Who Could Become Biggest Rival for Hogs in SEC

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas might have an actual rivalry sooner reasonably than later.

Excuse the wording. It was too straightforward to do it that approach.

However a narrative in The Tennessean that listed eight rivalries that may develop when Texas and Oklahoma be part of the league took the standard strategy reasonably than appeared forward.

Do not low cost Oklahoma, which apparently a variety of people are likely to do nationally.

The Sooners might have extra followers inside 100 miles of Fayetteville than each different group within the SEC. That is strictly a guess and nothing scientific was concerned.

There was an terrible lot of OU merchandise in varied shops not too long ago. Simply utilizing a tough estimate whereas in a sports activities retailer just a few days in the past confirmed as a lot stuff with Sooners as Razorbacks. In Northwest Arkansas.

With the large progress the realm is experiencing and the nice high quality of life brings followers of various faculty groups to city and so they aren’t about to change loyalties.

Followers nonetheless wish to hate the Longhorns. That was identified clearly within the article:

“Many Arkansas followers contemplate Texas to be the varsity’s high rival, in response to Razorbacks coach Sam Pittman, although, earlier than final September, the groups hadn’t met since 2014.”

The Hogs and Sooners have performed solely 3 times within the final 95 years and have not met for the reason that Cotton Bowl on New Yr’s Day in 2002.

Precisely why has by no means actually made a variety of sense.

Followers grew to hate the Longhorns primarily as a result of the Hogs by no means gained fairly often. They misplaced almost 70% of the time from 1928-91 enjoying yearly.

Since 2000, the Hogs are 4-2, together with two bowl video games not one of the Texas people appeared significantly inquisitive about attending or the group enjoying.

It was a rivalry just because they performed yearly. There’s a random Longhorns fan in Northwest Arkansas you run throughout, however not many. Sooners followers are as frequent as these confounded bicycles clogging up site visitors.

Since Arkansas moved to the SEC in 1992, they’ve tried to develop a rivalry, however nothing has actually taken.

The college has desperately tried to create one with Missouri however no person actually will get labored up over it. It is truly comical (particularly to the followers) how everyone tries to invent one thing.

At any time when Oklahoma lands within the SEC will probably be a rivalry with the Hogs pretty shortly. Geography and a variety of followers right here will make that occur sooner than anybody is anticipating.

Texas will all the time be a rival to the followers, most of whom bear in mind when the Hogs struggled to win a recreation. The youthful ones are coping with what has been handed right down to them.

However OU may very well be the most important.

And actually quickly.

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