Texas students vote to reinstate rivalry game with Texas A&M
In a campus-wide vote held Wednesday, Texas students voted 96.71 percent in favor of reinstating the rivalry game against Texas A&M, according to The Battalion.
A total of 7,764 votes were cast, and over 7,500 students voted in favor of it.
It’s been five full seasons since Texas A&M vs. Texas has taken place, and after the 2011 season, the rivalry was stopped. And it’s a shame for college football.
New Texas Student Body President Alejandrina Guzman and Vice President Micky Wolf pushed the vote. The following email was sent out informing the students of the vote.
“For generations, UT students enjoyed the Texas v. Texas A&M Rivalry game before it was stopped in 2011,” Guzman and Wolf wrote in a student-wide email sent Tuesday. “Now, you have an opportunity to help bring it back.”
According to the report, the next step for the members of student government is to launch a campaign “Reinstate the Rivalry” to help the game return for good.
lol No thanks.
Go away
Ha! I was wondering if they might consider asking the other team how they feel.
Ag 2016 says he’s been on this site for 2 years, but history shows him commenting on old posts and his screen-name says 2016. What type of loser makes a fake account just to troll people, or appear to agree with people???? Laaaaaaaaaaaaaame!
Serious question, was it Texas they ended the rivalry or was it mutual?
If Texas ended it, then why would aTm even care what the UT students elect. After all, this game would benefit Texas in the recruiting phase since aTm has recruited better since joining the SEC, right?
Almost immediately after A&M announced they were leaving the Big 12 for the SEC, the AD at Texas at the time, Deloss Dodds, stated there was no room on the Texas OOC schedule for the A&M game. A game that had happened for 100 years. It was really Texas being Texas. They didn’t get their way so they took their ball and went home.
That being said, as an A&M fan, I miss this game tremendously. It was a part of Thanksgiving in Texas for generations. I do hope it comes back.
That’s the matchup I would like to see every year. Make it happen TX&AM!
As an A&M alum, not interested. When A&M joined the SEC aTm said they wanted to keep playing, and the SEC said they would work the aTm sked to where the Aggies could play the cows every year on Thanksgiving. Cow was so upset and hurt that little brother had grown up and was leaving they just said no. The excuse was their schedule was full (of course with A&M already on it for the next 99 years). I guess with all their $ they couldn’t buy out contracts with lower tier and FCS schools.
A&M extended the olive branch and wanted to continue, TU cried and took their ball and went home. The opportunity is passed and done. In no way, shape or form should aTm play TU in the regular season. We can play in a bowl if it happens.
Bama didn’t play Auburn for something like 40 years, there is no law it has to happen. I’m quite content with aTm playing an awesome SEC sked and marquee non-cons vs. UCLA, Clemson, Notre Dame, etc. Don’t need cow.
Just don’t ever let Texas lead you to believe it is aTm’s fault the game is not being played, that blame lies 10000% on cow and their hubris.
Anyone who has been following knows this is UTs fault. They refused to play the Aggies but the urony is UT could now very much benefit by playing the Aggies. They need to regain recruiting and could use higher profile gms beyond OU. I wiah the series would start again but I understand A&Ms nonchalance attitude after the Horns tantrum when they left.