WHERE TO WATCH
Kickoff – 6:30 PM, November 23, 2024
Watch – ESPN
Listen – Auburn Website
Gamecast – ESPN
TEAM HISTORY
Texas A&M’s football team has been around for a minute. They began their first season in 1894 and lay claim to 3 national titles and 18 conference titles.
They’ve been affiliated with a lot of different conferences so if you want to know how those 18 conference titles break down across conferences then Wikipedia exists. By the way their fanbase talks, you’d think their most recent national title would have been within at least the last 50 years. Not true. Their last claimed title, recognized by the AP, was in 1939. It’s a legit claim, while the others happened so long ago I’m not sure the forward pass was invented yet.
Of note, the Texas A&M Aggies can also lay claim to the most interesting iteration of the “12th man” in football dating back to the 1922 Dixie Classic, AKA Cotton Bowl. Texas A&M had endured so many injuries during the game a student came down out of the crowd and suited up in preparation to play in case they were needed.
Texas A&M features other unique traditions such as Yell Leaders, male cheerleaders, and the midnight yell. If you can’t tell they’re really into yelling for some strange reason.
Really all these traditions do is reinforce the cult-like fanbase behavior through chanting and stories about someone named Ol’ Roc The Good Ag. There’s a lot more context here to sift through, but frankly, it just makes the whole thing stranger.
SERIES HISTORY
Texas A&M’s official site says their record is 7-6.
Our last home game against Texas A&M provided one of my most hopeful post-game memories:
Also, Auburn has enjoyed a 4-2 record at Kyle Field since the Aggies joined the conference with bizarre occurrences like the $75M Man wandering the field.
WHAT TO WATCH
I’ve been waiting for Hugh to get that quality win for him to hang his hat on this season. Texas A&M very well could be it. A night game at home to end the season is a recipe for an upset. Not to mention the fact that Texas A&M is TOTALLY overlooking us:
PREDICTION
I’m tired boss. So tired.
Auburn – 21, Texas A&M – 17
