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A 62-year Razorback fan finally quits
Ms. Lisa called a Fayetteville radio show and torched Arkansas football from the top down.
In brief
Ms. Lisa called a Fayetteville radio show and torched Arkansas football from the top down. Fan patience is a finite resource, and when the lifers stop buying tickets, the checks written at the top start looking shaky. Originally reported by Arkansas Razorbacks On SI.
The call that stopped the show
Razorback play-by-play voice Chuck Barrett slumped back and tilted his head at his chair when Ms. Lisa phoned into Monday's edition of The Chuck and Bo Show.
A 43-10 wipeout in Utah
Arkansas lost by 33 on the road to No. 17 Utah on Saturday. Like the rest of Razorback nation, Ms. Lisa was not pleased with the product on the field.
Forty-eight hours without sleep
She opened by saying her nerve pill had worn off. Then she said if she could do it over, she'd tear the place down, ceiling to the floor.
“I haven't slept in 48 hours, so my nerve pill has worn off.”
No quarterback, no emotion
Her read on the roster was blunt, and her read on the head coach was worse. She said he stood on the sideline like he was watching a movie.
“We don't have a quarterback. We don't have nobody who can do nothing.”
Off the bandwagon for good
She has bought tickets and sent her money in for decades. She says that ends now, and the program will not get another dime from her.
“They will not get another dime from me.”
Sixty-two years in the stands
Ms. Lisa is 67 and says she has gone to games regularly since she was five. By her math that's 62 seasons of showing up.
“And they don't give a you-know-what about me. They don't care if I come or go.”
Her actual threat is money
She thinks the only lever fans still hold is the checkbook. If enough people walk away, the six and seven figure salaries stop feeling safe.
“If everybody starts feeling that way and they don't get their six figures or seven figure checks, then they might start getting a little nervous.”
She remembers the good years
Starting in 1964 would have meant a national championship season, then the runs under Frank Broyles, Ken Hatfield and Lou Holtz. That success seems a world away now.
Fire the AD by 10 a.m.
She named Hunter Yurachek directly and said he should be gone before the morning was over, without even time to clean out his desk.
“Hunter Yurachek has to go.”
Ran out of town on a donkey
She said everyone on the hill should be run out of town on a donkey, then reconsidered, since Christ rode a donkey. She downgraded them to a turtle.
“Any good high school team in this state could've beat the Hogs Saturday night.”
Georgia is next
She predicts Arkansas won't win again all year, and a win would give her a heart attack from disbelief. Week 3 brings No. 2 Georgia.
“I'll be dead before they ever dig themselves out.”
At a glance
Fan patience is a finite resource, and when the lifers stop buying tickets, the checks written at the top start looking shaky.
