What will be the new name for our game vs the sips?
It's not the same as it used to be. We moved on and found a better existence only for them to come limping back into it. No longer is it houses divided and no longer is it a SWC and Big 12 rival.

I am curious what folks would like it to be.


Me - The Texas Rumble.

No

How about let the game happen and decide. My guess is you might be pleasantly surprised.

Curious on how houses are no longer divided?

LatinAggie1997 said:

---

What will be the new name for our game vs the sips?
It's not the same as it used to be. We moved on and found a better existence only for them to come limping back into it. No longer is it houses divided and no longer is it a SWC and Big 12 rival.

I am curious what folks would like it to be.


Me - The Texas Rumble.

---

Uhhh, I don't think it's going to be called anything besides the Lone Star Showdown.

It's never gotten a name because Texas has owned the rivalry, A&M never came close to investing in it's program like Texas did. Things are different now, much closer in facilities if not better. A&M's brand is in a much better place. If we beat Texas a couple times, things will be even bigger on a national scale and possibly it gets a name.

Lone Star Showdown seems decent, I'm sure some marketing group would have a great one.

Showdown meaning a final test or confrontation works as it's the last game of the reg season again.

HTownMan87 said:

---

It's never gotten a name because Texas has owned the rivalry, A&M never came close to investing in it's program like Texas did. Things are different now, much closer in facilities if not better. A&M's brand is in a much better place. If we beat Texas a couple times, things will be even bigger on a national scale and possibly it gets a name.

Lone Star Showdown seems decent, I'm sure some marketing group would have a great one.

Showdown meaning a final test or confrontation works as it's the last game of the reg season again.

---

tu owned the rivalry pre 1972.

This. We've been .500 with them since. Each team has gone a short dominant streaks but it's been back and forth for 50 years.

I'm 50. We are 0.500 since I have been alive. No small sample size.

And after the game this year we will have an over .500 record against them in my lifetime.

Aggie Therapist said:

---

Curious on how houses are no longer divided?

---

The mindset my friend, not the physical.
Imo, both schools went in way different directions for many different reasons. We are being forced to the same table to break bread bit I prefer to break bones (figuratively).

That is the likelihood. I would prefer something new.

LB12Diamond said:

---

I'm 50. We are 0.500 since I have been alive. No small sample size.

---

Precisely, yet sips will inevitably spew the overall record. That's a major reason I would like something new and reflective of the new modern situation.

TyperWoods said:

---

HTownMan87 said:

---

It's never gotten a name because Texas has owned the rivalry, A&M never came close to investing in it's program like Texas did. Things are different now, much closer in facilities if not better. A&M's brand is in a much better place. If we beat Texas a couple times, things will be even bigger on a national scale and possibly it gets a name.

Lone Star Showdown seems decent, I'm sure some marketing group would have a great one.

Showdown meaning a final test or confrontation works as it's the last game of the reg season again.

---

tu owned the rivalry pre 1972.

---

….and that's about as meaningful as when Sewanee won the SEC

HTownMan87 said:

---

It's never gotten a name because Texas has owned the rivalry, A&M never came close to investing in it's program like Texas did. Things are different now, much closer in facilities if not better. A&M's brand is in a much better place. If we beat Texas a couple times, things will be even bigger on a national scale and possibly it gets a name.

Lone Star Showdown seems decent, I'm sure some marketing group would have a great one.

Showdown meaning a final test or confrontation works as it's the last game of the reg season again.

---

College football and the media need big brands. College football has theirs and it takes HUGE movements to create new faces.

A&M is not a "blue blood" we're not a media darling.

Penn St,. Alabama, LSU, Michigan, Ohio St, Miami, Florida St, Florida, USC, UTrans, OU, and lastly.. the newest face to the group who was added in 15+ years ago, Oregon. Those are the meal tickets for College football. Clemson is well on their way

For A&M to be added in, we have to do more than win every other year against UTrans. We need championships in Football. One in baseball and one in football in a 2 or 3 year span would definitely help.

A&M has a long way to go. Everything is and has been in place for A&M for decades. Our culture has held us back.

Demand greatness. Demand championships

Not "well we beat t.u this year"

WGAF

Trev just texted me this.

Not looking good..

it is interesting looking back...how bad the Big 12 era (1996-2011) was for the A&M program

the Ags were 5-11 vs. the sips in those 16 years. Also 5-11 vs. OU

and only 6-10 vs. Tech

The sip game

That sits squarely with our "leadership" that couldn't see past our record vs the sips from 84-95 while the SWC was dying.

W said:

---

it is interesting looking back...how bad the Big 12 era (1996-2011) was for the A&M program

the Ags were 5-11 vs. the sips in those 16 years. Also 5-11 vs. OU

and only 6-10 vs. Tech

---

In my 5 years at A&M we never beat Texas. It was the last 2 years of RC, and the first 3 of Fran. It was dark times.

Mattress Mac Lone Star Showdown...

And we never lost to them in my 4 years.

We have not been "well we beat tu this year" in a long time. Agree we need to win championships. Hell Fran was fired after beating tu. It has been obvious for a while the mark is a lot higher than "just bearing tu". If it wasn't we would have never left the Big 12.

He is a big donor to both schools so that makes sense!

He gave me tickets to his gallery furniture suite while I was interning at Gallery Furniture. Attend the Texas Bowl with A&M playing and met so many Aggie VIPs.

Awesome time and great boss

Every program wants to be somewhere around 500 against their main rival, everyone knows we need to improve against everyone else, you are not saying anything that we don't already know

"Just another conference game"?

I'm still annoyed that the game is even happening. It doesn't need a name. We'll play 3+ better teams than them most years anyway.

Perfect

Quote:

---

HTownMan87 7:46p
It's never gotten a name because Texas has owned the rivalry,

---

you mean except for the last half century where A&M is 18-17 against them....

i hate these ignorant posts that act like what happened in the 1950s and 1960s when we were small military college vs the largest state school is actually relevant.

must be a 'sip or an aggie tool.

Ags v Faags.

The biggest disadvantage A&M had for several years was being an all male school. One could argue it was part of the reason we could not keep The Bear bc it was such a disadvantage in recruiting. He made several quotes about this disadvantage. It's that simple. Once that disadvantage was removed we have kept even with them even with their NCAA power and crooked officials such as the one that helped them win the last time we played.

Texas would even give the girlfriends of players they were recruiting academic scholarships to get them to Texas.

HTownMan87 said:

---

It's never gotten a name because Texas has owned the rivalry, A&M never came close to investing in it's program like Texas did. Things are different now, much closer in facilities if not better. A&M's brand is in a much better place. If we beat Texas a couple times, things will be even bigger on a national scale and possibly it gets a name.

Lone Star Showdown seems decent, I'm sure some marketing group would have a great one.

Showdown meaning a final test or confrontation works as it's the last game of the reg season again.

---

"Never gotten a name?" While I was in school, it was literally the State Farm Lone Star Showdown and even had a trophy.

I vote for "the A&M - Texas game"

How about the "The fans claim it's not a rivalry" rivalry.

Always drives me nuts when some of our fans fall right into the trap that sips usually use, all time record smack.

Forgive me for being delusional and thinking that 1955 or 1965 have nothing to do with the two programs now nor should determine our expectations in 2024 and beyond.