I love college football. I especially love rivalry games. In the 118th game of the greatest rivalry in college football, on Thanksgiving Day 2011, Texas just beat Texas A&M 27-25 thanks to a last-second field goal by Justin Tucker.
“Final score” means so much more tonight than it does on any other night. With the Aggies’ departure to the Southeastern Conference, this is truly a final score. And that saddens me. These Aggies will not have an opportunity to avenge this defeat and these Longhorns will not have the chance to defend it.
The Texas tradition of Longhorns vs Aggies on Thanksgiving comes to an end because of money. Greed. Ego. Neither the men on the field nor the fans in the stands have any say in what is happening to our beloved rivalry. Football in the great state of Texas will never be the same, thanks to the bigwigs with money on their minds.
Tradition. A&M is steeped in tradition. Texas is steeped in tradition. The fight songs of both schools are intertwined:
“Texas Fight! Texas Fight! And it’s goodbye to A&M”
“Goodbye to Texas University; so long to the orange and the white…”
I bet neither writer had any idea just how prophetic his lyrics would become.
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