Even before administrators and marketers for the Arkansas and Missouri football programs coined “Battle Line Rivalry” as the name of the yearly football game between the Razorbacks and Tigers, some proposed Arkansas fans turn their eyes north, anyway. Mizzou is a far better rival for the Hogs than LSU, Texas or Texas A&M.
The states and their fan bases simply have too much in common, with the latest common ground being the fact both programs beat Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon. Missouri took care of business against the woeful Mississippi State variety 39-20 while Arkansas did enough for a 21-point win over the Louisiana Tech kind.