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AUSTIN, Texas — 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. The Texas-Arkansas border clash is a feud that in its heyday was as big as any in the country. It renews this week when the No. 3 Longhorns and Razorbacks meet as programs in the same conference for the first time since 1991. The Longhorns and and Razorbacks have met a handful of times over the last three decades, but the rivalry still drips with lore among the old-timers around both programs.
