Texas A&M ready to host Texas in 2024, awaits SEC decision on scheduling and 'permanent' rivals
Brett Coomer, HC staff / Houston Chronicle
“I’m sorry I had to miss 13 Aggies-Longhorns games to get to this point,” Howard said Friday. “Both administrations should be ashamed.” The news that UT and OU had agreed to pay the Big 12 $50 million each to leave a year early and give the SEC 16 members in a little more than a year prompted a mixed reaction around A&M.
LSU, too, replaced UT as the Aggies’ primary rival over the past decade, and under the current setup A&M would host both of its rivals in the same season . Meaning the Aggies also would visit Baton Rouge, La., and Austin in odd years. A&M coach Jimbo Fisher said last year that he had been told the Aggies’ three permanent rivals would be UT, LSU and Mississippi State. Fisher could not be reached for comment Friday following the news of UT and OU’s earlier-than-scheduled arrival to the SEC.
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