REPORT: Hogs to play Missouri, spring game in LR

According to a report at WholeHogSports.com, officials at Arkansas and War Memorial Stadium have reached a compromise solution to the issue of playing games there.

It’s not exactly perfect and will likely be roundly criticized, but likely was the only possible solution.

The Razorbacks will play Missouri in Little Rock in alternating years as part of an agreement that will extend Hogs’ football games in the state’s capital city, two sources familiar with the arrangement told WholeHogSports.com.

In other years, the Hogs will play their annual Red-White spring game at War Memorial, according to the story.

“I can’t confirm anything, but an announcement will be made soon,” UA Chancellor Joe Steinmetz said Wednesday by text message, according to WholeHogSports.com.

A source was quoted as calling the deal a “compromise,” which is likely the case

Arkansas will play Ole Miss in Little Rock on October 13 this season.

The Missouri game was played in Fayetteville last year and is usually played on the Friday following Thanksgiving. That date has always had students out of town and made it difficult at times to get a decent-sized crowd.

The UA and the Department of Parks and Tourism said in a news release later Wednesday an announcement is planned for 10 a.m. Thursday at the stadium.

Steinmetz, athletics director Hunter Yurachek, Director of Parks and Tourism Kane Webb and War Memorial Stadium Commission hairman Kevin Crass are expected to attend.