100 Things You Love About Gamedays On The Hill

July 6, 2021

We’re inching closer to Razorback Football and gamedays on The Hill being back to normal. That got us thinking about what our favorite things about Saturdays in Fayetteville are…

The smell of charcoal on the grill…
The buzz around campus Friday night…
Friday nights at the Greek Theatre…
Reminiscing on Dickson Street…
The walk through campus on a cool fall morning…
When the effects of Red Glow fill the Fayetteville sky with a shade of Razorback Red.
Coming through the Boston Mountains on I49 and seeing the stadium in the distance…
The fall foliage in Victory Village…
Lining The Pit for the Hog Walk…
Putting on your favorite Razorback t-shirt that you’ve been wearing for years…
The friendships made with fellow fans in your section…
Watching College Gameday at the tailgate…
Seeing the team run through the A…
Feeling Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium shaking underneath you…
The chills you get when F/A 18 Super Hornets roar over the stadium…
Returning to the tailgate after a W…
The feeling of togetherness it brings to your family…
High-fiving a complete stranger after a pick 6…
Hearing Tusk’s trailer roll through Fayetteville on Friday afternoon…
Perfect stadium sunsets…
Seeing friends you hadn’t seen since college and it’s like you never left…
Memories made with Dad…
Finding your name on Senior Walk…
Hotdogs, brats, barbeque…and anything else you can imagine made on the grill…
Cracking open the first ice cold beer at the tailgate…
The rumbling of the stadium on a defensive third down…
Attaching your Razorback flag to the car and hearing it flap in the wind…
Calling the Hogs…
Hearing the sweet sound of Chuck Barrett’s voice on the radio…
Hearing John George announce “And that’s another Razorback…FIRST DOWN!”…
When the band plays Z and the Spirit Squads hoist up the Arkansas state flag…
The sweet sound of the fight song after a touchdown…
The smell of freshly cut Tahoma 31 grass…
Fireworks rocketing off the Broyles Center roof…
Postgame celebrations on Dickson…
Seeing the smiles on kids’ faces when greeted by Big Red, Sue-E and Porkchop…
Bouncing from tailgate to tailgate in Victory Village…
The walk up Razorback Rd to the stadium…
Taking your picture in front of the Wild Band of Razorbacks monument…
Seeing the team lock arms and walk back into the locker room after warmups…
Seeing the Arkansas flags run through the end zone after a score…
Seeing young kids becoming life-long fans…
Cute babies doing Hog Calls…
The sound of the drumline doing their pregame routine…
Feeling at home when you see the towers of Old Main…
Seeing the “Home of the Razorbacks” letters lit during a night game…
The emptiness around town during a home game…because everyone’s at the stadium.
Seeing the student section banner unfurled…
Seeing the sun shine on our bright red Razorback helmets…
Seeing the Hog Pen rattling and bouncing in anticipation of the team coming out…
The stillness of the stadium on a Friday night…
The feeling of nostalgia seeing the Coach Broyles statue…
When SEC Nation comes to town…
Seeing players redeem themselves…
Seeing the Razorbacks touch the whole state on their way to the field…
The crisp chill of a fall Saturday…
The smell of freshly popped popcorn…
The excitement the night before a game…
Singing It’s Hard to be Humble…
Belting out the first Hey Jude of the year…
The cool air of the concourse during an early season game…
The collective gasp of the crowd after a big hit…
The silence and tension as a big play unfolds…
The eruption and joy after a big play…
Pointing towards Old Main at the end of the alma mater…
Sitting next to friends that have had tickets next to you for years…
The conversations on the walk to the stadium…
Spinning around during William Tell Overture…
The salt on a perfectly cooked soft pretzel…
The drive through the Ozarks on a fall Saturday…
Hearing those police sirens and motorcycles of the team escort pregame…
The pleasing sound of scanning your ticket at the gate…
Rehashing all the great games you’ve seen with your friends and family…
Making the climb up the ramp to your seats with your friends…
Seeing your favorite usher you’ve known since you were a kid…
Starting the text chain with family/friends to discuss the tailgate menu…
When the “Go Hogs” flags go up on Dickson Street in mid-August…
The first time you see the stadium lights on at night during fall camp…
The first time you walk in Walmart and the majority of their displays are tailgate themed…
The first game day when you wake up and there is a slight dew on the grass…
When you get to your seats for the first game and you reconnect with the people you sit near you after a long offseason…
When you see Tusk driving up Interstate 49 on game weekends…
Chuck Barrett’s first “Touchdown Arkansas” call of the year…
The Burls Kids…
Seeing the intro video for the first time…
Random Hog Calls on Friday nights on Dickson Street…
Planning your game day outfit…
When the drumstick hits the drum for the first beat of the fight song..
Being with someone as they call the Hogs in the stadium for the first time…
The mood in Fayetteville on Sunday after a Saturday win…
When you see a fellow Hog fan at a road game and instead of saying hello you just say Wooo Pig as you pass them by…
Constantly checking the Saturday forecast throughout the week…
Fans who bring headphones to the game to listen to the radio broadcast…
Knowing all social events/weddings revolve around home game schedules…
Finding photos of loved ones who were former Razorbacks in the bowl alley displays…
When you get to town on Friday night and go out of your way to drive past the stadium….
Going to Walmart on game week to stock up on all the needed tailgating supplies…
Taking a family photo at the game knowing it will be the photo used for your holiday card…
Going to the concession stand before every game and ordering the exact same thing…every game…
Stadium-wide light shows during the night games…