Sports
August 16, 2022
For Once, the College Football Hype Train Misses Texas
While the Longhorns were left out of the preseason Top 25 for the first time since 2016, it’s time for number six Texas A&M to put up or shut up.
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Sports
May 19, 2022
Jimbo Fisher and Nick Saban Are Bickering Over Who Cheats Most
The Texas A&M football coach denied Saban’s claim that the Aggies “bought” all their players and called the accusation “despicable.”
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Dan Solomon
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Sports
October 11, 2021
Happy Birthday, Jimbo Fisher: Here’s a Win Over Alabama
The day the Texas A&M coach turned 56, his Aggies delivered the upset of the 2021 college football season.
Sports
September 27, 2021
Losing to Arkansas Was Texas A&M’s Reality Check
The Aggies had dreams of an undefeated season and a trip to the College Football Playoff, but life in the SEC ain’t all peaches and cream.
The Texanist
September 7, 2021
The Texanist: Now That the Longhorn-Aggie Rivalry Is Back, Can UT and A&M Alums Stay Friends?
Two Texas buddies stationed at an Air Force base in Qatar wonder if their bond can survive the SEC’s recent expansion.
Sports
September 3, 2021
Fifteen Questions About Texas College Football This Season
All twelve FBS teams in Texas play this week. Here’s what we’re wondering about, from UT and A&M to UT San Antonio and Texas State.
Sports
April 29, 2021
Where Did All the NFL Draft Prospects From Texas Schools Go?
With only TCU's Trevon Moehrig projected to go in the first round, Thursday's draft won't bring much home-state pride to fans.
Sports
January 26, 2021
The Heck With Football, Texas Is a College Basketball State Now
With powerhouse teams in men’s and women’s hoops, maybe basketball is no longer just a way to pass time between fall and spring football.
Sports
December 30, 2020
The Best and Worst Things in Texas College Football This Season
From Tom Herman to Houston Baptist to the Rose Bowl in North Texas, here's everything that made the 2020 season surprising and ridiculous.
Sports
December 18, 2020
Here’s How Texas A&M Can Make the College Football Playoff
Even if it doesn’t happen, Jimbo Fisher’s Aggies are back in the national conversation for the first time since Johnny Manziel’s Heisman.
Sports
January 14, 2020
How the Aggies, Longhorns, and Bears Stacked Up This Season
LSU may have won the national championship, but we’d rather focus on arguing over which college football team was the best in Texas.
Sports
December 16, 2019
The Moments That Defined Texas Sports in 2019
This year saw no shortage of impactful sports news, from Dirk Nowitzki’s retirement to Art Briles's return.
By
Dan Solomon
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Sports
December 6, 2019
Put Texas and Texas A&M in the Academy Sports and Outdoors Texas Bowl, You Cowards
Two 7-5 teams renewing a rivalry that’s never really coming back is what this season deserves.
Sports
September 27, 2019
Is Kyle Allen’s NFL Debut What You Expected, Aggies and Cougars?
The Panthers backup quarterback is only the second in NFL history to throw for six TDs and no interceptions in his first two games.
By
Dan Solomon
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The National Podcast of Texas
April 15, 2019
Texas A&M’s Michael K. Young: “I Never Want People to Think I Have All the Answers”
On The National Podcast of Texas, the university president talks college debt, diversity, the importance of science, and the strategy behind Jimbo Fisher’s salary.
Sports
November 28, 2018
Should the Law Require UT and Texas A&M to Renew Their Rivalry?
There's a history of state legislatures intervening in intrastate football rivalries.
By
Dan Solomon
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The Texanist
November 17, 2018
The Texanist: Why Is Mother So Unhappy About My Non-Texan Girlfriend?
A young Aggie just wants everyone to like his Wisconsin-raised sweetheart.
Sports
October 19, 2018
Jimbo Fisher: The $75 Million Man
Texas A&M head football coach Jimbo Fisher tells us what Aggies will get for their money.
Sports
September 12, 2018
The Aggies Knock Off the Longhorns as Nation’s Most Valuable College Football Program
Not bad for a couple of .500 ball clubs!
The Texanist
September 9, 2018
The Texanist: How Do I Tell the World’s Worst Football Fan to Shut Up?
A San Antonio man is tired of the grouchy guy two rows behind him.
The National Podcast of Texas
September 4, 2018
Jimbo Fisher: ‘Whatever I Tell You, You Can Take It to the Bank’
Podcast: Andy Langer speaks with Texas A&M’s new head football coach about pressure, leadership, and the culture of Aggieland.
The Texanist
June 9, 2018
The Texanist: Am I a Traitor If I Root for a Rival Texas Team When It Plays out of State?
A Baylor Bears fan is conflicted about what he should do if TCU goes to a bowl game.
Sports
October 6, 2017
Aggies Want “12th Man Jesus” to Lead Out the Team Against Alabama
They knew him as 12th Man Jesus. He appeared, and it was good.
By
Dan Solomon
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Sports
August 23, 2017
Football Fan Advice From the Texanist
Being a good football fan means being able to find optimism no matter the circumstance.
July 20, 2017
Editor’s Letter
A Longhorn gives the Aggies their due.
