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Posted on 8/16/23 at 7:51 pm to
Posted by OSqueal
Member since Jan 2011
5579 posts
Posted on 8/16/23 at 7:51 pm to
I look forward to it. My buddy is a Mizzou fan. Who ever is home that year hosts the get together.
Posted by Drewbie
tFlagship
Member since Jun 2012
59788 posts
Posted on 8/16/23 at 8:00 pm to
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It seems like both fanbases have reasons as to why it's not a rivalry, yet it's viewed that way from an outside perspective.
Literally no one would view it as a rivalry if it hadn't been advertised as one through media when Missouri joined. You don't just start calling a matchup with literally no history behind it a rivalry game and expect it to be received well by the fanbases involved.
Posted by Dropped Foul Ball
Right Field Foul Territory
Member since Jul 2023
253 posts
Posted on 8/16/23 at 8:20 pm to
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Arkansas-Missouri


Both are a joke and won’t do shite this year yet again.

Posted by bayou85
Concordia
Member since Sep 2016
9268 posts
Posted on 8/16/23 at 8:45 pm to
That trophy looks like a fats guy’s midsection. Couldn’t be a better symbol of this rivalry.
Posted by BlindedMeWithScience
Member since Jun 2023
2307 posts
Posted on 8/16/23 at 8:57 pm to
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This applies to Georgia-Tennessee as well FYI


I disagree. Tennessee and Georgia are big-time rivals. I don't think y'all hate us as much as you hate Auburn and Florida, but you definitely hate us. And we hate you barking bastards, too.

Embrace the rivalry. It's good for ya, my friend.
Posted by gamecockman12
Columbia, SC
Member since Aug 2012
6984 posts
Posted on 8/16/23 at 9:10 pm to
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who is your biggest SEC rival?


I don't consider any SEC team to be a rival. The biggest SEC game to Gamecock fans is undoubtedly Georgia, even if we're only 4th or 5th on their list.
Posted by kilo
Member since Oct 2011
27878 posts
Posted on 8/16/23 at 9:42 pm to
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Literally no one would view it as a rivalry


If it were competitive, it would be more interesting. As it is, it's one sided strongly in Mizzou's favor.
Posted by Clark14
L.A.Hog
Member since Dec 2014
22060 posts
Posted on 8/16/23 at 9:57 pm to
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If it were competitive, it would be more interesting. As it is, it's one sided strongly in Mizzou's favor.


And look at the records of these teams during that stretch. I can’t believe anyone would watch the game.

Especially when it’s at mizzou where the camera work makes it look like a high school game. Y’all need to clean that up.
This post was edited on 8/16/23 at 9:59 pm
Posted by Drewbie
tFlagship
Member since Jun 2012
59788 posts
Posted on 8/16/23 at 10:12 pm to
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If it were competitive, it would be more interesting. As it is, it's one sided strongly in Mizzou's favor.
Here's your attention. Run along now. Adults are talking.
Posted by TheCheshireHog
Cashew Chicken Country
Member since Oct 2010
41028 posts
Posted on 8/16/23 at 11:10 pm to
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You meant to post this on an alter you absolute dumb arse


This is that awkward moment when you realize your comment is the one that actually makes you look like the dumbass.
Posted by CelticTiger
Saint Louis
Member since Feb 2019
1316 posts
Posted on 8/17/23 at 1:24 am to
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It should be more of a rivalry. Since Mizzou joined the conference, they've won 7 of the last 9. Part of the reason seems to be that Mizzou prioritize winning the game more than Arkansas. The Hogs need to turn up their intensity for the contest.


Do you know how fricking stupid this sounds? As competitive as the SEC is where EVERY game counts If there is an SEC coach who doesn’t prioritize EVERY frickING SEC matchup, he should be summarily fired!
Posted by CelticTiger
Saint Louis
Member since Feb 2019
1316 posts
Posted on 8/17/23 at 1:37 am to
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I’m going to let you in on a little secret. They both do but they don’t want to admit it publicly.


I’m not going to dispute you on this. I think it is evolving as a legitimate rivalry.

But when I reflect on my own personal feelings, every time MU gets eliminated from the NCAA roundball tourney, I feel like I still have a dog in the fight (whoever is playing KU). I don’t feel that way with ARKY. Sometimes I actually root for them.

