With the Ags traveling to Austin on Friday, this one just means more. A victory enables A&M to advance to the SEC Championship and enhance its potential seeding in the CFP, while Texas victory keeps alive the Longhorns’ fragile hopes of getting into the 12-team playoff field.

Friday night marks more than just a rivalry, as it's the last step for Texas A&M to reach the SEC Championship Game. On Tuesday's edition of TexAgs Live, former Texas A&M and NFL safety Jordan Pugh joined us to preview the long-awaited Lone Star Showdown.

Mike Elko was all business at Monday's press conference, highlighting the importance of Friday's Lone Star Showdown. Along with facing their arch-rivals, a win over Texas would clinch an undefeated regular season and send Texas A&M to its first SEC Championship Game.

He has the stats. He has the wins. He even has the moments. With two regular-season games remaining, a strong argument can be made that Marcel Reed should be the Heisman favorite, even if Indiana's Fernando Mendoza and Ohio State's Julian Sayin want to argue their case.

TexAgs' co-owner and executive editor Billy Liucci joined TexAgs Live on Monday morning following Texas A&M's 38-17 win in Columbia. Liucci also spoke about the impressive job Mike Elko has done this fall, A&M's resume through nine games and much more.

In 10 out of the last 12 college football seasons, the Aggies have gone 1-2 or worse vs. Southeastern Conference opponents in November. The second bye week could help Mike Elko and the Fightin' Texas Aggies break another streak with a successful back-end of the season.

The third-ranked Aggies are on a bye this week, but the vibes are still high as the Fightin' Texas Aggies are 8-0. During Wednesday's edition of TexAgs Live, former A&M tight end Max Wright spoke on how the Maroon & White have gotten where they are.

Thirteen years ago, Texas A&M offensive coordinator Collin Klein was a Heisman finalist while at Kansas State. Now, Klein sees another contender every day in practice when he works with A&M's Marcel Reed, who has the fourth-best odds to win the Heisman according to Fox Sports.

No. 3 Texas A&M is watching its path to Atlanta and beyond start to stretch out following a 49-25 drubbing of LSU inside Tiger Stadium on Saturday night. With the Aggies now on their second bye, Billy Liucci offers some thoughts on what he has seen from the Maroon & White.

Last year, Texas A&M quarterback Marcel Reed faced Florida at The Swamp in his first career start. This year, with a 5-0 record and a No. 5 ranking, the now-experienced Reed leads the Aggies against the Gators on their home turf of Kyle Field for another crucial contest.

Texas A&M’s run defense has typically been sound — even outstanding — 90 percent of the time. Still, the other 10 percent returned in the Aggies' season opener against UTSA as the Roadrunners picked up 118 of their 203 rushing yards on just three plays.

Wednesday morning's edition of TexAgs Radio emanated live from the Omni Dallas Hotel, the site of 2024 SEC Media Days. Today's special guests included Kris Budden, Roman Harper, Chris Phillips, Dennis Dodd, J.D. Pickell, Nick de la Torre, Peter Burns, Cole Cubelic and Jordan Rodgers.

Not a fan of Thanksgiving, SEC Network's Peter Burns joins TexAgs Radio ahead of Turkey Day to talk about A&M's matchup with Jayden Daniels and the LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge. Burns adds his thoughts on the Heisman race in Week 13.

With Isaiah Spiller headed to the NFL Draft, the door officially opens for speedster Devon Achane to make some noise as Texas A&M's No. 1 ball carrier. As one of the fastest players in college football, Achane appears poised for a breakout season in 2022.

This week Battalion sports writer Kay Naegeli joins the pod to break down A&M's recent recruiting success. We also add some Heisman talk as well as an early breakdown of the College Football playoffs and as always we BOOK IT and talk fantasy football.

This week Tomas Romo is joined by Jacob Waters, a sportswriter for the Auburn Plainsman to help preview the Aggies SEC matchup against Auburn on Saturday. As always we will BOOK IT! and talk fantasy football. The Heisman Race is in full swing and Romo breaks down his three keys to another A&M victor

After only a few weeks of action, the Big 12 is already threatening to make itself scarce in this year's College Football Playoff discussion. Olin Buchanan looks at the conference's perilous situation and adds his weekly Heisman thoughts, playoff predictions and games to watch.

Arkansas quarterback Nick Starkel wore maroon the last few seasons and now will face his friends and teammates as the Aggies and Hogs square off on Saturday. Once a rarity, transferring players facing their old teams is becoming normal.