Those hoping there’s something to more to what Charlie Strong said on June 10 about Texas and Texas A&M potentially renewing their football series are sure to be disappointed by what Texas men’s athletic director Mike Perrin said on Thursday of this week.

Speaking at a Touchdown Club of Houston luncheon on June 10, Strong said the Longhorns were “trying to work something out” to get the football series going with the Aggies again.

After introducing David Pierce as Texas’ new baseball coach, Perrin said there’s nothing imminent in terms of scheduling what would be the first football game between the two former Southwest Conference and Big 12 foes since 2011.

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Perrin’s knowledge of who on the Texas side of the fence wants the game with the Aggies back starts with UT chancellor William McRaven mentioning in an interview with Texas Monthly that he would like to see the game return. Perrin also said he publicly discussed the topic with Red McCombs, who asked Perrin at a recent business school lunch when the two schools would resume playing each other in football.

When it came time for Perrin to answer questions after addressing the crowd at the luncheon in question, McCombs was in the front row and raised his hand first.

“Of course I said, ‘yes sir Mr. McCombs, what can I answer for you?’” Perrin said. “He said, ‘when are we going to play A&M again?’ I told him I thought the game would be played again at some point.”

McCombs told Perrin he wanted the game played that day at 1 p.m., a feeling Perrin said he completely understands.

“I think there’s a lot of people that feel that way,” Perrin said. “I think the game will be restored at some point, but who knows when.”

Perrin noted the Longhorns are booked with top-notch non-conference games for the foreseeable future. It likely won’t be until 2026 when the two teams can meet; Texas doesn’t have a non-conference game scheduled for that season at this time while the Aggies will finish a home-and-home with Notre Dame in 2025.

While the two schools haven’t met annually across all sports since the Aggies left the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference following the 2011-12 athletic year, football is about the only sport that hasn’t seen a game or match take place between Texas and Texas A&M. Between preseason tournaments, regular season games and postseason events the two schools have faced each other in volleyball, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, softball and men’s tennis in recent years.

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