HOG fans only: Who would be our fiercest rival? (if we had one)

Obvious answer is ourselves.

I think OU would be a white hot rivalry, alas Frank and Barry would never play each other.

We share more border with Oklahoma than any other state, and Norman is closer to Fayetteville than any other SEC campus. These are 2 flagship schools with a high # of T-shirt fans and a lot of state pride. We recruit Oklahoma pretty regularly, and they've stolen a good number of our high profile guys (Keith Jackson should never been allowed in the booth, he's horrible for one and horrible too)

If we can't get a2m to play in Dallas annually I think Okie Light would jump at the chance. OSU wouldn't be the same level of emotional fervor but it'd be a nice rivalry and it's a easy 3-3.5 hour drive from Fayetteville to Stilly, take 412 4 lanes the whole way.

MIZZOU = Mehzou. Just don't feel it. We're having some recruiting battles w/ em but there's no playing history. It's another rivalry that Broyles could've developed but let his personal politics interfere.

Tennessee - was at the cusp of really becoming a heated thing; then the SEC yanked us apart at the seams. Fulmer and Caldwell were doing really well recruiting the eastern side of Arkansas and we had to those big games against them with the upsets on both sides. I don't think we'll ever see Tenn. more than once every 7 years again.

Ole Miss - Houston Nutt sure made it a sore subject, but OM isn't competitive enough for it to become more than just a game against a neighboring state. They've got MSU and LSU to worry about, we're not their #1 target.

Kansas - nope.

old SWC foes - we've moved on, you don't have lunch with old gf's week.

Memphis - not relevant in anything, and when Calipari got there he ran from us.

aTm - The older fans hate them, they remember their pompous cheating asses. There's some bitterness but aTm will shoot for higher prey and attempt to knock us down a few pegs. They'll be what they've always been, more pain in the arse than actual threat or rival material.

LSU - games have been good and have had important stakes at risk. A forced rivalry is never good, these things need to grow organically and the elements are there, it's too bad LSU has an elitist mentality lately, definitely a new money attitude. It seems they can't enjoy the games as being good games at the end of the season for what they are, always some sort of excuse or stupid remarks follow.


I think OU would be the one with the most bloodletting.