Bum Steers
August 24, 2016
No, Ladies, You Don’t Press Clothes or Make Waffles With It—It’s a Gridiron
A twist on the Aggie War Hymn.
Sports
May 5, 2016
An Aggie Coach Tweeted Away Part Of The 2017 Recruiting Class
Stay off Twitter, everybody.
The Daily Post
November 12, 2015
Texas A&M’s “12th Man” Licensing Business Is About To Get A New Customer
The school, which has owned the trademark on ”12th Man” since 1990, has a history of renting it out to NFL franchises.
By
Dan Solomon
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Sports
September 14, 2015
Kyle Field Was Ready for Its Close-up
Sights from Texas A&M's first game at the newly renovated Kyle Field.
Sports
June 17, 2015
Johnny Football Is Dead. Long Live Johnny Manziel, Backup Quarterback.
The Browns’ #2 quarterback gave an on-field press conference this afternoon in which he retired the Johnny Football persona in favor of being plain ol’ Johnny Manziel, the NFL’s highest-profile second-string quarterback.
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Dan Solomon
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The Culture
May 8, 2015
Corps Values
Alyssa Michalke was recently named the first female commander of Texas A&M’s corps of cadets. It’s been a long time coming.
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Katy Vine
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Sports
November 20, 2014
Is Texas A&M Really Trying to Duck UT in a Possible Bowl Game?
Talk of reprising the ol' A&M-Texas rivalry in a bowl game has led to reports that the Aggies might be avoiding the Longhorns in such a scenario.
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Dan Solomon
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Sports
November 12, 2014
Texas A&M Students Shouted Down a Westboro Baptist Church Demonstration With Yell Practice
The 101-year-old Aggie tradition found a new purpose on Monday morning.
By
Dan Solomon
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Sports
October 20, 2014
A&M Fans Went Through the Five Stages of Grief on Saturday
How else do you react to a 59-0 thumping?
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Dan Solomon
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Sports
June 5, 2014
There Is an Epic Rap Song About Johnny Manziel and the Cleveland Browns Already
Just one?
By
Dan Solomon
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The Culture
December 5, 2013
Why You Should Quit Making Fun of Baylor
Because the Bears are still the best college football team in Texas.
Sports
November 7, 2013
A&M Hopes to Play UT Again . . . But Only in a Bowl Game
Would new Longhorns AD Steve Patterson be willing to revive the rivalry? College Station says it's in no hurry.
Sports
August 29, 2013
A&M Will Make It Two Straight Over ‘Bama, But Could UT Have the Better Season?
College football predictions—some more serious than others—heading into the first weekend.
Sports
August 15, 2013
Preview: Who Is Johnny Football?
An excerpt from S.C. Gwynne's September cover story on Johnny Manziel, which will officially hit newsstands (and the web) on August 21. (Illustrations by Nathan Fox. Color by Jeromy Cox.)
Sports
August 13, 2013
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane…
Why we put Johnny Manziel on the cover as a superhero.
Sports
June 20, 2013
2012 Sanction Against Johnny Manziel Likely a “Conduct Probation”
Texas A&M’s dean of student life describes the policy that Manziel says almost kept him off the field last season.
Sports
June 19, 2013
How Johnny Football Almost Didn’t Play for Texas A&M
UPDATED: In an exclusive interview with S.C. Gwynne, Johnny Manziel confirmed that Texas A&M suspended him last summer. His successful appeal changed college football history.
Sports
June 18, 2013
Johnny Manziel’s Life, Your Entertainment
The latest Johnny Football social media non-story, in which the Aggies' Heisman Trophy winner disses College Station in a tweet (and then deletes it).
Sports
April 12, 2013
Jack Pardee, 1936-2013: A Remembrance
Mickey Herskowitz covered the Texas A&M "Junction Boy" and former Houston Gamblers, University of Houston and Houston Oilers coach at nearly every stop.
Sports
April 1, 2013
EXCLUSIVE: Texas, Texas A&M to Resume Football Rivalry in 2015 (April Fools!)
No Fooling? The Longhorns and the Aggies have signed a ten-year deal with ESPN's SEC Network and the Longhorn Network to play football once again.
Sports
March 27, 2013
@JManziel2 Has Left the Building
Texas A&M's Heisman Trophy-winning QB Johnny Manziel decides to live in public just a little less, telling ESPN.com that he's giving up on Twitter.
Sports
March 4, 2013
VIDEO: Johnny Manziel’s ESPN Sunday Conversation
A&M spring practice started Saturday, and The Longhorn Network ESPN was there. The reigning Heisman Trophy winner sat down with Kirk Herbstreit on SportsCenter.
Sports
February 25, 2013
WATCH: Texas A&M’s Kevin Sumlin, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion
A&M, SEC, BCS...WWE? The Aggies head coach was the guest of honor when pro wrestling came to Reed Arena Sunday, much to the chagrin of Big Show.
Sports
February 6, 2013
The New Way to Recruit Against the Aggies
Last year: telling potential A&M recruits the team would not do well in the SEC. This year: telling potential A&M recruits the team's so good there isn't playing time.
Sports
February 1, 2013
Kickoff: Eight Things to Know About This Blog
Eight things to know about It’s Always Football Season, the new Texas Monthly sports blog.