re: Arkansas plays Texas this year but TAMU won’t - they must be scared.

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Texas has beaten Arkansas far too many times over the years( not to mention Bama and TAMU lately.)

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Because life is politics. And guess who's swinging the biggest stick these days? Texas needs the game more than A&M does. Herman’s explanation on wanting the game to return proves so.

“We don’t play a historic rival at home anymore. Ever,” Herman said. “We have to drive to Dallas to play our lone remaining historic rival [Oklahoma]. And then for our players, I much rather know every other year our longest non-conference road game is going to be two hours down the road instead of getting on a plane to Los Angeles to play a night game in Pacific Time, or flying to Columbus, Ohio or Gainesville, Florida.”

Without A&M on the schedule, Texas’ home slate suffers. Which doesn't say much for the big 12.

In contrast, for example, in 2019, A&M played Clemson, Alabama, and Georgia. Throw in LSU, Auburn, and Mississippi State to the slate, and the Aggies already had half a schedule that was in the preseason top-15.

Such is life in the SEC. The king of college football. Now, I ask you, who needs who?