The Razorbacks will be without a number of top contributors, but QB Taylen Green will still take the field for the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.

McGuire has led the Red Raiders back to the Liberty Bowl as Tech is searching for a fourth bowl victory in as many years, a streak that started in Memphis against the Bulldogs. A win would mean a ninth win for Tech in 2024, the first nine-win season since 2009.

Green’s return to Arkansas gives him a second year to develop under offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino, who withdrew his name from consideration from the Charlotte head coaching job Dec. 3. The dual-threat quarterback was chosen by Petrino out of the transfer portal last December after three seasons at Boise State.

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.

10 Victories, 19 losses and two ties for Texas Tech against SEC opponents. The Red Raiders played their first game against an SEC opponent on Jan. 1, 1954, when Texas Tech scored a 35-13 victory over Auburn in the Gator Bowl. The Red Raiders have a 4-6-1 record in bowl against SEC opponents.

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.

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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.