Texas A&M president claims school has 'no plans' to renew Texas rivalry
Fans eager to have the Texas A&M versus Texas rivalry renewed on the football field have been getting promising updates in recent weeks but it turns out all those promising words may mean next to nothing.
While both school presidents have come out publicly in support of the rivalry, in addition to state representatives, behind closed doors, a different tune is being sung by at least one of the men in position to do something about the return of the annual game.
Texas A&M President Michael Young has publicly issued his support for the return of the game but in an email obtained by Ben Baby of the Dallas Morning News, Young said the exact opposite back in January. Here is the quote attributed to Young in the obtained email:
“We have no plans to renew the rivalry game at this time for very practical reasons.”
While it’s accurate to say both programs have full non-conference schedules years out in advance, it would be easy for two of the wealthiest programs in college football to buy out a future opponent in order to free up an opportunity for both schools to meet on the field.
The two programs have not met on the field since 2011 after playing 118 times on the gridiron dating back to 1894.
Supporting something and having plans to do it are two entirely different things. Why do you insist on casting aspersions and making assumptions when you actually have no idea what those practical reasons are? A&M tried to keep the game going for years after the move to the SEC but UT stubbornly refused. Now all of a sudden they claim to want it and somehow A&M is the bad apple in this deal because they’ve moved on?
Good. Whorns can go pound sand imo
Assuming you’re an UGA fan?
Why do you assume that? You might be an Ole Miss fan. How would we know?
C’mon Army, it was a poke at the lop-sided loss UGA suffered to UT. Own it and move on. UGA is stacked and should be favored in every regular season game.
As someone that has no dog in this fight, beside the chance for bragging rights there isn’t much to gain. Texas treated the Big 12 like it was them then everybody else. Also to make this work another SEC West team would have to find another non conference rivalry to start and I don’t see that happening.
Texas has been irrelevant for most of this decade. Herman is off to a fast start but it remains to be seen if he can sustain the success.
Best chance for a near-term match up will be a post season bowl game.
I’m done with this whole recurring question. Done. I wish every Aggie would just respond with “We’ve moved on to better things”. The money, the national exposure and the total separation from those jerks in Austin. It’s demonstrable in every way how much better off Aggie athletics are now. Just shut down the conversation. Done.
Good! Screw the sips! This benefits them and their sinking choke hold on the little 12 more than it benefits us. No LSU isn’t a state of Texas rival, but they are good enough for most Ags. Their fans/alums are waayyyy more classy as well!
That makes perfect sense. A&M has everything to lose and nothing to gain playing Texas.
Good move. Keeps texas out of relevancy.