r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Nov 29 '25

Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Texas Defeats Texas A&M 27-17

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Team 1 2 3 4 T
Texas A&M 0 10 0 7 17
Texas 0 3 10 14 27
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u/WithRoyalBlood Ohio State Buckeyes Nov 29 '25

Some poor A&M fan had their head in their hands and had to listen to Sean McDonough and Greg McElroy go on some strange live mascot tangent for 3 minutes as the reality set in.

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u/xkq227 Ohio State • Virginia Tech Nov 29 '25

While watching slow motion highlights of severed plushie Reveille heads brandished triumphantly in the stands

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u/natron- Nov 29 '25

And hearing the broadcast say A&M is a bunch of Texas rejects

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u/fionapickles Nov 29 '25

They were quoting Taaffe, but half the the people automatically admitted to A&M would not have been automatically admitted to UT. UT is top 5% of the graduating class, A&M is top 10% of the graduating class. So, take that for what you will.

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u/Tachyon9 Texas A&M Aggies • Team Chaos Nov 29 '25

Per state law. Texas fought to keep enrollment down when Rick Perry started his growth of the state colleges. A&M expanded, now pushing 75K students.

Both make sense to me. You want to remain an elite institution? Cap growth and raise requirements. You want to service the massively and rapidly growing state population? Expand programs and enrollment.