Which team would you like a fierce rivalry with?

[hawgsav1]

Considering the discussion of the LSU-Arkansas rivalry, I thought it would be interesting to see who Arkansas fans wanted to have a rivalry with.  I added some former SWC foes and current Big 12 members along with every SEC opponent we play every year (which is why teams like Vandy and Florida were not included since our scheduling would not allow us to play them every year).  I assumed that the rivalry games would be played every year either in a neutral location or in a home and home format. 

(NOTE: This is not a question asking who do you think is our current biggest rival, but rather who would you like to develop a rivalry with)

[clifflee4mvp]

90% of your replies will be Ole Miss. I like Texas and LSU as our rivals though

[hogfan064]

LSU without a doubt.  They don't have a true rival and neither do we. Plus they are a national power, Ole Miss isn't.  I'd much rather have a rivalry with a national power than a medioce program like Ole Miss.

Texas was great, but that rivalry is dead. Can't have a rivalry with someone that you only play twice a decade in football.  A&M should be a fun rivalry though, but I don't really hate the Aggies(right now)

[VoR]

I choose Bama, LSU would be next choice.

For it to be a rivalry in the true sense it means the games must matter a fair amount of the time.

I guess truth be told the reason I didn't choose LSWho, is the rivalry there almost seems contrived or forced, between always being the last game of the season, and the boot trophy it's almost as if the powers that be thought if they slung enough feces against the barn wall, some of it would eventually have to stick.

EDIT: I actually saw this post after I finished this post.
http://www.hogville.net/yabbse/index.php?topic=281976.0

[dman]

I have been following and loving the Hogs since the early 50s, I was raised to despise texas and I still do.  I think it is a rivalry with any of the SECW teams, lets go with lsu or al as a big rivalry.   Go Hogs Go  :razorback: :razorback:

[Milton]

I'm saying usc, it'll look good us giving them the only loss of the year, i mean after all its pretty distant between them and the rest of the pac 10

[cdclark09]

LSU or Bama...

It should be with a conference foe that we are fighting against for the west. 

And to everyone that voted Ole Miss... I hope someone slaps you today.  If we stoop so low that we have a rivalry with Ole Miss to fight for our 6th win of the year to get to go to a bowl game, I will be embarrassed to be a Hog fan and so should you.  Absolutely ridiculous.

Oh if someone told me we signed a deal to play Texas every single year that would be fine with me too.  It would be great to have an SEC rivalry and a Texas rivalry.

[31to6]

Other: Whichever SEC-E team we see in the CG!

WPS

[codeHog]

Lawyer ordered to pay attorney fees in Nutt e-mail case

I hate Ole Miss, always will

[stronguard]

I always liked what we had going with Tennis-E.  They're orange, they go by UT, and they get lucky breaks when they shouldn't.   I was pissed when the league removed tham as a permanent opponet. 

[longtimeHogfan]

     I've got shoes older than most on this board, which may explain why I voted for the short-horned, puke orange (yuck, spit) tea-sips of Texass. 

[clifflee4mvp]

i am very surprised by this. a couple months back there was a very similar thread about who our biggest rival was and i said LSU followed by Texas, but the overwhelming response was Ole Miss. I prefer to think of them as the bottom of the SEC and merely a Mississippi team not worthy of a Rivalry with Arkansas.

[hawgsav1]

I would like either Texas or LSU.  I think it'd be an achievement to force Texas to acknowledge us as a rival rather than an annoyance.  I think if we whup LSU a few more times, they'll start to hate us the way we hate them.

[PorkSoda]

My personal opinion is that LSU is our biggest rival.  That is the game I circle in a big red marker.  Closely followed by Texas.  Bama is also a big early season rivalry.  It usually sets the tone for the rest of the year. 

As far as developing a rivalry.  I have to say Ole Miss.  This is going to get fugly in the next few years.  Next I would say TAMU, since we are going to be playing them for at least the next 10 years

The other team I would love to see us at least play once in a while would be Florida State.  I've always liked the 'noles and I think it would be a good match up.

