Fun fact I did not know, this is the first time Arkansas and Arkansas State have every played. Mostly because piggy have been colossal pussies about it.\
https://www.bestofarkansassports.com/arkansas-football-arkansas-state-governor-pushing-hogs/
It has SEVERAL hills!
In all honestly, I've always found it a bit funny that Miami of Ohio and Ohio U are such preppy, clean-cut rich kid alumni bases when the rest of the MAC is as salt-of-the-earth as cfb gets.
On the one hand, thrilled "Wazzu" is back as a name. The admin thinking it wasn't serious enough for Washington State as an institution was a joke.
On the other... not the most attractive helmet
While it is, at least according to Bill Connolly's CFB rankings, the biggest reason is that neutral fans are still curious about whether Arch can bounce back.
Also the early slate doesn't have a lot of big names - Iowa/Iowa State and Baylor/SMU are very regional rivalries, and Illinois/Duke has zero cachet outside of real CFB fans.
I was in Vermont all weekend with a bunch of Michigan and USC fans at a wedding. Similar thing. Most people just said complimentary things about the defense and we all had a good laugh about Arch. My brother and I were sending memes to each other about the game on Instagram by Saturday night.
I asked my Duke fan friend - not sure I buy it, but that's where he's coming from:
Duke ended up dominating the second half, stacking up a few late TDs. My take has been we’ve got a top 25 defense and a top 25 QB which is usually enough to be a top 25 team. I feel like Duke just came out flat to a half empty stadium
I'm kind of assuming Oregon blows out Okie Lite by a whole lot but I'd love if that game was competitive. Thoughts @oSuJeff97 or @'stache?
I just missed BC @ MSU, I've got some light family ties to both schools. Hoping Sparty can bring back their Dantonio edge and cause a little chaos this year.