re: Your 3 “permanent rivals”?

Obvious games
Alabama-Auburn
Alabama-Tennessee
Auburn-Georgia
Florida-Georgia
LSU-Texas A&M
Ole Miss-Miss State
Oklahoma-Texas
Texas-Texas A&M

Other rivalry games
Arkansas-Texas
Auburn-Florida
Kentucky-Tennessee
LSU-Ole Miss
Missouri-Oklahoma
Vanderbilt-Tennessee

Geographical proximity games
Alabama-Miss State
Arkansas-Missouri
Arkansas-Oklahoma
Florida-South Carolina
Georgia-South Carolina
Kentucky-Vanderbilt
LSU-Miss State
Ole Miss-Vanderbilt


Close enough
Missouri-Kentucky

What the hell, but theres always gonna be one of these that dont make no sense and at least these two have already been playing each other
Texas A&M-South Carolina

I don't hate or dislike Missouri.

They are a redheaded stepchild like Arkansas.

Now Texas is easily hated because of the arrogance.

It was Arkansas as David vs. Texas as Goliath in all types of sports.

Understood, but conferences aren’t going to shrink in #’s (unless they’re being deleted).

So, more teams = more cg’s (or face the endless posts about matchups taking forever).

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Vanderbilt-Tennessee

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I would count that as an “obvious game”…especially since all other same-state schools games are listed in that section.

Hince why the selections for pods is a difficult task.

For lsu:
Florida
Auburn
Aggies

After a few more years horns may be up there but notn enough bad blood yet.

Arkansas and South Carolina are last on the totem pole when it comes to SEC politics. They only care about the old guard and those priorities come first.

My wish pick for OU

Texas
Florida
Missouri

LSU- Alabama, Florida, Ole Miss

I hate A&M and Arkansas….not SEC

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Reading through the responses and getting a chuckle out of the predictable Arkansas responses. I've never seen a school try so hard to nestle into the tit of better programs to try and legitimize themselves. Arkansas is nothing more than the tick on Texas and LSU's ballbags.

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I have never seen a fanbase try so hard to force another into believing they should be rivals.

Arkansas has a more storied history with Ole Miss, LSU, Texas, and Texas A&M than they ever will with Missouri. It is just a fact and no matter how much sky screaming Missouri fans do, that fact will never change. It is always funny to me when over and over again, Arkansas fans put Missouri so far down their list of importance for football games, Missouri fans come in screaming.

Arkansas has been in the SEC since 1991-92. Arkansas was a member of the same league with Texas & aTm for 77 years. Those rivalries evolved over time and were bolstered by some memorable and meaningful games. As have the games and series with LSU & Ole Miss through the years.

There is just simply no meaningful history with Missouri. Even though the states border, they never played hardly any games prior to Missouri joining the SEC.