There are many Thanksgiving traditions, such as turkey and dressing, pumpkin pie, tamales, family gatherings and even football. For years, the Texas-Aggie game was a feature of a Texas Thanksgiving until A&M left the Big 12 Conference to join the Southeastern Conference . Those who bleed orange or maroon, and even those who just like the game, can enjoy this Texas football feud once again this Saturday after 13 years. The Cuero Chamber of Commerce will show the game on a big-screen TV under the Market Pavilion “I think rivalries are good for the sport,” Ray Reese, Cuero attorney and Baylor grad, said. “I think it is good for our state. There has always been a lot of tradition and, of course, the Thanksgiving tradition,” he said of the game coming back to Texas.
Beginning in 1898 until 2011, the Aggies and ‘Horns met almost regularly with games often played on or near Thanksgiving Day. The Farmers and Longhorns first met on the gridiron Oct. 20, 1894 in the first intercollegiate football game in Texas with the ‘Horns winning 38-0.
Part of that tradition can be found in the lyrics of the two teams' fight songs: “Texas Fight, Texas Fight, and it's good-bye to A&M” for Texas, and A&M’s “Saw Varsity’s Horns off, Saw Varsity’s Horns off” tell just what each team thinks of the other.
