Wednesday night was a Back to the ’80s party, sponsored by Dr Pepper, for the Cotton Bowl, Arkansas and Kansas State officials, as well as selected others, including the media.

As soon as I walked in the lobby of the Hilton Anatole I ran into friends Rob and Jill Jolly, who were attending something akin to a Razorbacks pep rally.

Rob is a University of Arkansas graduate and Jill graduated from Texas, but has become one of the biggest Razorback fans ever.

They don’t miss Razorbacks football festivities.

Then I saw Larry Graham and Johnny Burnett, who run the circulation department of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. They are in town to deliver the newspaper to several hotels where Razorback fans are staying.

The party was nice, as is everything the Cotton Bowl does, but I didn’t stay long. My wife Rachel is under the weather and not making the trip and it just wasn’t as much fun without her.

Admittedly, she tried to figure out a way to get to the game and on to the BCS Championship with me but she needs to rest now. Yes, she is improving but this is is the longest we have been apart since we married, and it is an adjustment.

There is another party tonight, a Diamond and Denim deal, and I need to make an appearance but it just won’t be the same without Rachel.

 

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