Longhorns, Aggies gear up on opposite sides of ball with rivalry looming in foreground

Despite the uncertainty at every level of college football about nearly everything, we do know that the football rivalry between the Texas A&M Aggies and the Texas Longhorns will resume by 2025 when Texas joins the SEC. It might happen sooner depending on negotiations between the Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners with the Big 12 Conference. The two programs met 118 times before the rivalry was nixed after 2011 with the Aggies moving to greener grass in the SEC. 

And while the two teams haven’t officially started to play on the field, the two programs are already competing on the recruiting trail. The Longhorns hold the edge offensively, thanks in large part to head coach Steve Sarkisian’s reputation as an offensive guru. He lured five-star quarterback Quinn Ewers back to Texas after a one-year stop at Ohio State and landed the commitment of fellow five-star Arch Manning as part of the 2023 cycle.