Lone Star Showdown
This game marked the 112th meeting between Texas and the Texas A&M Aggies and the annual football game is part of a multi-sport rivalry called the Lone Star Showdown. It is the longest-running rivalry for both the Longhorns and the Aggies and it is also one of the ten most-played rivalries in college football. Texas came into the 2005 contest with a 72–34–5 record, including victories in the last five meetings. During the week before the game, the Longhorns conducted their traditional Hex Rally. As a result of a tragic accident in 1999, the Aggies could not host a school sponsored version of their traditional Bonfire but an unofficial version called "Student Bonfire" was held.
Since the series began in 1900 it has traditionally played on Thanksgiving Day or Thanksgiving weekend. The 2005 game marked the twelfth straight game to be scheduled the day after Thanksgiving.
Read more about this topic: 2005 Texas Vs. Texas A&M Football Game
Famous quotes containing the words lone and/or star:
“Looks to me as if you’re trying to acquire a reputation as a lone wolf, Prewitt. You should know that in the Army, it’s not the individual that counts.”
—Daniel Taradash (b. 1913)
“Firmness yclept in heroes, kings and seamen,
That is, when they succeed; but greatly blamed
As obstinacy, both in men and women,
Whene’er their triumph pales, or star is tamed —
And ‘twill perplex the casuist in morality
To fix the due bounds of this dangerous quality.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)