The world of college football took a monumental hit when the announcement of Saban’s retirement hit the papers, leading everyone to be ambiguous about the future of the sport. The legacy of Saban and everything he accomplished at Alabama became the pride and jewel of the SEC division. Yet, recent reports suggest that the fans’ enthusiasm for the Texas vs Texas A&M game seems unfazed by Saban’s absence.

Several coaches have stayed with their teams for decades and yet, no one comes close to matching the success that Saban had in his tenure of 28 years. Nick Saban brought 6 national championships to Alabama, hence, making the program one of the most dominating teams in the league. Now that he has thrown in the white towel, the void of Saban hasn’t made any sort of dent in the fans’ spirit since the enthusiasm for Steve Sarkisian’s team is drawing in wild ticket prices.

Nick Saban’s absence has gone ignored by SEC fans

On June 9, a tweet from a user named BCS Joseph posted a screenshot of the game ticket prices between the Texas A&M Aggies and the Texas Longhorns, which are almost skyrocketing. He selected two tickets and the total price came out to be a figure of $208,952, which is beyond staggering. This prompted Cowboys’ writer Clarence Hill Jr. to release a tweet on his own about the situation.

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As per Hill, “College football and the SEC will be just fine without Nick Saban,” insinuating that the excitement within the community is unaffected by Saban’s absence and while he is a legend of the sport, there’s nothing more valuable to the fans than the sheer love of college football. With all that said, it is still intriguing that the ticket price for the game between Texas and A&M is selling at such a high price. The answer to that is the rivalry that has existed between them since 1915.

The rivalry between the Texas A&M Aggies and the Longhorns

Football is incomplete with the rivalries that exist within teams, which date back to decades in history. A prime example of that is the third-longest-running college football rivalry between the Aggies and the Longhorns. Both teams started competing against each other in 1915 and went on to do that for almost an entire century, which is jaw-dropping, to say the very least.

Unfortunately, the A&M Aggies left the Big 12 conference to join the Southeastern Conference in 2011 and thus, the two teams weren’t playing in the same division anymore. Currently, the Longhorns lead the series by a score of 76-37-5, making it clear that the Aggies are miles behind their staunch rivalries, making it to be a one-sided competition. But the high ticket price just goes to show that the fans’ passion for the rivalry is still as strong as ever and will continue to live on forever.