The internet collectively lost its mind during SEC Media Days. However, it wasn't because there was some hot take by a coach or a bold claim from a player.
It was when the conference played the wrong fight song as Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian took the stage. The fight song that was played? None other than that of the Horns' most bitter rival, the Texas A&M Aggies.
Texas HC Steve Sarkisian takes the stage at SEC Media Days to⦠The Aggie War Hymn??? pic.twitter.com/iRGhHatBoB
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Of course, following the ultimate mistake for the conference, everyone (Texas fans, Texas A&M fans, and haters of both programs) had to share their thoughts online.
MAJOR MESS UP: Steve Sarkisian walks out at SEC Media Days to Texas A&Mβs fight song instead of Texas Fight. @SECUnfiltered
β Hayden Victoria (@RealHaydenVic) July 15, 2025
Sarkisian has only coached the Horns against the Aggies once, and led Texas to a 10-point victory over Texas A&M. Despite the 100 percent win rate against the Aggies, the Longhorns' head coach can't seem to escape their rivals.
Steve Sarkisian just came out to #SECMediaDays' podium to what I believe was the A&M fight song.
β Brandon Drumm (@Bdrumm_Rivals) July 15, 2025
That was, well, something.
Ooops.
Of course, the SEC itself was ripped to shreds for making the mistake, switching Texas's fight song, 'Texas Fight,' and Texas A&M's fight song 'The Aggie War Hymn.'
The SEC Network just played the Aggie Fight Song instead of βTexas Fightβ as Sark walked to the podium.
β Claudia (@TexasEx10) July 15, 2025
This network is truly incompetent. π
People also had jokes about the mix up, suggesting the people in charge of the soundtrack decided between Oklahoma's fight song and A&M's fight song to get under the Horns' skin at their second-ever SEC Media Days.
I guess SEC decided to play either Texas A&M fight song or Boomer Sooner when Sark came on stage. They settled on A&M π³ https://t.co/xJfxMYuamW
β Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) July 15, 2025
Surely, it had to be noted that Sarkisian had already led his team to the SEC Championship. Meanwhile, in the 13 years since joining the conference, zero Texas A&M coaches had taken the Aggies to an appearance in the conference's title game.
Congrats to Texas A&M β after 13 years in the SEC, their fight song is finally played to introduce a coach who has led a team to the SEC championship game at the conferenceβs media days. Historic stuff!
β Christian Corona (@ChristianC0rona) July 15, 2025
People even learned, for the first time, that almost the entirety of Texas A&M's fight song focuses on the Longhorns. Meanwhile, Texas's fight song just talks about how undeniably awesome the horns are.
I'll admit I'm just now finding out that A&M's fight song is all about Texas (Longhorns). That's embarrassing... what a bizarre group we have with the Aggies:
β T.J. Walker (@TJWalkerRadio) July 15, 2025
"Good-bye to texas university
So long to the orange and the white
Good luck to dear old Texas Aggies
They are the boys⦠https://t.co/5u7gQ4TjH0
This season, Texas and Texas A&M will play on Friday, Nov. 28, at 6:30 p.m. CT. It will be the first SEC meeting between the two teams in Austin, as the Longhorns and the Aggies will kick off from Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.