Historic Texas-Texas A&M rivalry coming to an end

[Bob Hubbard]

The rivalry between Texas and Texas A&M is one college football's oldest, a brother-against-brother grudge game that dates to 1894.It is part of the fabric of this football crazy state, a Thanksgiving-weekend tradition with connections to some of the legends in the sport.
Yet all of it — the Aggie fight song call to "saw Varsity's horns off," the Longhorns' pregame candlelight "Hex Rally," and the raw emotions of the 1999 bonfire game that brought the bitter foes together in a spirit of healing — is about to be torn apart.
Texas A&M is leaving the Big 12 for the SEC after one final showdown with the Longhorns on Thanksgiving night, marking the end of a fierce intrastate series that has spawned more than its share of heroes and history.

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/45352447/ns/sports-college_football/

 

[rlobrecht]

As an Aggie, this makes me very sad.

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