The Lone Star Showdown was rather one sided in the early 2000’s between the Texas football program and the rival Texas A&M Aggies. At that time, Texas and Texas A&M didn’t realize that they would be winding down a legendary rivalry that would occur for less than a decade further.
When the Texas Longhorns football program used to have their annual Lone Star Showdown rivalry run against Texas A&M to cap each and every regular season, it was a special way to end things. The Longhorns would get one of their biggest rivals in program history before what usually amounted to a prominent run in the postseason.