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A&M, UT ‘to the death’

Texas A&M defeated the University of Texas 7-0 in 1919. After a break in athletic interaction from 1912-1914, the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas resumed games against UT with a 13-0 victory in 1915.

Images courtesy of Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, Texas A&M University

It’s a rivalry as firmly engrained in the Texas fabric as barbecue, boots and spurs. In this age of inclusivity, the concept of “a house divided” between maroon and orange represents one of the remain-ing bastions of personal per-suasion and preference.

Former A&M head coach R.C. Slocum used to say that kids growing up in Texas are predisposed to being “little Aggies” or “little Longhorns.”

“When I was a child in elementary, we had the little Longhorns and things,” senior cornerback Terrence Frederick said. “At one point that’s all you hear when you start to play football: Texas and Texas A&M.”

Though the names and faces have changed over the years, the ferocity of the rivalry hasn’t diminished since the schools first faced off in 1894.

“Probably the most exciting moment ever in an A&M-Texas game that I can recall was in ’67 when Bob Long caught a pass that went some-thing like 70 or 80 yards,” said Roger Feldman, longtime public announcer for Aggie athletics and a member of the Letterman Association’s Hall of Honor. “That was the only touchdown of the game for A&M. It ended up 10-7 [Aggies].”

Aggie and current Den-ver Broncos linebacker Von Miller said 2007’s Lone Star Showdown, in which the Aggies beat the Longhorns 38-30, remains one of his fondest memories.

“My freshman year they didn’t give us a chance to beat

We are the Aggies, the Aggies are we. That means honor and loyalty; it means an unconquerable sense of pride. Above all of Texas A&M’s century-old traditions, nothing comes close to wanting to beat the hell out of t.u.

“Hullabaloo, Caneck! Caneck!”A&M has been singing “Good-bye to

Texas University” since 1920 thanks to the fight song by World War I veteran J.V. “Pinky” Wilson. And if proclaiming our

hatred for the burnt orange at every single sporting event imaginable wasn’t enough, well, we also link arms and legs to “Saw Varsity’s Horns Off.” This pride-building ritual involves the entirety of College Station’s landmark Kyle Field — more than 80,000 Aggies — swaying back and forth, alternating row by row until the message is sent:

We live to hate the Longhorns. And if you happen to be an LSU Tiger or a Geor-

Historical design◗ This page is formatted according to style of The Battalion newspaper in 1936-37. The paper was published weekly for the A. & M. College of Texas.

◗ The leading image is a scan from a football program in 1906 — the date has been modifi ed to read 2011 — against the University of Texas. Since 1915, the Aggies and Longhorns have not gone a year without playing each other in football.

◗ A&M and Texas played for the fi rst time on Oct. 19, 1894. The Aggies fi rst defeated the Longhorns on Nov. 27, 1902 in Austin.

See Showdown on page 6

‘Saw’em off ’ one last time

“Ten Aggies can yell louder than a

hundred of anybody else,” mid-

1950s A&M coach and Alabama

legend Paul “Bear” Bryant said.

Jared Baxtersenior media

studies major and managing editor for

The Battalion

Jared Baxter: Ending century-

old rivalry sounds like hell

See Rivalry on page 5

gia Bulldog, then deal with it and enjoy.This hatred is at the core of who we are

as students and alumni. It’s an in-state identity that separates us from them. Love the smooth-talking Texas coach, Mack Brown? Got a Longhorns decal on your car? Have you ever mentioned even the slightest affinity for the color orange? Then you’re a tea-sip, another of A&M’s long-standing terms meant to demean t.u.

Without A&M, t.u.’s longhorn mascot, Bevo, would not exist. Without “Gig ‘em,” there is no “Hook ‘em.” And with-out this rivalry — one that dates back to an 1894 meeting in Austin — these two insti-tutions would not be who they are today.

A&M’s only national championship and Heisman Trophy — 1939 and 1957, respectively — both occurred before t.u. accomplished either. Put those distant victories aside, and it’s always been big

John David Crow earned A&M’s lone Heisman award in 1957. He was A&M athletic director from 1988 to 1993.

Austin Meek: Aggie Von Miller knows what Lone Star rivalry is about

The 104 miles separating

Texas A&M and the

University of Texas are

more than stretches of asphalt and

overpasses. They symbolize some

of the primary divides in our great

state: rural vs. urban, conservative

vs. liberal, the sciences vs. the arts.

