I know Aggie is the king of doublethink, but I still find it weird how on the on hand they say they've transcended us via the immaculate hundred-year decision, but on the other hand they're so pathetically desperate to be acknowledged as our primary rival.
I was on a business trip the other day and had dinner with a group that included an Aggy. Out of nowhere, he brings up Oklahoma and insists they could never match our rivalry with A&M. He just wouldn't quit, so I finally explained it to him. In my lifetime, Texas and OU have both been in the Top 25 when they played more than thirty times. They've both been in the Top 10 almost twenty. That makes for games that really feel important. A&m and Texas have both been in the Top 25 when the played less than ten times. They've both been in the Top Ten once, almost fifty years ago. That makes for games you play because they're on the schedule. Now admittedly some of that is a whim of scheduling. Texas and OU play early with less chance to have shit the bed on a season already, while Texas and A&M play at the end. But it is what it is. Oklahoma is a rivalry because you feel it in your bones, remember the great wins and the heartbreaking losses. A&M is a rivalry because you're told it is.
The guy looked like he was going to cry.
WTF?