When Will Texas and am Play Again

Texas and Texas A&M. It's a relationship that goes way back, but after an ugly briefing realignment breakdown, the two just can't seem to get back on the same folio.

Hither's a timeline of their trials and tribulations since splitting apart.

February 21, 2019

A calendar month later Texas A&M president Michael Young said he supports renewing the rivalry:

In multiple emails obtained by The News through an open up records request, Young said the A&Thou-Texas football game game "is unlikely to happen."

"There are a variety of reasons that this will be unlikely to happen, including separate conference schedules and scheduling many years out."

THE Estrus SCALE, rating the flirtatious energy between Texas and A&M: iii. Now we're just being coy.

February v, 2019

The land'southward governor, Greg Abbott, said in his Land of the State address that the two teams should play over again. He'd said this before — just scroll down — and repeated it hither:

"I am inspired past the camaraderie and the collaboration that has already infused this session. It seems unprecedented, and I've got to tell you lot, I'm feeling it myself," Abbott said about 50 minutes into his remarks. "I'm feeling moved. And I want to fix the example. For example, I'chiliad willing to footstep up and put aside past differences and work with [state Rep.] Lyle Larson to reinstate the rivalry game betwixt the Aggies and the Longhorns." The declaration was greeted with cheers.

THE HEAT Calibration: 2, because just like when he said it earlier, the governor isn't in charge here. Merely because an ex-couple's parents badly desire them to get back together doesn't mean the kids will go along with it.

January 19, 2019

A&M president Michael Young and Texas president Greg Fenves both tell the Austin American-Statesman they support a rivalry renewal. But they don't offer any timetable, and they're really just leaning on their athletic directors to figure something out:

"It'south a storied rivalry of a hundred years or so," Fenves said. "We're supportive' of renewing it. Young said, "Absolutely. We take been from Day Ane," since A&M joined the Southeastern Conference. Added Fenves: "We've told our ADs (athletic directors) to figure out a plan and bring it to us."

Then came the caveats.

"There are some real practical and contractual issues with scheduling non-conference games," Fenves said. "The SEC is different from the Large 12. We take non-conference games scheduled 10 years out."

THE HEAT Scale: 3. These are only two people maxim they really should assemble former.

May 30, 2018

Texas' athletic director says the teams volition reunite somewhen:

Chris Del Conte on renewing UT/A&M football game rivalry: "At some signal and time we will pick up our rivalry. It's important to our country and of import to our fan base of operations. I'thou assuming when information technology's appropriate and gear up, we'll play...Nosotros'd like to do that, it'southward just matching upward schedules."
— Chuck Carlton (@ChuckCarltonDMN) May thirty, 2018

THE Estrus SCALE: 4. It's nice to tell your meaning other y'all'll exercise something when yous tin can, merely this comment loses points for a lack of bodily commitment.

February. xx, 2018

There we take Texas' QB responding to a new Texas A&M assistant'south take-slingin' past noting much of the SEC's contempo celebrity consists of riding Alabama's coat tails.

T HE Heat Calibration : 2. Standard jawin', but proficient to proceed it at a steady simmer.

October. 25, 2017

The governor wants to get involved.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott: "My adjacent goal every bit governor is to reunite the Texas-Texas A&Grand rivalry. Claw 'em Horns."
— Brian Davis (@BDavisAAS) October 25, 2017

THE HEAT SCALE : ii, for the aforementioned reason listed in a higher place.

July 17, 2017

Texas' new head coach is on board!

Tom Herman on scheduling: "We don't play a rival at home ever. I don't know why nosotros tin can't play A&M as our marquee non-conference opponent."
— Brian Davis (@BDavisAAS) July 18, 2017

THE HEAT SCALE: 4. Texas' one-time caput jitney was too on lath, and look where that got united states.

June 28, 2017

"Their Advertizement (DeLoss Dodds) at the fourth dimension came out and said nosotros volition never play Texas A&Grand over again, and they worked along with Baylor and the conference to have no i in the (Big 12) schedule us," sometime A&M AD Greg Byrne said. "At that place were other forces at piece of work to make certain we didn't play."

THE Estrus Scale: four. That story has a agglomeration of disheartening stuff on this rivalry and Kansas-Missouri, but that particular quote is at least hot.

June 16, 2017

"Me, personally? I think over the course of time that'southward going to happen," A&1000 head autobus Kevin Sumlin said when asked, while as well talking about how well he knows new Horns coach Tom Herman. "With our move to the SEC, scheduling has become a real issue."

