Who's Arky's biggest rival?

the SEC rant

Philadephia Eagles.

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TTsTowel

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You are becoming as bad as Buford you just need to STFU for a while.

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You are becoming as bad as Buford you just need to STFU for a while.

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Nahh. I was just joking on the first part of the thread. Who's y'alls biggest rival foreal? I've always wondered.

I hang out with the Arky alumni in New York a lot since their bar is close to LSU's bar, and the overwhelming majority of them name LSU as their biggest rival. When I ask them why not Texas or A&M etc, they always tell me that they tried to get out of the SWC for decades; they're pleased to play Texas once in a while, but they don't want an annual rivalry; they love the A&M game now, but they want to beat LSU more than anybody.

Outside of New York, during my trips to Little Rock, I'd get a mixed response to the question, and it was mostly regional. Those from eastern and southeastern Arkansas (of whom most are from the Memphis and West Memphis area) tend to hate Ole Miss more than anyone. Makes sense. Those from central and southern Arkansas tend to hate LSU the most, while the rest of the state is mixed (most of the die-hard Texas haters are from close to Texarkana and Fayetteville).

I can relate to all this; I'm from West Monroe and have lived in Arkansas, and I hate Arkansas more than anybody.

I don't flame Au. I just don't think Au will be all the good next year or the year after. Just because my opinion of Au's team doesn't match your AE HomerSheep opinion means it's a flame. I'm just a glass is half full type guy when it comes to Au. One day you'll be old and wise enough to tell the difference but for now keep on flaming!

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So i think i put this little myth to rest

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Yep, but it still won't shut him up.

Outside of Georgia, Florida and Tennessee we've had pretty good success against the rest of the conference (relatively speaking of course). The problem with having a true rival for us is our length of time in the conference and other rivalries have already been established.

One could argue USC do to the fact we play this game every year and came in the SEC at the same time. That said, they already have a rival in Clemson...

aTm is a nice game for 9 more years and gives some of the old guys something to cream about...(I'm old enough to remember a few of these years but don't give a shite)

Unfortunately we may never have a true rival if we don't break out of the mid-tier and in to the upper. If we can somehow improve and have a solid D on a regular basis, the offense will always keep us in the discussion in the West. This could create some rivalries down the road...

Our biggest rival is who we play next

I really don't think we even HAVE a rival anymore. We've laid the groundwork for 2 or 3 in the last few years, though.

Auburn - there's some obvious hate developing thanks to the Malzahn/World Wide Walt/Dyer stuff.

Ole Miss - Duh

LSU - the competitive nature of those games the last few years

Outside the conference? Texas is easily the most hated program. Texas A&M is a fun rivalry. I would never feel like a fight was fixing to bust out between Ags. Horns? Seen it happen.