[The Boar War]

I want LSU to be a rival.  However it is packaged as mentioned in another thread.  Something personal is going to have to happen for this to become a rivalry.  They knocked us out of the BCS hunt in 2006.  We almost had them in 2007 when we beat them but they still got to the BCS title game. 

Maybe we should go high school and steal Mike the tiger.  Volunteers???

[SRFL]

LSU, no question.

[Nuclearhog]

My other is Notre Dame.  Always overrated, always big media coverage, and always annoying. This would be a huge game, the Irish would be easy to hate.

[East Clintwood]

Texas

Tennessee, 2nd choice

LSU, 3rd choice

I don't get the people choosing Ole Miss.  Once Hootie is run out of Mississippi then Ole Miss goes back to being just another team.

[hawgsav1]

looks like LSPoo is winning

[OneTuskOverTheLine™]

I want to be hated by everyone. I want people to look at my big, red, razorback decked out truck with disgust when I roll it into any of the 48 drivable states I could get it. I want little children to cry when they here about Arkansas. I want them to hate us with a hatred that will make USC look like one of the 12 apostles. I want people to wonder who will be number 2 this year, because they already know ARKANSAS (WILL BE) #1.
I want to look down my nose at every other university, trade school, Vo-Tech or college that has the nerve to put ANY team on ANY playing surface or golf course and hope to even keep the score close. I want to see a million posers in each town that act like they're Arkansas fans just because they think it's cool to be a winner. I want recruiting season to be a joke when we have the following years signing class INKED two days after the previous years signing deadline, and to hear other teams brag that they got lucky when they picked up a stray 5* we could not fit into a slot...

So my vote was other... :razorback:  :razorback:  :razorback:  :razorback:

[hawgsav1]

I want to be hated by everyone. I want people to look at my big, red, razorback decked out truck with disgust when I roll it into any of the 48 drivable states I could get it. I want little children to cry when they here about Arkansas. I want them to hate us with a hatred that will make USC look like on of the 12 apostles. I want people to wonder who will be number 2 this year, because they already know ARKANSAS (WILL BE) #1.
I want to look down my nose at every other university, trade school, Vo-Tech or college that has the nerve to put ANY team on ANY playing surface or golf course and hope to even keep the score close. I want to see a million posers in each town that act like they're Arkansas fans just because they think it's cool to be a winner. I want recruiting season to be a joke when we have the following years signing class INKED two days after the previous years signing deadline, and to hear other teams brag that they got lucky when they picked up a stray 5* we could not fit into a slot...

So my vote was other... :razorback:  :razorback:  :razorback:  :razorback:

I like the passion in your post.  +1

[TexHog188]

I didn't see Florida on the list.  I would love to meet Florida every year in the SEC CG!

[cdclark09]

who is the joker that voted MSU?

[hvsupastar]

i think lsu is perfect. Neither one of ur has one team we can call our rival. And being able to rival a national powerhouse like lsu would speak alot ab our program

[hvsupastar]

i think lsu is perfect. Neither one of ur has one team we can call our rival. And being able to rival a national powerhouse like lsu would speak alot ab our program

[jep_hog_fan]

I want to be hated by everyone. I want people to look at my big, red, razorback decked out truck with disgust when I roll it into any of the 48 drivable states I could get it. I want little children to cry when they here about Arkansas. I want them to hate us with a hatred that will make USC look like one of the 12 apostles. I want people to wonder who will be number 2 this year, because they already know ARKANSAS (WILL BE) #1.
I want to look down my nose at every other university, trade school, Vo-Tech or college that has the nerve to put ANY team on ANY playing surface or golf course and hope to even keep the score close. I want to see a million posers in each town that act like they're Arkansas fans just because they think it's cool to be a winner. I want recruiting season to be a joke when we have the following years signing class INKED two days after the previous years signing deadline, and to hear other teams brag that they got lucky when they picked up a stray 5* we could not fit into a slot...

So my vote was other... :razorback:  :razorback:  :razorback:  :razorback:

Dennis Leary would be the right person to do this live. Excellent rant. +1

[NuttinItUp]

Any Texas team (Texas A&M appears to be the best choice for the next couple decades at least) so that we can build up our recruiting base there.

