re: Non Arkansas and Mizzou fans, Is this a rivalry?

I was in attendance for the 2020 game at Faurot, that we won at the end with a Mevis FG. I remember walking back to the tailgate and several Arky fans were about 10 ft in front of me. One of them was a little kid, about 10 years old. His shoulders were slumped, his dad's arm around him, he was obviously crying. This brought a smile to my face and a warmth in my heart that I hadn't felt for a while.

Back in 2007, at Arrowhead, I encountered almost the exact same scenario: Mizzou prevailed in an exciting game, heartbroken kid walking in front of me. Except that time I laughed heartily at his red legged punk arse, as I gleefully walked by. I wasn't even that drunk. Just had the overwhelming urge to be an a-hole.

So in my view, it's a rivalry, but longtime Mizzou fans have a hard time thinking of it that way because of how we defined the word "rivalry" for so long, because of those douche canoes to the west of us.