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So help me, I don’t know why I am thinking of this.<\/p>\n

But I just am.<\/p>\n

It occurred to me today that I am missing an annual Thanksgiving event. It’s a sporting spectacle: the University of Texas-Texas A&M University football game.<\/p>\n

The Aggies tossed the intense rivalry into the crapper when they bolted from the Big 12 and joined the Southeastern Conference a few years back. I heard something about UT’s football network driving the Aggies toward the SEC. I’m not very savvy about the business<\/em> of college football, so I won’t comment on that.<\/p>\n

But we’ve lived in Texas now for nearly 33 years. I’ve grown accustomed to many of this state’s traditions. The annual UT-A&M game on Thanksgiving Day was one of them.<\/p>\n

It’s no longer part of the state’s celebration of this uniquely American holiday.<\/p>\n

I don’t have any particular loyalties here.\u00a0Our sons didn’t attend either school. I know plenty of Texas Exes and Aggies.<\/p>\n

I’ve learned, for instance, that there’s no such thing as a “former Aggie.” I also learned long ago that Aggies refer to their longtime rival as “texas university.”<\/p>\n

I guess one might say — and I don’t mention this with any antipathy — that Aggies are a touch more obnoxious about the rivalry than their Longhorn friends.<\/p>\n

However, it’s all grown a bit muted since the two schools no longer face off on Thanksgiving either in Austin or College Station.<\/p>\n

Yeah, I miss it. I only can imagine how I would feel if I actually\u00a0felt an allegiance to either school.<\/p>\n\n

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