re: How did SEC schools recruit compared to their rivals?

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It's one thing for LSU to say they have no real rival, it's not an unreasonable claim.

A&M fans like to claim they don't to make themselves look special.

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agreed. LSU has never had one team that they consistently hate and the hate be reciprocated throughout the history of the program. The closest thing LSU has to that is Ole Miss. Texas and Texas A&M has a century of equal hate on both sides. To me, it almost reinforces how big of rivals they are based on their insistence they aren't rivals and their refusal to play each other out of some sort of defiance. But you can bet your arse if and when they start playing again, there will be PLENTY of pinned up aggression from both sides