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.

Texas’ move to the Southeastern Conference rekindled an old rivalry so intense that national championships hung in the balance and a U.S. president once made a special trip to attend.