FAYETTEVILLE — Mike Neighbors is getting a head start on Year Two in his rebuilding project at Arkansas.
After two days of sightseeing in Italy, Neighbors' Razorbacks will play the first of three international exhibition games Thursday at 11:30 a.m. CST in Rome. Arkansas' opponent is Deep 3 Select, a popular foe for visiting college teams. Mississippi State, the two-time defending national runner-up, will play the same team Saturday.
Teams are allowed to take an international exhibition trip every four years. Arkansas players went to Italy in 2014 and Neighbors took his Washington team to Australia in 2016.