THE HEAT SCALE: 3. Sumlin's been predicting a reunion for years now, not that we don't appreciate him doing so.

June 10, 2016

"They're trying to work something out right now where we're going to play the Aggies," Charlie Stiff said at an event. A Texas spokesman said no specifics have been discussed, but we didn't even hear whatsoever of the words in this 2d judgement.

THE HEAT Scale: eight. Do information technology.Texas and Texas A&One thousand. Information technology'southward a relationship that goes style dorsum, but after an ugly conference realignment breakup, the ii simply can't seem to become dorsum on the same folio.

Apr 14, 2016

A&Thou athletic director Scott Woodward, via DailyTrib.com in Texas:

Will the Aggies play the University of Texas in football again?

"Nosotros accept to really appraise what is our best path to winning the (Southeastern Conference) Westward," Woodward said. "I don't foresee anything happening in the near hereafter. There are a lot of opinions well to a higher place my pay course. Rivalries, I recollect, are healthy for the game.

"It'll exist something nosotros'll consider," he added. "It'll exist a discussion I'll have to take. I take no objection to it. It'southward something that has to work for the states and for folks."

Estrus SCALE: five.

March nineteen, 2016

The two nigh played again in March Madness, but Texas had to become and lose to Northern Iowa on a buzzer beater. Aggies everywhere were torn between laughing at rivals and lamenting the chance to foursquare off, but the probable A&Chiliad starting QB had the definitive opinion:

HEAT Scale: Unchanged. Laughing at your fallen rival is standard homo beliefs.

September 30, 2015

Texas A&One thousand regent Tony Buzbee in a Facebook post, via the Austin American-Statesman:

I am going to abet that the Aggies play Texas once again in the nigh future. Because of our fell SEC Westward schedule [...], the Aggies need some cupcake games to residual and heal. In my view, Texas is only every bit weak if not weaker than the not-conference games we play, then we may as well play them.

HEAT SCALE: five. Buzbee is, as he mentions, only one regent, and regents aren't athletic directors, just eating pastries is often an enjoyable date activity.

June 18, 2015

Texas A&M chancellor John Sharp is quoted as saying this in response to Texas selling beer at games now:

A&Thou chancellor Abrupt on alcohol at events: "Our athletic program has not reached the bespeak where nosotros require the numbing effects of alcohol."
— Gabe Bock (@GabeBock) June 18, 2015

Oestrus Scale: 3. These rivals can neither imbibe nor abjure without thinking of each other, but we already knew that.

May 8, 2015

A&M chancellor John Precipitous took swipes at the Longhorn Network and Texas' recent on-field struggles in an interview.

We're hopeful that sometime in the future there will be a basin game that nosotros're able to play in, you know, if [Texas] gets there. But the nifty thing about playing us is that you tin can get on real Television if you lot play us.

HEAT Scale: 2. Abrupt ended with "of course I'm merely joking about all of this." Stick to your guns, John!

April 16, 2015

When asked nigh renewing the rivalry, Strong joked that he wasn't pushing too hard for information technology yet because he wanted to win some games first. Specifically, he said "I don't know if I want to go walking into Higher Station right now."

That has defenseless on at A&M, including with incoming five-star defensive tackle Daylon Mack, who signed with the Aggies over Texas.

HEAT Calibration: vii. Twitter banter's usually a two, but that shirt's a five by itself.

April 14, 2015

Oh my:

Texas' Charlie Strong and Texas A&M's Kevin Sumlin both in the terminal calendar week expressed to ESPN.com a desire to resume playing the longstanding rivalry after a three-twelvemonth hiatus that coincided with the Aggies leaving the Big 12 and joining the SEC in 2012.

HEAT Calibration: 8.

July 23, 2014

Texas double-decker Charlie Potent on playing Texas A&M: "Yous would like to come across united states of america play each other"
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) July 23, 2014

HEAT SCALE: seven. We're cookin' now.

May 27, 2014

Texas A&M's Kevin Sumlin on future games westward/Texas: "Eventually I think it will happen"
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) May 27, 2014

HEAT SCALE: 6.

May 26, 2014

Texas and Texas A&1000 are playing once again! In baseball. Postseason baseball, significant they had no choice.

HEAT Calibration: iii. Baseball.

Apr 25, 2014

UT Advertisement Steve Patterson told us ``unless there is a compelling reason,'' the football series between Texas and Texas A&M is dead.
— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) April 25, 2014

Oestrus Scale: 2. At that place'due south no reason in beloved.

