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.

At SEC media days in July, Steve Sarkisian inadvertently described a good portion of college football in a single line. "I feel like when you go to Arkansas," the Texas Longhorns coach said, "I almost at times feel like they hate Texas more than they like themselves.

No. 3 Texas has won nine straight true road games. A 41-34 loss at Oklahoma State on Oct. 22, 2022 was UT's last loss in a true road environment.

The Texas Longhorns have yet to secure a statement win in 2024, but Douglas Farmer believes that added motivation will propel them to cover the double-digit spread against Arkansas on Saturday.

Former Southwest Conference foes Texas and Arkansas have been playing football before the SEC existed. Now, they meet as members of that conference.

According to Arkansas, the school adopted its nickname after football coach Hugo Bezdek referred to his players as a "wild band of Razorback hogs" after beating LSU in 1909. Arkansas athletic teams were originally called the Cardinals.