While merry revelers on Beale Street toasted into the night one of the greatest days in Memphis sports history, the mood was right in Fayetteville for a wake to Razorback football.
People drink for different reasons, but any shots of whiskey downed in the city’s taverns Saturday night were not to celebrate a victory in the University of Arkansas’ homecoming game.
No one carried any goal posts from Reynolds Razorback Stadium down Dickson Street after the 54-24 Arkansas shellacking. And if someone did so, a Mississippi State kicker probably was kicking extra points through the uprights.
Mississippi State fans who traveled to the Ozarks were among the only ones around at the finish.