They haven't met on the field in more than a decade, but the rivals never missed a chance to take a shot at each other.
The SEC Now crew previews the matchup between the Aggies and the Longhorns and talk about how either of them making it to the SEC Championship game would be exciting for different reasons. "It was special," Tucker said at the time."This is what we play for in college football. ... And being able to put a smile on every Longhorns face tonight was special to me.''It was the end because conference realignment was splitting up the Aggies and Longhorns.
"Whichever institution refused to participate in the showdown would suffer restrictions on its athletic scholarships," the Texas Tribune reported. The Aggies still had Manziel and were heading to a 9-4 season. The Longhorns would finish 8-4 that season, but Brown would announce his departure in December.
"There's a lot of great tradition with Texas A&M. At some point in time, does it make some business sense, some branding sense to play again? I don't know,"UT AD Steve Patterson told us ``unless there is a compelling reason,'' the football series between Texas and Texas A&M is dead.In May, the Horns and Aggies would meet again, but in an NCAA baseball regional.
"Their AD at the time came out and said we will never play Texas A&M again, and they worked along with Baylor and the conference to have no one in the schedule us," BryneDespite his desire to see it happen, Strong's tenure at Texas came and went without the rivalry. He was fired after the 2016 season. Soon after Byrne's comments, new Texas coach Tom Herman echoed his predecessor's desire to see the game return.
Fans, too, called for the game to be back. Texas A&M AD Ross Bjork, who was hired in 2019, got back to one hopeful fan.
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