re: For the most part, why do LSU and aTm fans get along...

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LSU fans threw a hissy fit after expansion was announced

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I'm gonna need to see a link on that. Aside from the handful of traditionalists from several different fan bases who didn't want to expand at all, everybody from every school represented here was thrilled to add A&M to the SEC.

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we've been throwing gasoline on the fire ever since.

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No question about that. I thought that was a uniquely Arkie thing, but y'all have sure managed to reach or even exceed their level of determination to become our rival.

Problem is, we just don't really do rivalries. There is never going to be a time when, in the midst of a 4-7 season, you will see LSU fans wearing T-shirts to games saying "Just beat so-and-so" when so-and-so isn't even the team we are playing at the time (as I saw in Tuscaloosa in 1997 when Alabama fans wore "Just beat Auburn" shirts to their game against LSU). And there is never going to be a reference to any other school in our fight song. There will never be a team you can point to and say that if the LSU coach manages to beat that team more often than not, he'll never get fired (or the reverse either, for that matter, re: losing to a given team more often than not).

Don't get me wrong, we're flattered by the attention and mean no disrespect when we don't share your enthusiasm, but it just isn't going to happen. Both programs will probably be strong and fairly consistent over time and it will definitely be a big game most of the time, but it will never be a true blood rivalry.