Why Texas A&M AD Scott Woodward turned down a chance to play Texas
Ever since Texas A&M left the Big 12 for the SEC, the annual rivalry between the Aggies and the Texas Longhorns has fallen by the wayside.
Fans on both sides aren’t happy about that, but it doesn’t appear that anything will be done about renewing the rivalry anytime soon.
In fact, according to Texas A&M AD Scott Woodward, the Aggies recently turned down a chance to play a home-and-home series against the Longhorns (via the Houston Chronicle):
“We were already booked,” Woodward said this week in an extended visit with the Houston Chronicle. “We’re booked 10 years out. He had an opening at the time, and it suited him, but it didn’t suit us.”
Though Woodward turned down this chance, he did say the Aggies remain open to renewing the rivalry in the future:
“With the right circumstances at the right time, but not right now,” Woodward said. “We already have some very good home-and-away nonconference games for our fans. It’s something coach (Jimbo) Fisher and I will talk about and consider, but it has to be at the right time and the right opportunity, when it works for both (schools).”
For now, though, we continue to play the waiting game. Maybe we’ll see the Aggies and Longhorns on the same field again someday.
Sounds like both schools would rather just talk trash about the other than actually play the game.
Yep. We have four instances of SEC schools playing an annual non-con against an in-state rival. It’s not that hard if you want it to happen.
Their home schedule is trash. They refused to keep playing us when we left the conference while we were offering to keep the rivalry. A home and home helps them more than us at this point. They can go pound sand with their dumpster fire conference.
This is a game that should be played every year.
Such it up Woodward. Either schedule Texas or keep on hiding with your tale between your legs.
Aggie fans enjoy telling us it is Texas that is scared. Not a great look here.
I’ve never heard an Aggie fan say tu is scared. Arrogant, elitist, and a middling team in a crappie conference? Sure. At this point we don’t need to shuffle our schedule to accommodate their offer. They’re just not that important to Aggies anymore.
Google “Kayce Smith A&M Is Not Falling For UT’s You Up? Text” and you’ll get a pretty good idea how Aggies feel about scheduling tu again.
How do you schedule someone if you’re full?? And what would you have to gain strength of schedule wise by playing a team with one winning season in their last four?? By one game?? Ya forget Clemson…lets play Texas. And don’t forget chip brown’s quote: “There is no truth to Texas A&M joining the SEC…none.” The Longhorn network has lost over 50 million dollars since its inception for espn, so you do the math.
Oh ya Spencer, by the way, did Woodward “blast” Texas’ offer? Was it “unbelievable” or “unrecognizable”, or did it maybe “confirm the rumors”? I would love to play Texas again on a regular basis but this crappy reporting is why SDS will never be able to charge for this site.
If Texas A&M wanted to play Texas they shouldn’t have left the conference crying about LHN. It doesn’t help UT to play A&M but it helps A&M recruiting to play UT. I hope that UT or any team in Big 12 never plays A&M again outside a bowl or CFP. Goes double for Missouri who started all the realignment crap in the first place.
You seem very confused on all this. The entire conference new the LHN was bad for the conference and it was only a very small part of the reason A&M moved to SEC. I wouldn’t expect a Kansas fan to understand the positive reasons for selecting SEC over the Big12. Actually I take that back, you more than likely understand, you just refuse to admit. As for the rest, bologna. UT is the one who needs the game, why do you think they are so gung-ho about scheduling an SEC to play against? A&M doesn’t “want to play Texas”, they could care less either way at this point and it certainly doesn’t help recruiting one or the other. You should try speaking from logic rather than bitter emotion, it just makes you look silly.