This is a topic that's gone over really well on the CFN board, and I'd like to get the feedback from SECbbs members.
In your own opinion, as a fan of your team, rank your rivalries.. top 5..ones of the past you'd like to start..and a team you'd like to start a rivalry with
As a Razorback...
1) Texas (Sept. 13, 2003..it starts again)
2) Alabama (close games in football and hoops..intense fans on both sides)
3) LSU (battle of the Boot growing every yr.)
4) Miss. State (tobacco juice is tough to clean on shirts btw...a trip to Starkville is a costly one to the dry cleaners.)
5) Ole Miss (fan hostility is on the upswing)
Honorable mention - Kentucky (GREAT hoops rivalry), and Tennessee (Fulmer needs to be horse-whipped)
Ones that are missed and should re-start
Texas A&M - hatred of them runs almost as deep as Texas. Talks have been in the air for an annual UA-A&M matchup to follow the Texas-Oklahoma game at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
Missouri - this is more basketball-oriented. UA-Mizzou used to be a premier non-conference matchup that ESPN always covered. It had become a fierce rivalry until Norm Stewart ended it after the 1996 season. I'd like to see us play Missouri in hoops again, and also start a OOC rivalry in football with the Tigers.
Team(s) I'd like to start rivalries with
Oklahoma State - already in basketball, I'd like to see this moved to football as well. Stillwater is closer to Fayetteville than any SEC school, and it'd make for a great regional border war. OSU fans also are more tolerable than Blow U fans.
Kansas State - another great regional matchup for the HOGS, and another sure-fire ESPN game.
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<small>[ August 07, 2002, 04:38 PM: Message edited by: calling_the_hogs ]</small>