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State lawmaker files bill to require annual football game between UT and Texas A&M
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Nov 28, 2018 09:54am |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| Author | Cassandra Pollock |
| News Date | Tuesday, November 27, 2018 11:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A Texas House member wants to bring back an annual football game between the state's two flagship universities: the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M University.
On Tuesday, state Rep. Lyle Larson, a San Antonio Republican who earned a bachelor's degree from A&M, filed House Bill 412, which would require the two teams to "play a nonconference, regular-season football game against one another on the fourth Thursday, Friday, or Saturday of November each year."
UT-Austin and A&M have played each other more than 100 times. But the annual game ceased when A&M moved to the Southeastern Conference. The last game was in 2011.
"We owe it to Texans to do all we are able to bring back this storied rivalry," Larson said in a released statement. "It's time for the folks in Austin and College Station to get in a room and make a deal to restore the rivalry." |
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