Overview

• At SEC Media Days in Atlanta on July 15, organizers introduced Texas coach Steve Sarkisian with Texas A&M’s Aggie War Hymn instead of the Longhorns’ Texas Fight.
• Sarkisian showed composure by proceeding with his opening remarks without acknowledging the rival fight song.
• As Sarkisian left the podium, the organizers corrected the error by playing the Longhorns’ official fight song, Texas Fight.
• The incident underscores the symbolic weight of the Lone Star rivalry renewed when Texas joined the SEC in 2024.
• Texas A&M is expected to use the mix-up as motivational bulletin-board material ahead of the teams’ Nov. 28 regular-season finale in Austin.