Is ULM biggest rivalry for UL football?

[CajunEXPRESS]

the flagship state tiguhs are always arguing this same question.... they claim everyone is their rival, but the opponent always has a different and better rival, lol.
Id say pick one and stick with it, id vote for South Alabama if we want same one for all sports and having our fans go to the road games, but I could start leaning towards it becoming ark st, and could see more potential with "moving up" (maybe even together) if it were us an them.

It's hard thing to be a rival that's a full days drive to reach. No doubt A-St has become our biggest football rivalry, but neither fan base really supports the away games.

Natural rivals could be LTUR & USM if we were in the same conference or played annually.

[AstroCajun]

Short answer, nope.

Long answer, nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooooooooooppppppppppppeeeeeeeee.

[Cajunrunner]

the flagship state tiguhs are always arguing this same question.... they claim everyone is their rival, but the opponent always has a different and better rival, lol.

Who is Ole Miss's different and better rival?

[Turbine]

Middle Tennessee was UL's best rival till they broke the "We're Not Ready" pinky pledge.

[CajunJack55]

Who is Ole Miss's different and better rival?

The may not be better, but the hatred between Ole Miss and Miss State runs deep and its nasty.

[31Ragin97]

Who is Ole Miss's different and better rival?

Miss St vs Ole Miss seemed to me to be more of a "natural" rivalry than LSU - Ole MIss, but I should have said "most opponents", my bad.... but at the same time, I didn't know LSU claimed Ole mIss as their biggest rival, they seem to talk more about the bama, florida, texasam, ark, games, etc.... point is should just be one, for all.

[31Ragin97]

The may not be better, but the hatred between Ole Miss and Miss State runs deep and its nasty.

thanks! yes, "better" in terms of better rivalry not better team

[Just1More]

I think we dislike and/or want to beat several instate schools all about the same. I still consider Tech and Tulane the two instate schools I want to play and beat. ULM gets the distinction of being a conference opponent and we're forced to play them. If we were not in the same conference, they wouldn't be on our radar at all. As far as a conference opponent I think we see as a good challenger and that most educated athletic fans want to play and beat - as a barometer of our status in the Belt - Ark State.

I do hope to someday have a short consensus answer to the "who is our rival" question. If that devolved into ULM... we have failed.

[CajunEXPRESS]

I do hope to someday have a short consensus answer to the "who is our rival" question. If that devolved into ULM... we have failed.

Exactly

[CajunNation]

Middle Tennessee was UL's best rival till they broke the "We're Not Ready" pinky pledge.

I never hated MT. You could say they were our closest friend of the initial SBC lineup.

I hated WKY. They were a real rival in basketball.

Back then, we really had no football rival. Today, that is stAte. Definitely lots of bad blood back and forth here.

Still, nothing compares to the rivalry we will have with Tech once we play every year again.