That would NEVER happen with Kansas. It’s gonna take some time with the Hogs.
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
67773 posts
Posted on 8/17/23 at 5:35 am to
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We are not worthy of calling ourselves their rival



quote:

Tired of losing to them

But the games have been entertaining for ya....well at least thru 3 1/2 quarters.
Posted by Drydock
Osage County
Member since Oct 2013
7180 posts
Posted on 8/17/23 at 6:05 am to
I think the kids are feeling it. It's us old farts that are slow coming around.
Posted by KCM0Tiger
Kansas City, MISSOURI
Member since Nov 2011
15868 posts
Posted on 8/17/23 at 7:16 am to
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I like Kansas.


Downvoted.
Posted by gamecockman12
Columbia, SC
Member since Aug 2012
6984 posts
Posted on 8/17/23 at 8:28 am to
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The campuses are three hours apart.


The campuses of Arkansas and Missouri are 5 hours apart so they're fairly close as well. Plus your two states border each other, just like South Carolina and North Carolina.

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It would be more like West Virginia


That's a terrible comparison. West Virginia is two complete states away from South Carolina and the campuses are 7.5 hours apart. Not even close to being the same.

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NC State and South Carolina have met in football over 50 times


The bulk of the games between SC and NC State occurred before 1980. Most Gamecock fans nowadays don't recall those matchups.
Posted by Leavebritneyalone
McComb is always home
Member since Aug 2023
282 posts
Posted on 8/17/23 at 9:08 am to
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They both do but they don’t want to admit it publicly.

Not hardly
Posted by Rzrbackguy
Apalachicola, FL
Member since Jul 2014
2299 posts
Posted on 8/17/23 at 9:28 am to
Over the past 10 years by the time the Mizzou game came around Arkansas usually had nothing to play for and played like it. That’s no knock on Mizzou.

Truly think hog fans still have unwarranted higher expectations and after 4 losses nobody seems to care anymore.

By the time Arkansas gets to Mizzou they’ve played Bama, Auburn, LSU, aTm and Ole Miss…along with State and a TN, GA or FL from the East. Beat up, injured an ready to throw in the towel. Mizzou has played TN, GA and FL….and sees Arkansas as a much bigger game relatively.
Posted by MIzzouMark
Member since Jan 2019
3179 posts
Posted on 8/17/23 at 9:31 am to
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Truly think hog fans still have unwarranted higher expectations and after 4 losses nobody seems to care anymore.


I blame your media for this. It's just constant praise.
Posted by Hawgeye
tFlagship Brothel
Member since Jun 2009
31347 posts
Posted on 8/17/23 at 10:25 am to
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Why doesn't either fanbase embrace this rivalry game? It seems like both fanbases have reasons as to why it's not a rivalry, yet it's viewed that way from an outside perspective.


I dont know anyone who views it as a rivalry game honestly. Fan of Arkansas or not.

There are currently two'ish age groups of fans in Arkansas...

1) Older generation who grew up hating Texas, Ole Miss, aTm to an extent, and still view those, mainly Texas, as the Hogs rival.

2) Current generation who grew up with Arkansas playing LSU on Black Friday to end the season from 1992 - 2013. That game mattered a lot. Something like from 1998 - 2011 or so, the LSU/Arkansas game had a lot of say in who won the SEC West and went to Atlanta.

I think with Missouri, it is just really forced. When Arkansas came in to the SEC in 1992, it had a history with Ole Miss and LSU...to an extent Alabama from Sugar Bowls, Georgia and Tennessee from Cotton Bowls...but really nothing of significance with Missouri other than a couple of second rate bowl meetings in the Independence Bowl (which Arkansas won big) and the Cotton Bowl (which Missouri won big).

Prior to joining the league, there was a meaningful game with Ole Miss. The hatred was there so much, that the series was cancelled for a while in the 60's because of the amount of fights that broke out between the fans. With LSU, there were the bowl meetings and prior to that the annual meetings in Shreveport. The Ice Bowl in the 1947 Cotton Bowl that ended in a 0-0 tie. The 1966 Cotton Bowl that LSU won that ended the Hogs 22 game win streak and lost Arkansas its shot at back to back national titles...Then you add in being in the same division with both of those and its more of a natural feel for a rivalry than anything with Missouri.
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