Texas and Texas A&M might not have plans to take the field anytime soon, but the rivalry is still alive and well. Signing day featured a rousing Twitter feud between new players from both programs. For fans missing the rivalry, it's the closest thing we've gotten to a game since the Longhorns beat the Aggies on a last-second field goal in 2011. FOX's Colin Cowherd dedicated a segment of his radio show on Wednesday ripping Texas A&M's history of underachieving on the field and in the NFL Draft, relative to the talent in the state. New Texas signee B.J. Foster, the No. 2 player in Texas, retweeted Cowherd's comments with "Wow facts!!" and a pair of laughing emojis. Leon O'Neal Jr., a four-star defensive back who committed to the Aggies on Monday, responded with this: Top Texas prospect Jaylen Waddle retweeted the comment and tagged Foster, who noted that Texas A&M had lost to a Big 12 team, presumably referencing the Aggies' Texas Bowl loss to Kansas State in 2016, the last time they faced a Big 12 opponent. O'Neal snapped back with a claim that the Aggies could beat Texas, which prompted Foster to point out that Texas just signed three of the top players in the country at O'Neal's position. That naturally lead into an argument about styles of play. "We play big boy football, not 7-on-7," O'Neal tweeted. Texas signee Caden Sterns, the state's top overall prospect, joined the argument to note that A&M's bowl loss to Wake Forest this year featured 107 points. O'Neal fired back with a reminder of Texas' embarrassing 51-41 home loss to Maryland to kick off the Tom Herman era. Sterns promptly dropped the hammer from the top rope. O'Neal claimed he was finished, but got one final dig in to put this chapter of the rivalry to bed. If there's no football to play, this is the best the rivalry can provide. On the scale of A&M-Texas Twitter feuds, it's a solid A-minus. But this rivalry has had so many great moments and we've been deprived of them all for almost a decade now. A&M, Texas, we once again request: Play the game.
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