September 2000 – Southwestern Bell produced this promotional
towel to hand out to fans ahead of the 2000 Arkansas Razorbacks football season.
I can’t recall if I received this at Fan Appreciation Day in August or prior to
the game on September 30, 2000 against the Georgia Bulldogs. My wife, brother
and sister-in-law were standing outside the stadium looking for 4 tickets
together when a kind stranger handed us free tickets to the game. We had great
upper level seats on a beautiful day at Razorback Stadium. Unfortunately, Robby
Hampton threw a pick-6 on the first series of the game and it was all downhill
from there in a 38-7 shellacking.
The 2000 season was anything but fun. Arkansas
finished 6-6 on the season (3-5 in Southeastern Conference play) and the
Houston Nutt era was in a steady decline from the magical start to the 1998
season. I’ve recalled the “NUTTin’ But Fun” slogan from this towel several
times since, mostly during the down years with Houston Nutt at the helm (of
which there were way too many). Thankfully, the state of the Razorback program is
much better today, even in light of recent events that saw the departure of
Bobby Petrino and the hiring of John L. Smith as the interim coach. Hopefully,
Hog fans will have much more fun during the upcoming season than they did
twelve years ago.
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