In the state of Texas there is a lot of pride for each school. Two of those schools absolutely cannot stand each other. The Texas Longhorns and Texas A&M Aggies are the main two of reference. They started playing each other back in 1894 and continued up until 2011. The Lone Star rivalry ended when the Aggies left for the SEC, however the rivalry never ended for the fanbases.
They still compete in other sports such as baseball and basketball, but when it comes to the money making sport of college football they haven’t come together to play. Some of that being how the Longhorns dominated the rivalry and perhaps the Aggies don’t want to stack more losses. Or perhaps since they are now in the SEC, neither side wants to lose that game for recruiting purposes.
Former Longhorn Eric Metcalf joined the Locked on Longhorns podcast to discuss the return to the rivalry in which he stated that very thing. If you lose that game you could lose an edge in recruiting in the Lone Star state. Neither school wants that. Current Aggie commit Victory Vaka of California tweeted out that Texas fans care more about the Aggies than their very own Longhorns.
Texas fans more obsessed with A&M than they are with they own team. We know y’all suck and are still not back but like bro pick a side. 😂😂😂😂
— Victory Vaka (@No7oriou2) October 22, 2020
While it is true that Texas fans do like to talk about A&M, it is more so for mocking that team. Aggie fans do the same with Texas, like was previous stated this is still a rivalry and they will continue to do so on social media.
For the Aggies, those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.