A classmate went to Mississippi State, and we were stunned to hear him report back that the Bulldogs considered Arkansas their biggest rivalry outside of Ole Miss at the time. That was the late 90s, so Hog fans were just starting to get their bearings as to who was even in the SEC.

Arkansas was the outsider; Texas, the ultimate insider. As rivalries rank with the Longhorns, the Razorbacks are third in the pecking order at best, behind Oklahoma and Texas A&M. The Arkansas game isn’t personal; it’s just business, though another ...