Austin Meek

senior creative writing major

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No. 3 Dec. 1, 1990 at DKR Memorial

No. 5 Texas 28, A&M 27With a six-game winning streak

against its rival in hand, A&M entered the game at 8-2-1 looking to ruin No. 5 Texas’ shot at both conference and national titles. The Longhorns came in with one loss — a 46-3 whooping by Miami — but were rolling through conference play undefeated.

The Aggies relied on three of the top rushers in the SWC to carry its load — running backs Robert Wilson and A&M all-time leading rusher Darren Lewis, and the beloved quarterback Bucky Richardson. A&M rushed for 326 yards compared to Texas’ 245, but the Aggies lost three turnovers.

In an era of power football, the ball stayed on the ground through most of the game leading to a back-and-forth tussle until late in the game. A&M came back with 14 points in the fourth quarter and scored late to bring the score to 28-27. Head coach R.C. Slo-cum called for a two-point conversion but Texas held fast to get the win.

No. 2 Nov. 19, 1915 at Kyle Field

A&M 13, Texas 0Tension between the two schools

reached its first climax during Charley Moran’s tenure as head football coach at Texas A&M from 1909-1914.

Moran’s Farmers upset the Long-horns in 1910-11, but opposing fans accused A&M of intentionally injuring star players. Tempers flared after UT won the 1911 match, and, according to sports writer Lou Maysley, Aggie fans roamed the streets of Houston (the host city) to end to any celebrations.

The tension caused Texas to cancel any “athletic relations” with A&M until the two renewed the rivalry when both schools joined the Southwest Confer-ence in 1915. The first game after the hiatus was also the first time the Long-horns came to play in College Station.

Entering as the underdog, A&M played with little skill but high emotion to beat Texas 13-0. The Longhorns outgained the Aggies 215-76, but A&M recovered 12 UT fumbles. Also leading the way was Rip Collins, with one of the best punting performances in the history of college football, averag-ing 55 yards per punt on 23 kicks.

Boring early-century football aside, the game played an important role in the naming of Texas’ mascot. After

Texas beat A&M 22-7 the following year, a group of angry A&M students

snuck into the UT stockyards and branded “13-0” on the side of the

school’s mascot — believed then to be nameless. Texas students fashioned their own brand to form the name “Bevo” from “13-0,” sparking a century-long

debate about the name’s origin.

No. 1 Nov. 26, 1999 at Kyle Field

No. 24 A&M 20, No. 7 Texas 16The game between A&M and

Texas in 1999 will forever be remem-bered as the Bonfire game. Traditions make A&M and its students unique from those at other campuses across the nation and Bonfire embodied A&M’s camaraderie, passion and Aggie Spirit leading to the Texas game. When Stack’s center pole snapped and Bonfire collapsed at 2:42 a.m. Nov. 18, 1999, killing 12 Aggies, the A&M commu-nity was devastated.

Compassion surfaced in the wake of the tragedy. A&M players skipped two days of practice to help rescuers search for victims in the collapse; Texas held a candlelight vigil instead of its annual “hex rally;” more than 60,000 people attended yell practice; and both schools’ bands gave memorable halftime perfor-mances in honor of the victims.

The game itself was solemn yet exciting for the 86,128 in attendance — at the time, the biggest crowd to ever watch a football game in the state of Texas. A&M struck first as Ja’Mar Toombs barreled his way in for a 3-yard score, but a bobbled snap on the extra point led to UT returning the two-point conversion.

Behind quarterback Chris Simms, UT scored twice in the first quarter and entered halftime with a 16-6 lead.

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Elephants made an appearance on campus Tuesday for the 85th annual senior Elephant Walk. Seniors wandered campus during the event, symbolizing their last days as leaders of the student body — like old elephants that wander the jungle looking for a place to rest.

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Adrian O’Hanlon III: A look at three games that exemplified A&M-UT football

Studying the classics

I t comes down to this. Two college football programs that first met in 1894 and cringe

at the sound of the other’s fight song will play the 118th and last game of the

series — at least until school officials decide otherwise. It’s an appropriate time to look

back at a few of the games that defined the heated intrastate rivalry.

An inspired Wrecking Crew defense emerged from the locker room and held UT’s offense to two first downs in the second half. Toombs rolled to 126 rushing yards, grinding down the Longhorn defense and bringing the Aggies to 16-13 in the third quarter.

A&M quarterback Randy McCown connected with Matt Bumgardner on a 14-yard touchdown pass to put A&M ahead 20-16 with 5 minutes to go.