[casken]

LSU...I was at both Miracles on Markham.  I like beating them more than anyone since the battles with the shorthorns over in Austin.
WPS :razorback: :razorback: :razorback:

[Divot]

LSU. They will be relevant the next 10 years. Ole Miss will not.

[tolerati]

LSU. They are a past rival when the games were played in Shreveport. Plus they are a national power as well as a border state as well as SEC W foe.

[Idahog]

I voted other.  Nothing like a big time Rivalry with DII-A Idaho State University Bengals!! 

[WPSportsman1]

I voted Texas b/c it would be nice to have a fierce rivalry with them.. on second thought though the Idaho State rivalry would be friggin awesome!

[SPAL]

lsu no doubt. Ole miss...lmao. If nutt wasnt the coach, this would be a non issue. They do not matter in the grand scheme of things. LSU and/or alabama is the only choice from the SEC.

TAMU might turn into one, but they arent really a threat either.

[hognelson]

lsu in a heartbeat.

[RazorNick]

Alabama here. Petrino vs. Saban should be exciting in the future. I don't think Les can keep up, just look at last year. I will not give Nutt the pleasure of thinking he is important.

[Kilgor]

None.  I want to dominate everyone.

[cdclark09]

Why can't we be the team that everyone circles on their calender?

[HamHands]

LSU from that list, but TN is who I really hate most in the SEC. I can't stand rocky top and that ugly ass orange. I wish we played them every year! I also hate Nutt and anywhere he coaches; therefore, I hate Ole Miss too.

[The Great Hambino]

Oklahoma. and we can shoot their horse.

[Hawgz4Life]

All of 'em....I want every team we play in the SEC to hate us as much as we hate them. And yes, we do hate all SEC rivals.

[toozakpig]

I HATE TEXAS! I HATE TEXAS. For those who are not old enough to remember not only did we have to play texas, but also the refs and the SWC. LSU and UT are a close second, and N.Dame is ahead of Texas. I HATE TEXAS.

[ALLVOL]

LSU from that list, but TN is who I really hate most in the SEC. I can't stand rocky top and that ugly ass orange. I wish we played them every year! I also hate Nutt and anywhere he coaches; therefore, I hate Ole Miss too.

We dont hate the Hogs...

[PMP11]

We dont hate the Hogs...

That's the problem...........

[Kilgor]

We dont hate the Hogs...

You will.

[hawgsav1]

I see a number of people put Ole Miss on the list.  I personally don't want Ole Miss to succeed enough for us to develop a rivalry with them. As it stands now, we've beaten them most of the time. Apart from Nutt, they hate us, but we don't hate them.  I consider them beneath us. 


There seems to be a strong desire for people to fight Tennessee.  I will add this to the poll.

[hawgsav1]

Hmm... it seems I can't find how to modify the poll.  I can modify my post, but not the poll.  Oh well.

[ALLVOL]

You will.

I dont think so. I get your point that you guys are going to be really good and very soon to boot and I agree with you. But most VOL fans like the Hogs and respect the School and the fans.

[cdclark09]

I dont think so. I get your point that you guys are going to be really good and very soon to boot and I agree with you. But most VOL fans like the Hogs and respect the School and the fans.

Dang it!

[ALLVOL]

I think LSU and Alabama are naturals for being the Hogs rivals.

[The Boar War]

I dont think so. I get your point that you guys are going to be really good and very soon to boot and I agree with you. But most VOL fans like the Hogs and respect the School and the fans.

I don't understand the desire for a rivlary with Tennessee?  Is it really just the color and the fact that they go by UT?  We play Tenn every four years.  Definitely not enough to have a rivlary.  Plus when I look at them it's not with some amount of hatred.  I guess I feel about them the same way I do Kentucky or Georgia (just another SEC team).  But I guess this is why it's a personal opinion poll.

South Carolina took two coaches from us in the past two years (a reason to dislike them) but I have a hard time getting excited about South Carolina.