TCU Football, of course, is not unfamiliar with the Arkansas Razorbacks, having competed with them for decades when both were members of the Southwest Conference and in a home and home affair just a few short years ago.
But these ain’t your momma’s Hogs, and the team that Sam Pittman is building is big, strong, and tough.
And, if most importantly to Gary Patterson, “they play hard.” In the first press conference of bowl week, Patterson spoke of playing Pittman — someone he knows a bit from past stops and the recruiting trail — and playing Arkansas, with whom there are a lot of crossovers with.