Governor Greg Abbott aims to 'reunite the Texas-Texas A&M football rivalry'

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott briefly met with the media before Texas and Texas A&M played an exhibition basketball game at Rice on Wednesday night, and while he likes seeing the hoops teams come together even in a glorified scrimmage, he has something more in mind.

"My next goal as governor is to reunite the Texas-Texas A&M football rivalry," said Abbott, before adding a "Hook 'em Horns."

The old Southwest Conference and Big 12 rivals haven't played since A&M exited the Big 12 for the SEC in the summer of 2012. Meanwhile the Aggies and Longhorns hoopsters are hustling up and down the floor in the exhibition game like it was the NCAA Tournament – one more example of why the state's two most prominent universities need to renew acquaintances.

All proceeds from Wednesday night's game go to hurricane relief.