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Originally Posted by Reaper16
Looks like MU actually wanted to have TAMU as their permanent cross-division rival, but acquiesced to Arkansas because it'd be "better for the league." Alden is talking about a need to schedule noncon games with Texas schools to keep MU's Texas footprint active.
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aTm would have made no sense. It would have been nice from a recruiting perspective, I guess, but it would have been bad business to let Mizzou or any other team hand-pick their own rival simply to gain a competitive advantage. It's not like there's a bunch of history behind the rivalry.