Over the course of the baddest feud in the history of the Lone Star State, the 1940 game had long owned title to the biggest in the series between the flagship universities. A Texas touchdown in the first minute — the game’s only score — denied Texas A&M back-to-back national titles and re-routed the Aggies from the Rose Bowl to the Cotton Bowl.

Texas enters Saturday night as the No. 3 team in the current College Football Playoff rankings, on track to both qualify for the 12-team field and earn a first-round bye (given to the winner of each of the Power 4 conferences). The Longhorns will quickly lose that comfortable position with a loss Saturday night.

With two weeks left in the 2024 college football regular season, there may not be a team eliciting a more visceral reaction when it comes to the College Footbal