Texas football fans shouldn’t fall for Jimbo Fisher’s deception

This shouldn’t come as a surprise to any Texas football fans, but there was a bit of a white lie told by the Texas A&M Aggies head coach Jimbo Fisher this week as it relates to the dormant status of the Lone Star Showdown. In a discussion regarding the future scheduling for the Aggies, Fisher gave a statement on his thoughts on the potential rejuvenation of the Lone Star Showdown.

Fisher said that he would “love to play Texas” on an annual basis when discussing future scheduling for the Aggies.

But this feels a bit fishy given the lack of ability for the Longhorns and Aggies to have any success in even getting meaningful discussions going to get the Lone Star Showdown up and running again on the gridiron.

Jimbo Fisher comments shouldn’t be taken seriously in regard to Texas A&M’s openness to facing Texas football again

It might not be too long, though, until Texas and Texas A&M are facing each other (potentially at least on a biannual basis) on the gridiron again. With the move for Texas and the Oklahoma Sooners to leave the Big 12 for the SEC by 2025, it feels like only a matter of time before the Lone Star Showdown graces college football once again.

And in reference to the potential of the Longhorns and Aggies playing each other as SEC foes in the near future, Fisher sounded open to the idea of having the Lone Star Showdown as part of Texas A&M’s conference slate.

But I will reference what I said earlier, that sounds fishy coming from the Aggies’ head coach.

From what we’ve heard since the news of Texas and Oklahoma joining the SEC first came about, the biggest opposition to this move happening is Texas A&M. Whether it is opposing Texas and Oklahoma joining the SEC in the first place, or playing in the same pod/division as either one of these teams, it doesn’t sound like the Aggies want any part of this.

That is why, even if at his heart of hearts Jimbo wants to face Texas on an annual basis, it doesn’t feel like the Aggies’ athletic administration will want this to come to fruition. It always sounds good for the Longhorns and Aggies to talk a big game about who wants to get the Lone Star Showdown rejuvenated on an annual basis each and every offseason, but it never amounts to anything in terms of meaningful non-conference scheduling for the future.

That’s why we’re just going to have to wait to see how the chips fall when the SEC sets up the new divisions/pods once Texas and Oklahoma officially join the conference in the next couple of years.

The last time Texas and Texas A&M faced each other on the gridiron was back in 2011, which was the last meeting between these two teams as Big 12 foes. The all-time series in the Lone Star Showdown in football favors Texas with a record of 76-37-5.