As the Texas A&M Aggies prepare to reignite their rivalry with the Texas Longhorns once the latter joins the SEC in 2024, one ESPN analyst is offering his unsought perspective on the Lone Star Showdown.
In comments shared through Saturday Down South, Greg McElroy addressed the ongoing discussion surrounding Texas’ move to the SEC. More specifically, he chimed in on the debate about where the first game between these two in-state rivals would be played as SEC counterparts.
As it is custom nowadays in the realm of sports media, McElroy fired off a hilarious hot take on the matter:
“So doesn’t that mean that the next iteration of Texas against Texas A&M should be played in Austin? That’s the way I see it. At the same time, ‘Well, you just brought in our big rival to the conference so you should get us a make good, and you should play the game in our backyard.’ I don’t agree with that.”
The former Alabama quarterback doubled down on his take by claiming the Aggies have an “inferiority complex”:
“Stop playing this inferiority complex, stop. Here’s what I would say if I were Texas A&M: I would say anytime, any place, anywhere we’ll play the Longhorns, we’re just glad to have the rivalry back. And we’ll stomp on them when we get our opportunity.”
Playing the “inferiority complex” card offers a good chuckle considering the sheer volume of Longhorns fans taking to social media to celebrate any type of Aggies loss. It’s almost as if for the Longhorns fanbase, the latter equates to a title, which may be all well and true given that Texas hasn’t won a Big 12 championship since 2009.
Then again, Aggie fans have patiently waited for the Longhorns’ return to the mountaintop ever since Sam Ehlinger emphatically claimed, “We’re baaaaaaaack!” at the 2019 Sugar Bowl. Here we are four years later and if that doesn’t scream “inferiority complex” then I don’t know what does.
With increasing buzz that Kyle Field will play host to the Lone Star Showdown in 2024, the Longhorns should use the time ahead of them to get out their gripes and whines while they still can.
The Aggies and the raucous 12th Man will show up and put an exclamation point on this rivalry where it truly counts: on the gridiron.
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