In Fayetteville on a Saturday that should have hummed with the rituals of college football, the streets were quiet — a silence that spoke louder than any scoreboard. The Arkansas Razorbacks, hosting Georgia in an SEC matchup, drew neither a crowd nor a competitive performance, falling 45-17 in a game that few fans chose to witness in person. What unfolded was less a sporting event than a referendum on faith: when years of losing accumulate, communities don't abandon their teams in a single dramatic moment, but drift away slowly, until absence becomes the habit and presence becomes the exceptio