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About Last Night... 18 Years Ago... (10)

PyThomas

on June 25, 2009

For those not familiar with southern collegiate rivalries… the University of Texas (at Austin) and the University of Oklahoma may have a good one going… but the bigger rivalry rests with the Texas Longhorns and the Aggies of Texas A&M University. (No relation to Penny & Aggie, by the way.) This one goes back over a century and can get downright vicious. Both sides even have popular, well-established fight songs that mention the other side in the lyrics. (Examples: "Texas fight, Texas fight, and it's goodbye to A-and-M…" vs. "The eyes of Texas are upon you, that is the song they sing so well… SOUNDS LIKE HELL!") And it all comes to a head around Thanksgiving when they square off against each other in football.