re: Do many Arkansas fans consider LSU a rival?

I imagine it heated it up for a little while with Arkansas native Tuberville at UM. I think he would've been a better fit long term at Arkansas than Auburn, if y'all could've afforded him at the time but who knows

It felt like it could maybe sorta kinda be a rivalry back when Arkansas joined the league. Now it just feels like Mississippi State lite from a rivalry energy standpoint. There is no energy left in the hatred on either side. Arkansas football is going to have to really step it up to change that.

That was a forced Rival but I will say that Arkansas played the part better than A&M!

During the 2000s and early 2010 year I saw them as rivals

Even that stadium isn't big enough to hold all of A&M's disappointments. Every advantage. Nothing to show for it.

The problem is the AD and meddling boosters that don't what they are doing. Frank Broyles is a college football legend but he was the AD well into his 80s. His decision making were getting worse and he should have retired when he still had the ability to make good decisions. We had a chance to let Terry Don Phillips become the AD but he went to Clemson and hired Dabo Swinney. Swing and a miss.

Instead we got a-hole Jeff Long and he gave no shits a bout the school or the sports unlike Frank did. His decision making got us Bert who on paper was a good hire but his obnoxious personality rubbed hog fans the wrong way. He bragged and bragged but didn't take this job seriously.

Hog fans from all walks of life, rich and poor had enough of Jeff Long. So they came up with a reason and he got fired. Bert was fired a few weeks later.

This will eventually lead to our next blunders. Without an AD to take charge of our the search, a committee was appointed of former razorbacks that played from different sports. They had no idea what to do. Supposedly they picked Chad Morris but I believe the powers had more to do with that decision. The talk was the powers wanted Gus but Gus was using both Arkansas and Auburn to get more money. He was never coming here and I sure as hell don't want him here. But ever since he was rejected for the head coach job here in the past, he has a hard on for destroying Arkansas every chance he gets.

But going back to the search, it was as poorly done as you can get. Chad was hired before AD Hunter Yuracheck. Does that make any sense? The Chad firing was easy for Yuracheck as did not hire him.

But with the right AD in place that can act as a mediator between big money and the fans, you might have an AD that can make good decisions and not try to be a dick like Jeff Long.

All it takes is the right people and you will have something good going. Everything else is a bad excuse.

What was the story, Nixon named Texas national champions after the win against Arkansas? I remember hearing something like that.

Well before my time, but it seems like the slow integration process hurt the SEC: aside from Bama and Georgia, it was a pretty weak conference from about 1975-81 I'd say

Yes Nixon did name Texas the national champions in Fayetteville. Texas went on to beat Notre Dame. Arkansas went on to lose to Ole Miss and Archie Manning. The book tells of how the Arkansas players were still devastated weeks after the loss. Ole Miss jumped to a big lead but Arkansas temporary put the loss behind them and stormed back. But it was too late and Ole Miss won 27-22.

The 69 game was the last game played between all white teams.

Alabama was still very good in the 70s. The rest of the SEC teams took turns as they would cycle up and down. None of them were as storied as Alabama.

I don’t. I think it is one of more intriguing games for sure (proximity) but not a rivalry. I dislike Ole Miss more. From a Football perspective they are more of a rivalry from my perspective.