A&M linebacker Brian Gamble recovered a fumble with 23 seconds left to seal the victory for the Aggies in the most memorable game to date.

Adrian O’Hanlon III is a senior ag communications and journalism major and

sports editor for The Battalion.

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Moments remembered

1979

A&M-13, UT-7

“My sophomore year standing and yelling in the south end bleachers with my best friends as my Aggies beat the Long-horns 13-7. This ended their Sugar Bowl dreams and sent them to the Sun Bowl instead. I had a “Gumbo to Tacos 13-7” bumper sticker on my car for the next year.”

–Deborah Coburn, Class of ‘82

1993 A&M-18, UT-9

“My fi rst Aggie game ever,

and I believe 100th anniversa-

ry of the rivalry. I was a junior

in high school. It was cold and

sleeting and we had fi eld level

seats. Aggies sawed them

horns off short,18-9.”

–Erek Gerth, Class of ‘00

2001 A&M-7, UT-21

“It was my freshman year. I’m at the A&M-UT game with my Longhorn brother-in-law. We’ve got a perfect view of the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band as they march down the fi eld, form into a longhorn and proceed to saw the horns off. I think my orange-clad brother-in-law lost a little hearing in his right ear that day from me yelling in his ear.”

–Stephen ‘Deuce’ Bahr II, Class of ‘05

1978 A&M-7, UT-22

“The 1978 game at Memorial Stadium in Austin. When the Aggies scored a touchdown in the north end zone, the t.u. Little Smoky cannon in the south end of the stadium mysteriously fi red in celebration. Suddenly, a fi sh, Jones, was seen hightailing it back to the stands — having pulled the lanyard behind the backs of the Texas Cowboys. Good Bull!”

–Andy Duffi e, Class of ‘78

1999

A&M-20, UT-16

“The A&M vs. t.u. game after the Bonfi re tragedy. We won

when we were big underdogs. It was a very emotional time after

the silent candlelit vigil across campus from the bonfi re site for

Midnight Yell the night before. I will never forget it. We have

pictures of our three kids on Kyle Field by the Maroon ribbon

after that special day dedicated to our 12 fallen Aggies of the

Bonfi re tragedy.” –Chad Bates, Class of ‘79

1999

A&M-20, UT-16

“The Bonfi re game is my favorite

A&M-UT moment. Seeing Longhorns

and Aggies standing arm-in-arm as the UT band played Amazing Grace on Kyle

Field was deeply moving. That moment

defi ned being great friends and great

rivals.” –Russell Shrauner, junior philosophy major

1984

A&M-37, UT-12

“Freshman year, 1984 ... Last minute tickets to the game in Austin. Endzone Aggies were so loud we got our own Yell Leader! Aggies won and every-body was on the fi eld! Lost my voice and my heart to all those Aggies. I still love it all. Love the old rivalry, too, but if teasips don’t care, I’ll move on.”

–Andrea Greenwald, Class of ‘88

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1985A&M-42, UT-10

The Aggies whipped t.u. 42-10 and secured another SWC title behind Kevin Murray’s pass-ing and the Wrecking Crew’s constant pressure. It was also Jackie Sherrill’s birthday, which made the victory even sweeter! After the game, John Roper and another Aggie gave Coach Sher-rill a victory ride onto the fi eld.

–Mark Pyatt, Class of ‘90

The University of Texas band plays ‘Amazing Grace’ during halftime of the 1999 A&M-UT football game and raises A&M flags alongside UT flags. The game was played days after Bonfire collapsed, killing 11 students and one former student.

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When asked in a TV interview prior to A&M’s 1956 Thanksgiving game why his team could never seem to beat Texas, Bear Bryant responded: “I guess it’s because they hate us more than we hate them.” Bryant went on to lead the Aggies to its first win at Texas’ Memorial Stadium, his only victory against the Longhorns as A&M’s head coach. He would leave for Alabama following the 1957 season.

brother picking on the overlooked and oft-percieved runt of the two. In the rivalry’s 117-year history, t.u. leads 75-37-5. The Longhorns have won more national championships (4), conference titles (32 to 18), and regular-season games (850 to 674).

It’s a shadow A&M could never escape — not until the Southeastern Conference extended its hand of invitation, that is. Effective July 1, 2012, A&M will be rid of the unstable mess that has become the Big 12. Whether that results in a Crimson Tide beat-down or not, the move comes at the price of sacrificing everything we have ever known asfootball faithful.

Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds essentially declared the rivalry postponed after this season in an October e-mail to A&M athletic director Bill Byrne, conveniently informing the Aggies that t.u.’s schedule is locked in until 2018.

“What we have right now is a full schedule, but if any future options are available, the decision will not be made by just one person,” Dodds said in a statement.

Sounds like hell, Dodds.

Sorry, MomI’m skipping Thanksgiving with my family

for A&M’s Lone Star Showdown finale against t.u. This climactic matchup is too important, too ingrained into the person that I have be-come in my time at A&M. The same goes for every maroon-and-white follower in College Station. But what’s at stake for either team go-ing in? Not a whole lot, to be honest — pride more than anything else.

The Aggies (6-5) entered the 2011 campaign ranked no. 9 in the coaches’ poll and were picked by some as a dark horse contender for the national title. Then the game against cur-rent no. 4 Oklahoma State happened, the first matchup of top-10 teams at Kyle Field since the 1970s and the first in a series of second-half collapses that earned A&M the title of “First-half Aggies” on SportsCenter one evening.

A&M’s defense has surrendered 4,401

yards this season, “good” for No. 76 in the FBS. That’s about the number of times an announcer has wrongly pronounced senior quarterback Ryan Tannehill’s name this year (it’s not Tanny-hill.) On top of being the worst statistical pass defense in college football, the Aggies witnessed three opposing quarterbacks etch their names into school record books for most passing yards in a single game.

All of those yards come as a price for pres-suring the quarterback. Though it typically results in gaping holes down the middle, A&M defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter’s blitzing scheme produces results, ranking first in the nation in total team sacks at 41. Junior linebacker Sean Porter, the defense’s standout performer, is 11th nationally with 8.5 sacks.

Hearing that, one must surely think all of that pressure provides some timely

turnovers, right? Think again. A&M has forced a total of 13 forgettable

turnovers while losing 19 of its own.

Coach Mike Sherman’s offense, No. 6 in FBS at 512.4 yards per game with 55

touchdowns, tends to disappear at the most inopportune moments.

Tannehill fumbles near the 50-yard line, blowing A&M’s chance to kick a

game-winner in the closing seconds. Senior Jeff Fuller, who returned this season to improve his draft stock, drops a pivotal two-point conver-sion to win an overtime classic against Kansas State. Even with the talented running back combination of Cyrus Gray and Christine Michael, third-and-short suddenly becomes third-and-impossible.

For all of the mind-numbing frustrations and ruined Saturdays, this is still our team. The Twelfth Man stands ready to welcome Coach Mack and the burnt orange to what should be a memorable holiday experience at Kyle. This is A&M’s game to win — its chance to vindicate the decision of leaving t.u. behind for the next decade. We stand 12-12 in the past 24 Thanksgiving rivalry meetings. This last game will determine Lucky 13.

Aggies never lose, they just run out of time.

Image courtesy of Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, Texas A&M University

Making history of their own◗ Senior quarterback Ryan Tannehill is the only player in FBS history to have more than 3,000 career passing yards and more than 1,500 receiving. He is also only the second quarterback in A&M history to throw for more than 3,000 yards in a season.

◗ Senior Cyrus Gray is the third running back in A&M history to rush for more than 1,000 yards in back-to-back seasons. He ranks third in Big 12 history with 6,374 career all-purpose yards, trailing only Kansas State’s Darren Sproles and Oklahoma’s DeMarco Murray.

◗ Junior wide receiver Ryan Swope continues to extend his 2011 single-season school records for catches (78), receiving yards (1,069), and receiving touchdowns (11).

Thanksgiving memories

From Tom DeFrank, 1966 editor in chief of The Battalion My fi rst A&M game was Thanksgiving 1957, at Kyle Field. I was 12 years old. It was Bear Bryant’s last home game. Word had leaked out that he was returning to Alabama and the news utterly defl ated the team. They lost in Houston to Rice, 7-6. Five days later, we lost to Texas, 9-7, on a Bobby Lackey fi eld goal. We went from fi rst in the nation to third in the conference in the space of fi ve days.

I was also in the stands as a freshman on Thanksgiving Day 1963, when Texas won on the strength of a grievously blown call by an offi cial. But Thanksgiving 1957 sticks in my memory more because it was my fi rst — and indelible exposure — to the Aggie Spirit. The notion of Thanksgiving without an A&M-Texas game makes me sick to my stomach. The arrogance from Austin is breathtaking — but very much in keeping with who they are.

“... the move comes at the

price of sacrifi cing everything we’ve known as football

faithful.”

