today as SOLD OUT.

 

Just got a press release from @TexasBowl saying that the game is officially sold out. @HornsDigest

 

Here is a recent article.

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jesselawrence/2014/12/17/texas-bowl-leads-the-non-playoff-college-bowls-in-ticket-sales/

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Cool video. Two things I noticed : 1) they didn't include the Street to Peschel highlight from the Game of the Century or the Nixon and Royal trophy presentation and 2) ark coach states they don't have a rivalry like Texas, even though they have an annual game against a Texas team (which is a hacky attempt to mimick the red river rivalry)...
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