April 1, 2014

Texas Advert Steve Patterson: Playing A&M "not at the top of my list."

Oestrus Scale: iii. /Patterson throws Stiff into a cold shower

March 7, 2014

New Texas caput double-decker Charlie Strong, sharing his thoughts on resuming the rivalry: "I'd love to play it."

Oestrus SCALE: xi. Whoa, take it easy, Charlie. You lot can't come on so strong, that's just going to creep them out

Nov. twenty, 2013

A&M president Loftin: "There'due south no reason why we shouldn't play each other, if we want to. I think (Texas) volition at some point in time feel similar information technology'south the right thing to do too, and we'll get there."

Rut SCALE: vii.

November. 6, 2013

After Texas hires Steve Patterson equally Advertisement, Texas A&One thousand senior associate Advertizing Jason Cook says the Aggies are non looking to renew the annual rivalry: "Nosotros hope to play them again in a BCS bowl or Playoff game at some point."

HEAT Scale: 3. "I mean, if we come across 'em at a bar or something and they wanna hook up, we're totally down. But nosotros own't looking for a long-term thing. Just wanna keep it casual, ya know?"

Sept. 11, 2013

Texas A&Grand DB Toney Hurd Jr. takes to Twitter, proclaiming, "Texas A&1000 is the university of Texas." So-Longhorns head passenger vehicle Mack Brown responds to the media: "We are the university in this state, regardless of what some kid tweets."

HEAT Scale: 2. They just can't permit each other go, but man, it's getting nasty.

May 31, 2013

Texas A&Yard president R. Bowen Loftin: "Information technology'south not relevant to u.s.a. anymore, that's the whole betoken. It'southward not an important outcome."

Oestrus Scale: 3. "Who? Aye, I remember I remember someone by that name."

Apr 1, 2013

OH MAN THEY'RE GETTING Back TOGETHER.

Estrus SCALE: 0. Wait. Awww dammit, Apr Fools' got us again.

March 18, 2013

Texas AD Dodds: "They're the ones that decided non to play u.s.. Nosotros become to make up one's mind when we play once more. I call up that'due south fair."

Rut SCALE: 6. It's not gonna be that like shooting fish in a barrel, baby.

Jan. 29, 2013

Texas State Rep. Ryan Guillen proposes law forcing A&M and Texas to play.

Oestrus Calibration: 0. Volition you lot ii give it a residuum and get dorsum together already. You're all each other talks about, and we're tired of seeing you like this. Jeez.

November. nineteen, 2012

Texas DE Alex Okafor, in the buildup to the Longhorns' new year's day-end game against TCU: "I feel pitiful for A&M. We yet have a big-fourth dimension game on Thanksgiving. They're missing out."

HEAT Scale: viii. "OH. OH OK YOU FOUND SOMEONE NEW? WELL WE Establish SOMEONE NEW TOO AND WE'RE DOING Merely FINE." /Texas apace puts its arm around the first school it tin find, which happens to be TCU

May 30, 2012

Texas A&One thousand and LSU agree to go annual terminate-of-season rivals.

Heat Scale: 6. A&M is moving on with its new life in a new place, but ane has to think it's hoping Texas will notice the Aggies' sexy new companion.

Nov. 25, 2011

In the final scheduled meeting, Texas defeats A&Yard, 27-25, on a game-winning field goal as fourth dimension expires.

Rut SCALE: 10. Texas but came over to become that last box of t-shirts and CDs, and of course information technology turned into a raucous dark of love-making, just like the old times. A&M was pretty mad when the Longhorns left an upper-decker before running out laughing, though.

Oct. 15, 2011

Texas AD DeLoss Dodds: "What we accept right at present is a full schedule."

Oestrus Scale: 1. "I tin't on Fri. Saturday's no proficient, either. Neither is next calendar week. Or next calendar month."

Sept. 26, 2011

Someone creates a "Go along the Texas vs. Texas A&Thousand Rivalry Game Tradition Live - Drama Free" Facebook folio. Information technology garnered only 89 likes and, as we all know, didn't get the pair back together.

HEAT SCALE: 1. This isn't really a spark between the 'Horns and Ags. It'south a desperate plea from their friends to give it another shot.

Sadness scale: ten. :-(

Aug. 29, 2011

Report surfaces Texas A&M is prepare to announce its difference from the Big 12.

Oestrus Calibration: 1. It has been a long road together, only afterwards i last large fight over A&Yard wanting its ain space, the Longhorns and Aggies agree that they just don't have annihilation in common anymore, and it's best to get their separate ways.

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