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Daily Oklahoman: Texas wins out by hosting TCU on Thanksgiving
By Berry Tramel
Texas is hosting old friend TCU for a Thanksgiving night football game. In 2013, the Longhorns are hosting Texas Tech on Thanksgiving night.
Turns out, the end of the Texas A&M rivalry is working out nicely for UT. The Longhorns are getting to stay home every Thanksgiving instead of gobbling down some turkey in a College Station hotel.
The UT-A&M spat over the Aggies leaving the Big 12 has ended, for now, all Longhorn-Aggie athletic competition. The Thanksgiving tradition was the major blow.
With only occasional exceptions, UT and A&M played Thanksgiving night or Thanksgiving Friday morning for almost a century.
UT athletic director DeLoss Dodds repeatedly has said he wants to keep alive Texas' Thanksgiving tradition and even wants to host every year, preferably against one of UT's old rivals from the Southwest Conference. ...
http://newsok.com/bi...article/3730737
By Berry Tramel
Texas is hosting old friend TCU for a Thanksgiving night football game. In 2013, the Longhorns are hosting Texas Tech on Thanksgiving night.
Turns out, the end of the Texas A&M rivalry is working out nicely for UT. The Longhorns are getting to stay home every Thanksgiving instead of gobbling down some turkey in a College Station hotel.
The UT-A&M spat over the Aggies leaving the Big 12 has ended, for now, all Longhorn-Aggie athletic competition. The Thanksgiving tradition was the major blow.
With only occasional exceptions, UT and A&M played Thanksgiving night or Thanksgiving Friday morning for almost a century.
UT athletic director DeLoss Dodds repeatedly has said he wants to keep alive Texas' Thanksgiving tradition and even wants to host every year, preferably against one of UT's old rivals from the Southwest Conference. ...
http://newsok.com/bi...article/3730737
