Texas and Texas A&M reunite Saturday in SEC after bitter breakup tore apart a football tradition
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Texas and Texas A&M reunite Saturday in SEC after bitter breakup tore apart a football tradition

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Neil called the breakup a “shame.” Former Texas quarterback Case McCoy, whose crazy-legs scramble set up the Longhorns’ game-winning field goal in 2011, was more blunt about the lost years of a treasured rivalry. “If you were a kid growing up in Texas, it meant a lot.” The Aggies left the Big 12 knowing a split could be coming, and said they told Texas they wanted to keep playing. “It was a travesty,” said former Texas running back Ricky Williams, who won the Heisman Trophy in 1998 and set the NCAA career rushing record against the Aggies. “I’ll be there at the game and my kids and family will be there,” former Texas A&M All-American linebacker Dat Nguyen said.

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Texas A&M-Texas vie for SEC Championship Game spot in renewal of traditional rivalry
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Texas A&M-Texas vie for SEC Championship Game spot in renewal of traditional rivalry

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! It’s the first daytime road game of the year for the Vols, who have had a league-high four SEC night games away from home. Sampson’s first career 100-yard game came as a freshman against Vandy in 2022, when his 131 yards included an 80-yard touchdown. Impact …

No. 3 Texas and No. 20 Texas A&M renew their rivalry in a clash for an SEC title game spot
3 weeks, 5 days ago

No. 3 Texas and No. 20 Texas A&M renew their rivalry in a clash for an SEC title game spot

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I think it’s great for college football that this game with us and them is going to matter on a grander scale than what’s just happening in the state of Texas,” Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian said. “You hope to get to the last game of the …

Texas A&M to mark 25th anniversary of campus bonfire collapse that killed 12
1 month ago

Texas A&M to mark 25th anniversary of campus bonfire collapse that killed 12

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The first, ominous sounds came from deep within the massive stack of logs in the darkest hours of the Texas night. It was being built in preparation for the annual bonfire ahead of the Texas A&M-Texas rivalry football game in College Station. “Year after year, Texas A&M students have worked to ensure that we never forget those members of the …

Texas A&M fails to impress early in first season under Elko after Fisher’s firing
3 months ago

Texas A&M fails to impress early in first season under Elko after Fisher’s firing

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “Just so many things to fix and clean up, and we’ve got to get back to work Monday and get a lot better,” Elko said. Elko said after the game that Weigman still has pain in his shoulder and they’re trying to get him “where he …

Bye to the Big 12 and hello SEC: Texas and Oklahoma party as conference move now official
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Bye to the Big 12 and hello SEC: Texas and Oklahoma party as conference move now official

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “We’ve had the mantra, ‘It Just Means More,’ since 2016,” said SEC commissioner Greg Sankey, who visited both campus parties, “Oklahoma and Texas fit that clearly.” Texas women’s basketball coach Vic Schaefer, who coached in the SEC, called the switch “a match made in heaven.” At …

Texas A&M president says traditional bonfire will not return as part of renewed Texas rivalry
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Texas A&M president says traditional bonfire will not return as part of renewed Texas rivalry

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Texas A&M’s traditional bonfire, which ended 25 years ago after 12 people were killed and 27 more were wounded when the log stack collapsed during construction, will not return to campus for the renewal of the annual football rivalry with Texas, school …

Texas A&M shocks No. 1 Texas in super regional; Oklahoma, UCLA advance to World Series
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Texas A&M shocks No. 1 Texas in super regional; Oklahoma, UCLA advance to World Series

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Just like that, Texas’ dream season is in jeopardy. 16 seed Texas A&M stunned the top-seeded Longhorns 6-5 in Game 1 of the Austin Super Regional on Friday night. Three-time defending national champion Oklahoma defeated Florida State 4-2 on Friday night to sweep the Norman Super Regional and advance to the World Series. 5 seed Oklahoma State defeated unseeded Arizona …

Final act for century-old rivalry as Baylor hosts No. 3 Texas in Longhorns’ Big 12 farewell tour
1 year, 3 months ago

Final act for century-old rivalry as Baylor hosts No. 3 Texas in Longhorns’ Big 12 farewell tour

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I can’t tell you how many times this offseason it’s been, ‘Hey Dave, just win one game please,’” Baylor coach Dave Aranda said. “We’re definitely going to talk about the history and just some of the bigger games of the past, because I think that’s way …

Texas A&M’s offense shows life as TCU, Baylor, Texas Tech soul-search: Texpert Takeaways
1 year, 3 months ago

Texas A&M’s offense shows life as TCU, Baylor, Texas Tech soul-search: Texpert Takeaways

New York Times  

Although Fort Worth, Texas, took center stage on Saturday during Colorado’s win over TCU, Week 1 produced plenty of interesting developments across the Lone Star State. Last season, against Sam Houston, Appalachian State and UMass — all teams over which they held a distinct talent advantage — they didn’t look as effective and efficient offensively as they did on Saturday. …

Texas vs. Texas A&M is back, ending 12 years in the wilderness for an epic rivalry
1 year, 6 months ago

Texas vs. Texas A&M is back, ending 12 years in the wilderness for an epic rivalry

New York Times  

It’s finally official: Texas and Texas A&M will play in 2024 at Kyle Field. “It was a game that showcased Texas high school football across the country,” former Texas coach Mack Brown told The Athletic in 2021. And it's coming home.#GigEm pic.twitter.com/j5sYL48AM2 — Texas A&M Football June 14, 2023 Now let’s hope that, eventually, SEC members come to their senses …

Texas A&M joins ‘Bama, Georgia in race for recruiting title
3 years ago

Texas A&M joins ‘Bama, Georgia in race for recruiting title

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The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Texas A&M could face some challenges maintaining its recruiting momentum after losing defensive coordinator Mike Elko, who is taking over as Duke’s head coach. But now Texas A&M is sort of right in that upper echelon of being able to recruit at that level.” IMPACT OF …

Texas A&M beats No. 1 Alabama 41-38 on last-play field goal
3 years, 2 months ago

Texas A&M beats No. 1 Alabama 41-38 on last-play field goal

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COLLEGE STATION, Texas — During a speaking engagement this spring Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher used colorful language to proclaim his team would beat Alabama during coach Nick Saban’s career. Seth Small made a 28-yard field goal as time expired and Texas A&M stunned top-ranked Alabama 41-38 to end the Crimson Tide’s winning streak at 19 games. That’s what matters …

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