STARKVILLE, Miss. — The Arkansas Razorbacks practiced all week with the sounds of cowbells played over loudspeakers.
Tonight, the Razorbacks will see how they play with the real thing ringing in their ears.
Arkansas is playing at Mississippi State, where fans ringing cowbells began in the late 1930s or early 1940s and became a common practice by the 1950s, according to the Bulldogs’ athletic department website.
The cowbells were rung especially enthusiastically during Arkansas’ last visit to Davis Wade Stadium in 2014. It was the Bulldogs’ first home game as a No. 1-ranked team, and they hung on to beat the Razorbacks 17-10.