Jared Baxter is a senior media studies major and managing editor for The Battalion. This column was originally published and edited by

ESPN’s Grantland.

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We’ll have to wait a few years to see if Brown is any sort of soothsayer, but right now it seems Texas and A&M are both going to greatly miss the national spotlight that came with an intense, in-state rivalry every Turkey Day.

While the Aggies will try and form their own rival with a Southeastern Conference foe — be it Missis-

sippi State or Louisiana State — Texas will most likely stay within the state when looking for a Thanksgiving replacement.

Options, as of right now, are slim.

There’s Texas Tech, who is rumored to be Texas’ opponent on Thanksgiving 2012.

That’s all well and good, I guess. The Longhorns and Red Raiders have had their

share of epic matches — and truth be told, the Tech-UT game was usually more exciting than the A&M-UT game through the past decade. But without Mike Leach, the Raiders don’t seem as dangerous or as formidable an opponent. If this year’s 52-20 Texas win is any indica-tion, it doesn’t seem like that’s a game that’s going to exactly capture the national spotlight.

There’s always Baylor and, admittedly, green and gold and burnt orange and white would seem pretty classic on Thanksgiving. But unless the Bears have Robert Griffin III as quarterback for the next 20 years, the game won’t be nearly as exciting. Keep in mind that before Grif-fin III, Baylor hadn’t beaten Texas since 1997 and had become the Longhorns’ annual stomping buddy.

Texas Christian — a former Southwest Conference foe — could be the best bet. The Frogs are led by Gary Patterson, perhaps the best coach in the country, and, unlike Baylor, are a program that’s not solely depen-dent on its quarterback. With Andy Dalton in the NFL, sophomore Casey Pachall helped TCU to a 9-2 record. So it looks like it’s a built-to-last competitor. And plus, purple isn’t too many shades different than maroon, so those traditionalists out there should be satisfied.

There are also rumors of games against Notre Dame and Southern California. Over time, that could grow to be the game of the year. But it’d take a few years for the rivalry to develop.

In a sense, Brown is right. Texas will be “fine.” Mean-ing, the Longhorns will find somebody eager to play them in a primetime slot. But — and maybe this is just me — Texas against Texas Tech or Baylor or TCU or even Notre Dame just doesn’t have quite the same ring to it as “Texas vs. Texas A&M.”

Trey Scott is a junior journalism major at the University of Texas and sports editor for The Daily Texan.

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Texas,” Miller said. “It was truly one of those underdog things. Texas was doing pretty good that year. They had a phenomenal year and everybody was talking about Texas, Texas, Texas.”

A 35-yard swing pass from junior quarterback Stephen McGee to speedy running back Mike Goodson started the game with a jolt, and the Aggies upset the No. 11 Longhorns in Dennis Franchione’s final game as A&M head coach.

Every school has its rivalry

game, but the one between Texas A&M and Texas takes on greater significance for a myriad of rea-sons: the preeminence of football in the state, the proximity of the universities, the rich and storied history of the matchup.

But it also seems bigger because it’s a game for the fans. It’s about ribbing your Longhorn buddies when their team gets stuffed at the goal line, or biting your lip when tea-sips make you the punch line of an Aggie joke.

“You go anywhere in confer-ences in the country and there’s a game that’s the biggie,” Feldman said. “With us, it’s with Texas in the last game of the season.”

“It’s all about beating Texas,”

Miller said. “We could go 1-11 and as long as we beat Texas, everything’s all good. That week, that Thanksgiving week, there’s no school or anything like that. Everybody’s off and it’s just you and your teammates in College Station working and getting ready for the most important game of the year.”

Head coach Mike Sherman has been privy to some of the sport’s greatest rivalries, including that of the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears when he coached the Mean Green in the NFL from 2000-2004. He said the final game between the schools culminates all that season’s hard work.

“When you play Texas on

Thanksgiving, emotions, passion, history, tradition all play a part in that ball game,” Sherman said.

Both teams lost four confer-ence games this season, alternat-ing between looking like true BCS contenders and barely-bowl eligible misfits. But in a game rife with emotion and history, the level of play is bound to be high Thursday.

Miller’s words to his brothers in College Station are direct and hard-hitting, much like his play-ing style.

“To the death. That’s how we played when I was there, that was our mentality,” Miller said. “This is the most important Texas game to-date.”

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Longhorn outlookTrey Scott, UT sports editor: Life after the Lone Star Showdown

Editor’s NoteIn years past, The Battalion traded columns with The Daily Texan, student newspaper at the University of Texas, prior to the A&M-UT game and priinted the UT column upside down. We decided to rekindle this tradition.

