FAYETTEVILLE – Seven hundred. That’s how many wins the University Arkansas now has in football.
The Razorbacks beat LSU on Saturday, 31-14, to win for the 700th time in school history. It was enough to give LSU its second-worst loss under coach Les Miles in Tiger Stadium and it kept the Golden Boot, a trophy given to the winner of the Arkansas-LSU game, in Fayetteville.
Most importantly, it provided Arkansas bowl eligibility for the second straight season. Bret Bielema can finally talk to his old friend about it now.
“Mark Taurisani, my director or ops, he’s been with me since the beginning, since I’ve became a head coach.