STILLWATER — Arkansas coach Sam Pittman hasn’t been to Oklahoma State since 1998, but Cowboy fans left him with a lasting impression.
“We went in there and got beat when I was at OU,” Pittman said of a 20-point Bedlam loss as OU’s offensive line coach. “Very, very loud, very, very close. As in they can stand up and look right on top of you. We’ve talked to our coaching staff and our players about that well because we can’t let their fans be a distraction to us when we are trying to learn on the sidelines. Trying to talk about the next series whatever it may be. But it is extremely close. I think it is the closest in the country.”
It might be hard to believe, but it has been even longer since the Razorbacks made the trip to Stillwater. These teams used to square off at least eight times a decade, but now haven’t met at all since 1980 and haven’t played in Stillwater since 1978, a game Pittman believes he attended.
“That’s the exact same time I’ve been out of high school so that kind of hit me a bit,” Pittman said. “So yeah, excited to have the game again.”
