While I believe that that the Aggies fit in much better with schools like Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Mississippi State and Kentucky than they do with Texas, Stanford, Cal, USC and UCLA, I simply do not see A&M letting go of their Big Brother’s hand and bolting to the SEC.
I'm standing on the sidelines photographing a Baylor-A&M game and all I hear from the stands is "Beat the hell outa tu!"
It also cranks the Aggie wagger that Texas is their big rival and Oklahoma is Texas' big rival. Aggies think it bothers UT people that they call us "Texas University," and when they write it, don't capitalize it, as in "tu."
Here's the Aggie War Hymn:
So long to the orange and the white
Good luck to dear old Texas Aggies
They are the boys who show the real old fight
"the eyes of Texas are upon you"
That is the song they sing so well
Sounds Like Hell
So good bye to texas university
We're gonna beat you all to…
Chigaroogarem , Chigaroogarem
Rough, Tough, Real stuff, Texas A&M
Saw varsity's horns off
Saw varsity's horns off
Saw varsity's horns off
Short! A!
Varsity's horns are sawed off
Varsity's horns are sawed off
Varsity's horns are sawed off
Short! A!
WHOOP!
Having gone to the University of Texas, it always seemed creepy to me that the entire Aggie War Hymn is about another college. The Aggie War Hymn is a BIG DEAL to A&M. A lot of Aggies have it played at their funeral.
OTOH, it could be a good thing for A&M to go to a different conference. They're way too fixated on UT.
Course, they'll have to change their fight song and all the Aggies will have to get rid of those "Saw em off" window stickers on their pickups.