Texas and in-state rival Texas A&M have reportedly scheduled a joint news conference Aug. 22 in Houston to announce a title sponsor for their rivalry, according to the Houston Chronicle.
The two schools issued a release announcing the news conference Thursday morning but did not comment on the reason for the conference.
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According to the Chronicle’s Kirk Bohls, “sources have told the Houston Chronicle they expect to introduce a title sponsor for the renewal of the Lone Star Showdown football rivalry between the two schools.”
The Longhorns and Texas A&M have played each other 118 times in a series that began in 1894 but have not played each other since 2011 because Texas A&M left the Big 12 to join the SEC the following year. Texas, along with Oklahoma, left the Big 12 on July 1 to join the SEC. Texas and Texas A&M will face off Nov. 30 in College Station.
State Farm Insurance sponsored the Texas and Texas A&M rivalry in all sports from 2004-11, but that sponsorship ended when the Aggies joined the SEC.
This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Texas, Texas A&M to announce sponsor for renewed rivalry, per report
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