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AP: Texas vs. Texas A&M history; TCU on tap for Horns
By JIM VERTUNO
AP Sports Writer
AUSTIN, Texas — Since 1895, the Texas Longhorns have played 75 games on Thanksgiving. Of those, 64 were against Texas A&M in a game that turned into a holiday tradition.
In case anyone forgot, tradition got blown to bits last year when the Aggies left the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference and the Longhorns said "so long" to their oldest rivals. No. 18 Texas (8-2, 5-2) wanted to keep playing on Thanksgiving and the Big 12 this year served up TCU (6-4, 3-4), an old rival that has become a new one again.
Texas and TCU used to face each other every year in the now-defunct Southwest Conference, and having the Horned Frogs back on the schedule rekindles memories of the salty old days of name calling and sarcasm between programs.
"They are like a bunch of cockroaches," former Texas coach Darrell Royal said in 1961 after unranked TCU spoiled the Longhorns' national title hopes with a 6-0 victory. "It isn't what he eats or totes off, but what he falls into and messes up." ...
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/11/21/4431456/texas-vs-texas-am-history-tcu.html#storylink=misearch#storylink=cpy
By JIM VERTUNO
AP Sports Writer
AUSTIN, Texas — Since 1895, the Texas Longhorns have played 75 games on Thanksgiving. Of those, 64 were against Texas A&M in a game that turned into a holiday tradition.
In case anyone forgot, tradition got blown to bits last year when the Aggies left the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference and the Longhorns said "so long" to their oldest rivals. No. 18 Texas (8-2, 5-2) wanted to keep playing on Thanksgiving and the Big 12 this year served up TCU (6-4, 3-4), an old rival that has become a new one again.
Texas and TCU used to face each other every year in the now-defunct Southwest Conference, and having the Horned Frogs back on the schedule rekindles memories of the salty old days of name calling and sarcasm between programs.
"They are like a bunch of cockroaches," former Texas coach Darrell Royal said in 1961 after unranked TCU spoiled the Longhorns' national title hopes with a 6-0 victory. "It isn't what he eats or totes off, but what he falls into and messes up." ...
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/11/21/4431456/texas-vs-texas-am-history-tcu.html#storylink=misearch#storylink=cpy
