Arkansas’ marketing department took to a major newspaper of not-quite-a-neighbor-state Nebraska on Saturday.
The Razorbacks — or some Arkansas fan club, at the least — paid for a full-page ad in the Omaha World-Herald. The ad listed “10Â REASONS TO JOIN OUR HOG PILE.”
Arkansas with a full page ad in the @OWHnews trying to convert locals to Hog fans pic.twitter.com/iFmSreRQsS
— Bobby Swofford (@BobbySwofford) June 13, 2015
Among the reasons:
- “You can wear your Nebraska gear and blend in with our fans”
- “Nothing like Calling the Hogs with some new friends”
- “Our coach became a legend in your state:
I’m not sure how many Cornhuskers fans are going to sell their team gear on this June afternoon, rush to local sporting goods stores and scour the aisles for Razorbacks clothing and memorabilia, but kudos to Arkansas (or a sect of Arkansas fans) for trying.
An itinerant journalist, Christopher has moved between states 11 times in seven years. Formally an injury-prone Division I 800-meter specialist, he now wanders the Rockies in search of high peaks.
