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Which other schools have no definitive primary rival, other than LSU?

Posted on 11/29/23 at 11:55 am
Posted by TejasHorn
High Plains Driftin'
Member since Mar 2007
10936 posts
Posted on 11/29/23 at 11:55 am
LSU has some heated rivalries but Tiger fans are often split if you ask the primary rival. And no one in the SEC would say LSU is their definitive primary.

Tulane would be the answer decades ago but no more.

Maybe ND is the closest other example? But USC is a pretty common answer. Penn St.? They don’t seem to play Pitt much anymore.

Hawaii is excluded, for obvious reasons.
Posted by KCM0Tiger
Kansas City, MISSOURI
Member since Nov 2011
15518 posts
Posted on 11/29/23 at 11:56 am to
Arkansas
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
145165 posts
Posted on 11/29/23 at 11:57 am to
A&M
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
I'm your huckleberry
Member since Apr 2008
34305 posts
Posted on 11/29/23 at 12:00 pm to
quote:

LSU has some heated rivalries but Tiger fans are often split if you ask the primary rival. And no one in the SEC would say LSU is their definitive primary.


Trying to make LSU vs ATM the rivalry was pretty dumb. I'd still have LSU vs Arkansas as the rivalry even though it's not nearly as interesting as LSU vs Bama. Arkansas being a turd most of the time doesn't help but it's still some bragging rights.

Posted by Epaminondas
The Boot
Member since Jul 2020
4177 posts
Posted on 11/29/23 at 12:01 pm to
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Arkansas
Because Arkansas and LSU have no primary rival and they're both in the SEC, they've tried to hype up the Golden Boot trophy and make it a rivalry.
Posted by AtlantaLSUfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2009
23075 posts
Posted on 11/29/23 at 12:03 pm to
Yeah, we are all super jealous of banging rivalries like Vandy/Tennessee. We had a similar tradition with Tulane but we ended it because they sucked and it wasn’t competitive.

Playing Bama to the West every year is nothing compared to an annual in state rivalry.

UL Cajun, LaTech, and Tulane keep rotating for 2nd strongest team in the state. I wish one would take the reins and hold it.
Posted by Epaminondas
The Boot
Member since Jul 2020
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Posted on 11/29/23 at 12:09 pm to
How does (or did) Texas look at A&M in terms of a rival? I know A&M is still obsessed with the Longhorns. But does Texas just look at Oklahoma as their rival?
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
81775 posts
Posted on 11/29/23 at 12:15 pm to
Texas fans hate Oklahoma most. It's pretty unanimous.
Posted by LSUandAU
Key West, FL & Malibu (L.A.), CA
Member since Apr 2009
4948 posts
Posted on 11/29/23 at 12:18 pm to
Air Force is an "odd team out"

Boston College

West Virginia

Rutgers (they might claim Penn State)

Some Florida schools.

Posted by WaterLink
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2015
17258 posts
Posted on 11/29/23 at 12:19 pm to
Maybe UGA? Their fans seem to be split between GT, Florida, and Auburn. They're kind of in the same boat as LSU in that their in-state rival left the SEC a long time ago and no longer the program they once were, although UGA and GT still play every year and at least GT is still in a major conference. I saw some UGA fans saying that there have been some rumblings about ending the annual series with them but I'm not sure how credible those rumors are.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
120274 posts
Posted on 11/29/23 at 12:20 pm to
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Boston College


BC v BU hockey is a pretty big thing

But other than hockey no
Posted by CajunInVirginia
Virginia not by choice...
Member since Sep 2021
165 posts
Posted on 11/29/23 at 12:22 pm to
quote:

Maybe ND is the closest other example?


Curious why? We've only played them 12 times since 1971.
Posted by DMagic
#ChowderPosse
Member since Aug 2010
46449 posts
Posted on 11/29/23 at 12:25 pm to
We are their rival always have been even though we sucked for decades
Posted by dukke v
PLUTO
Member since Jul 2006
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Posted on 11/29/23 at 12:27 pm to
He wasn’t talking about that… he was using them as an example.
Posted by BOSCEAUX
Where the Down Boys go.
Member since Mar 2008
47737 posts
Posted on 11/29/23 at 12:28 pm to
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West Virginia


Do you even backyard brawl bro. They despise Pitt. Not sure if they play every year though.
Posted by H-Town Tiger
Member since Nov 2003
59104 posts
Posted on 11/29/23 at 12:29 pm to
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Texas just look at Oklahoma as their rival?


Now and since the start of the Big12 maybe but UT-A&M was a big game for both back in the 80s -90s
Posted by Sophandros
Victoria Concordia Crescit
Member since Feb 2005
45218 posts
Posted on 11/29/23 at 12:30 pm to
Tulane has no definitive primary rival.
Posted by WestCoastAg
Member since Oct 2012
145165 posts
Posted on 11/29/23 at 12:30 pm to
Is this the list between the SEC and B1G schools who dont have another that they view as a historical rival?

A&M
LSU
Arkansas
Vanderbilt?
Penn State
Maryland
Illinois
Rutgers
Northwestern

Honestly more than you think
Posted by ShaneTheLegLechler
Member since Dec 2011
60155 posts
Posted on 11/29/23 at 12:31 pm to
Nebraska
Posted by Ralph_Wiggum
Sugarland
Member since Jul 2005
10667 posts
Posted on 11/29/23 at 12:32 pm to
quote:

Yeah, we are all super jealous of banging rivalries like Vandy/Tennessee. We had a similar tradition with Tulane but we ended it because they sucked and it wasn’t competitive.


We ended it with Tulane for financial reasons. When it was home and home Tulane could never get enough people in the dome. If the dome had 60,000 plus each time in New Orleans the finances would work. Tulane could not pay us enough to go to New Orleans.
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