Do Texas fans care about keeping the TAMU series?

I've got a feeling that deep down, Texas fans are extremely envious of Texas A&M right now. I also think that they are panicking deep down. Now, they will never admit it, but think about it for a bit...

Texas A&M is joining the most powerful football conference out there. Win or lose, they will be playing the likes of LSU, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Auburn, South Carolina, Arkansas week in and week out. It's exciting going on the road to these places and it's exciting having these top ranked teams coming into your house. The atmosphere will CONSTANTLY be off the charts. The media will be referencing it all throughout the upcoming seasons. Kyle Field will be more alive than ever. Recruits will definitely notice this.

Now, look at Texas. They'll go Independent, Pac-12, ACC, or stay in the Big XII-3. It's a lose lose situation for them no matter what. Aside from Oklahoma (Big XII-3), Southern Cal and Oregon (Pac-12), and Florida State, Virginia Tech, and Clemson (ACC), it will be a snooze fest. Oh golly gee, we've got Washington State coming in this week, followed by those pesky Utes. Then, we go to that hell den in Berkely to face the Cal Golden Bears. What will we ever do?

I think Texas fans don't want to keep the Texas A&M series. They would like to show that, "we are done with you/looking past you attitude." Deep down, Texas A&M will be looking back behind their shoulder and snickering at Texas as they past on right by them.

I fricking hate it, superconferences can kiss my arse. But yeah i agree this will be a boon for TAMU even though they'll definitely get reamed their first few seasons.

Yeah their series with TAMU is actually pretty even over the past 30 or so years, but they like to look down on the Aggots b/c aTm has no national profile and beating Texas is like winning the SB for them.

longhorns barely notice the aggies


aggies are obsessed with the 'horns


Legislators and business leaders will have more to say about whether the series continues than the boosters

why can't college football have the Texas Conference?

1- Texas
2- Texas Tech
3- Texas A&M
4- Baylor
5- TCU
6- SMU
7- Houston
8- Rice
9- UTEP
and for the final 3 spots just let Sam Houston, Stephen F Austin, UTSA, and Lamar duke it out

had to edit this because how could i ever forget the Mean Green of North Texas?! well if this is the case = 14 schools = a super conference!

Most internet fans want the series to end (me included). But fans you meet on the street or at the games are a little more down the middle, seems for everyone I met last week that wanted it ended there was another who said "no way".

I don't think fans of either school want the game to end. Emotions are just high right now and Internet bravado as always is given too much weight. True, the OU game is a bigger deal but it is a very different rivalry than UT - a&m.

Like other big in state rivalries most families have fans and alumni of each school and they are too close geographically and within the football "fabric" of Texas not to eventually play every year. There may be a simmering down period though.

If you are an elite high school player in Texas, do you want to go to go to A&M and play the best SEC team in October or go to Texas and play the best SEC team in January when it matters most?

As a completely neutral bystander who works with A&M and mostly UT alums, UT people just rag on A&M with reckless abandon. I think the other poster said it right, when UT is good/decent, they kind of just brush A&M aside, but when they're mediocre, they definitely care.