Thawing out after 40 years
For decades, the result of The Big Shootout has been frozen in the minds of Arkansas players and fans, an icy memory for a bone-chilling event held in Fayetteville on Dec. 6, 1969
Arkansas football coach Frank Broyles, left, and Texas coach Darrell Royal greet on the field in Fayetteville, in this Dec. 6, 1969, file photo. No. 1 Texas defeated No. 2 Arkansas, 15-14.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Forty years beyond the Game of the Century, Frank Broyles still struggles to come to grips with his second-ranked Arkansas team’s 15-14 loss to No. 1 Texas.
A Q&A with "Hogs, Horns and Nixon Coming" author Terry Frei on the Slophouse blog.
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Sports, Pages 36 on 12/06/2009
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