A former Southwest Conference rivalry is rekindled with the matchup of Arkansas and Texas Tech in the Liberty Bowl, bringing two great fanbases and programs to the Memphis area for this SEC-Big 12 showdown.

The Texas Tech Red Raiders are set to face off against the Arkansas Razorbacks in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, one of college football’s most historic postseason games. Held every year since 1959, the Liberty Bowl has been a staple of the bowl season for ...

Joey McGuire grew up on the Texas-Arkansas border with his family season-ticket holders for the Razorbacks, a team known locally as the Hogs. The number for his first landline telephone as a teenager literally ended in 1464 — or 1HOG.

Arkansas head coach Sam Pittman (left) and Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire pose with the Liberty Bowl trophy, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, during a press conference ahead of Friday's Liberty Bowl at the DoubleTree Hotel Downtown in Memphis, Tenn. (Hank Layton/NWA Democrat-Gazette)

Arkansas football faces Texas Tech in this year's Liberty Bowl. Here's our scouring report and a prediction for the Hogs and Red Raiders.

The Liberty Bowl reunites old Southwest conference foes for the first time in nine years. The last meeting between the two was a 2015 Texas Tech win in Fayetteville with a score of 35-24.