Regardless of where you stand relative to the line in the sand, Arkansas’s football rivalry with Texas provokes commentary.
Texas fans understandably discount the “rivalry” element due to its historical one-sidedness. The Longhorns own a .709 winning percentage against the Hogs, and twice reeled off double-digit win streaks.
The obvious retort we Razorbacks offer? It’s been a much tighter race in the amorphous “modern era.” Texas owes much of its 56-23 record to a dominating 27-5 start prior to 1950.
Texas drove stakes into the hearts of Razorback fans for years, the most gangrenous being the Big Shootout edging in 1969 with Tricky Dick in the stands.