Now that A&M will be in the SEC

I like the boot

i like the boot

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Arkansas will continue to be better than A&M for the near future. Until A&M has game, Arky is the rival.

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A&M historically is much more of a rival then Arky is.

Bama has Auburn though. I consider, Bama, Auburn, and Florida more of a rival game then Arky

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Can't be done as long as A&M and Missouri are permenant cross-divisional opponents.

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or Arkansas and Missouri become cross-divisional opponents.

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Seems like the most reasonable thing to do anyway. Arky is the only team close to Mizzou. I don't see why they can't be in different divisions and still play the last game of the year as a rivalry game? I mean South Carolina and Clemson aren't even in the same conference and they play that game.

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Seems like the most reasonable thing to do anyway. Arky is the only team close to Mizzou. I don't see why they can't be in different divisions and still play the last game of the year as a rivalry game? I mean South Carolina and Clemson aren't even in the same conference and they play that game.

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Geographically, that makes sense, but Missouri doesn't want to lose their presence in Texas, and were therefore desparate to have A&M as their cross-over rival. Frankly, as an A&M fan, I would rather have someone else (or no cross-over, but that's another debate), but pairing up A&M and Missouri causes the least disruption for the rest of the league.

I agree if they will give us more than a couple thousand visitor seats!

Seriously, I know it had been offered up on here that they don't give as many visitor tickets as the SEC supposedly dictates. Does anyone have any new info/confirmation on this???

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Prefer playing A&M the last week of the season as our rival.

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Dump the Boot

rivals are not predetermined, they are developed, nurtured, and enhanced with intense competition, close games, controversial calls, when both teams are playing with something to lose (whether it be in-state bragging rights, divisional champs, conference champs, etc.), and are built up over generations, not decades.

LSU has no true rival and probably never will. Auburn during the 2000s (with a few notable games from the late 80s-90s),

but at most Auburn is more of a quasi-rivalry, it'll always have Bama to hate more.

Going forward as Auburn likely going by the wayside (I think Gene Chizick will crash and burn) combined with the reemergence of Bama as a national perennial power, Bama will replace Auburn's spot as our intermittent quasi-rivalry. But again, it will always hate Auburn more.

That said, with the institutional capacity (facilities, public support, revenue etc.) and monopolized wealth of natural resources (in-state talent), all we need is organizational leadership to ensure we remain a national power for as long as college football exists in its present form -- no other college is as nicely situated to continue wining than LSU (save Florida & Texas, both of which seem to lack organizational leadership, esp. Texas with Mack Brown at the helm, we'll see about Florida next year).

Thus, while although we will never have a true rival, over the next 20 years Bama, Auburn, Arky, etc. will all hate us more than they hate each other.

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rivals are not predetermined, they are developed, nurtured, and enhanced with intense competition, close games, controversial calls, when both teams are playing with something to lose (whether it be in-state bragging rights, divisional champs, conference champs, etc.), and are built up over generations, not decades.

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that's right. the old LSU/TULANE thing was as close to a "rival" as we'll probably ever have. i have no idea why this issue is so important to some. arkansas hates us like a rival; ditto with ole miss. but, since LSU fans don't hate them enough they are not rivals. same situation with us and bama; they simply don't hate us enough. i, for one, don't give a shite about the so called rivalry thing. my football hate is very strong against alabama, auburn, ole miss, florida and texas a&m. all of these hates go back to the 60's.