M rivalry has always seemed so … tame?
Sure, the teams played a few big games when they were in the Southwest Conference, but most of the time they had their eyes on Texas.
M coach R.C. Slocum said.
M will renew acquaintances Saturday night in their first meeting since 1991. There’s little animosity in the air, though certainly not the ill will that surfaces when either team faces the Longhorns.
Instead, this weekend’s game was marketed like an in-season bowl. It’ll be played at the Dallas Cowboys’ new stadium in Arlington, Texas – a neutral site that isn’t too far from each campus.
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M brushed aside Arkansas 27-0 en route to its only AP national championship.
M, a streak that began somewhat surprisingly in 1958.
The Razorbacks were 0-6 under new coach Frank Broyles before beating the Aggies 21-8.
M team in Little Rock in early December. The Aggies had just beaten the hated Longhorns the previous week, but they were no match for the Hogs. Arkansas won 31-6 and went on to win the Cotton Bowl.
“We had one of the best games we’ve ever had. My daughter said she was yelling up in the stands: “Dad, PASS! PASS! PASS!” Broyles recalled. “I don’t know that she did, but we did start passing and won handily.”
M – the week before the Aggies were hosting Texas.
“A lot of their students went home for Thanksgiving,” said Ken Hatfield, Arkansas’ coach at the time. “They just knew they were going to get back to play Texas.”
M wasn’t pleased.
“I’m not going to say it was wrong, I’m just going to say it was questionable,” Slocum said. The Aggies ended up beating Texas, but the Razorbacks went to the Cotton Bowl.
M by running the wishbone, but the Aggies were tipped off.
“That week, I did get a call, as I did quite a number of times in coaching. Most of them turn out to be just bogus calls,” Slocum said. “It said, ‘I don’t know what they’re doing, but they’re doing something with their offense.’ … They didn’t say anything about wishbone. I don’t think the person that called knew.”
The Aggies won 13-3 and eventually went to the Cotton Bowl. Then, just as the rivalry was becoming a bit more heated, it came to a halt.
EC in 1992, and although the Razorbacks still play Texas occasionally, they haven’t faced the Aggies.
M will renew their football rivalry and have agreed to play for at least 10 years.
M coach Mike Sherman, who was an assistant for the Aggies under Slocum. “They have a great fan following, and when you went over there it was loud and crazy, and when they came over here we treated them the same way. I guess that’s a long time ago now.”
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