Steve Spurrier: 'It's sad Texas doesn't play Texas A&M'

Steve Spurrier arrived in typical Spurrier fashion and delivered a number of highlights at SEC Media Days on Tuesday morning.

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The head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks waxed poetic on a number of subjects, including the recruiting prowess of Nick Saban, the rivalry with Clemson and even the Alamo and Davy Crockett.

But it was the comments he made about the rivalry that died between Texas and Texas A&M when A&M left the Big 12 to join the SEC two seasons ago that may rile up some fans in the Lone Star State.

“I think it’s a shame that Texas and Texas A&M don’t play each other. I don’t mind saying that. Two schools that have been playing for over a hundred years, just because one of them joins another conference, get mad at each other. We’re not playing you anymore, we’re not playing you anyway. I don’t know. I think it’s sad. The fans want to see that. They want to see you beat the guys next door, the neighbors. I think it’s sad.”

It is unfortunate that one of the top rivalry games in college football is no longer played–at least for the foreseeable future–as a result of conference realignment, but I don’t disagree with anything Spurrier had to say on the subject. He is spot-on when he says the fans want to see that, they want to be the “state champs” and beat each other.

Hopefully the two sides can schedule a future home-and-home series to give the fans what they want.

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Steve Spurrier: ‘It’s sad Texas doesn’t play Texas A&M’

By Patrick Schmidt | Jul 15, 2014