Josh McKenna — THE BATTALION

When Texas A&M and Texas kickoff for the 118th time on Thursday, it could be the final matchup between the two largest universities in the state.

“The traditions between those two teams goes a long way,” senior corner-back Terrence Frederick said. “This is the last time we’ll play them, and it’s the last time for a lot of people to play, even the freshmen, so we just need to go out and end up on top this last time.”

Both teams enter the final Lone Star Showdown with four conference losses, and sit at Nos. 6 and 7 in the 10-team Big 12 conference.

The Aggies may also be without senior running back Cyrus Gray, who fractured his left shoulder in the second quarter against Kansas, and will turn to sopho-more Ben Malena and freshman Will Randolph if he’s unable to take the field.

“Malena runs hard and he has some breakaway speed,” Frederick said. “Same thing with Will, he runs hard and has breakaway speed but he just has to pro-tect the ball. We trust in them. We know they’ll go out there and do whatever we need them to do.”

Although injuries have taken away talent at the skill positions, Thursday’s matchup could feature the return of se-nior cornerback Coryell Judie who’s been hampered since mid-season with a nagging hamstring injury.

“[Judie] practiced some yesterday and it looks like he might be finally healed up and ready to go so I’m hopeful that he’ll be ready to go for us,” Sherman said.

Senior quarterback Ryan Tannehill said he has poured over game footage, looking for leaks in the Texas unit that leads the Big 12 in rushing defense (94.5 yards per game), pass defense (199.6 yards per game) and scoring defense (20.6 points per game).

“They bring a lot of things at you,” Tannehill said. “Some exotic blitzes, zone pressure, man pressure. They play

a lot of man so they’re not a team that’s gonna line up in the same defense every play and say, ‘Come and get us.’ They’re gonna mix some things up and throw some things at you so we definitely need to prepare well.”

A key battlefront will be the Aggies’ offensive line against the Longhorns’ front seven. The Horns recorded five sacks in a loss to Kansas State on Satur-day; Tannehill hasn’t been dropped in the backfield in the month of November.

“Offensive line is doing great,” Tan-nehill said. “Those guys are solid, both on the tackles and on the inside, not just in the pass game but in the run game as well and I think that’s what really gets our offense going.”

Playing with two freshman quarter-backs, David Ash and Case McCoy, the Longhorns’ offensive scheme has become predicated on the run. They churn out 223.8 yards per game on the ground, good for second in the conference.

Although the Longhorns appear to prefer the ground to the air, Frederick said the Aggie secondary needs to be

ready for down-field strikes.“A key in any game is eliminating

explosive plays,” Frederick said. “Texas is a big run team, but we know they have good receivers. They’ve got a lot of speed and we know they like to take deep shots.”

The matchup between the state’s foot-ball schools doubles as the battlefield for another ongoing war: signing top high school talent.

“Just getting kids on campus for that type of game, that’s a marquee game on television as well as in the stadium and the emotion and passion that will be played out I think will be a big plus for the re-cruits that came to see what A&M is all about,” Sherman said.

When the Aggies take the field, they’ll be playing for long-lasting branding rights, and hope to join the Twelfth Man after the game for a victorious rendition of “The Aggie War Hymn,” singing “Goodbye to Texas University.”

“I’m excited for the game,” Frederick said. “We’ve just got to go out there and give it everything we’ve got.”

To the death. That’s how we played when I was there, that was our mentality. This

is the most important Texas game to-date.”- Former A&M linebacker Von Miller

Aggies, Longhorns look to salvage disappointing seasons in rivalry match

Bragging rightsAustin MeekThe Battalion

Parson’s Mounted Cavalry cleans their steeds’ manure as the unit marches in at home games using wheel barrows — one painted burnt orange, the other painted the color of the weekly opponent.

Josh McKenna — THE BATTALION

Senior kicker Randy Bullock attempts a field goal in A&M’s 55-28 victory against Baylor on Oct. 15. Bullock is tied for the most field goals in a season by an Aggie kicker and is a finalist for the Lou Groza Award.

THE DAILY TEXAN

Texas quarterback Case McCoy hands off to freshman running back Malcolm Brown. The Longhorns average 222.7 rushing yards per game.

Randy Luck — THE BATTALION

Former A&M linebacker Von Miller flashes a “Wrecking Crew” sign at midnight yell practice on Sept. 4.

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