Longhorns Daily News: Texas, Texas A&M’s football rivalry will be played on Black Friday in 2025

Plus: The latest on Texas softball

In their 120th matchup, the Texas Longhorns and Texas A&M Aggies will meet on Black Friday this upcoming season for the second edition of the programs’ renewed football rivalry. Most folks tend to refer to it as the Lone Star Showdown these days, or so it seems.

Last year, Texas and Texas A&M’s rebooted matchup took place on a Saturday. Traditionally, though, the programs football game was scheduled on Thanksgiving or, occasionally, Black Friday. In fact, the last time the two programs played on Black Friday was way back in 2007.

WHAT THEY’RE SAYING ABOUT THE LONGHORNS

Austin American-Statesman: Golden: Texas baseball at a season crossroads after Florida stumble

Austin American-Statesman: Texas softball pleased with No. 6 overall seed in NCAA Tournament

Austin American-Statesman: Texas Baseball: Why Jim Schlossnagle might tweak pitching rotation

Dallas Morning News: Jaydon Blue signs four-year rookie contract with Dallas Cowboys, report says

Dallas Morning News: Quinn Ewers is past NFL draft slip, now the Dolphins QB is aiming to ‘go get noticed’

247Sports: Greg McElroy considers Texas standout Quintrevion Wisner a top 10 RB in college football

247Sports: Texas baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle has bigger concerns than Longhorns going from No. 1 to No. 3 in D1 poll

247Sports: Todd McShay has two Texas football players in first round of 2026 Mock NFL Draft

ICYMI IN BURNT ORANGE NATION

Texas drops to No. 3 in the D1 Baseball Top 25

No. 1 Texas suffers most disappointing loss of season in 4-1 defeat to Florida

Jonah Williams reminded of baseball’s unwritten rules after fiery walk vs. Florida

Where Texas’ spring departures landed in the NCAA transfer portal

RECRUITING ROUNDUP

247Sports: The Stampede: Horns247’s way-too-early Texas football 2026 class prediction

247Sports: Road Report: Checking in on some of the Austin area’s top prospects

Inside Texas: Recruiting Notebook: Detailed evaluation for 2026 five-star TE target Mark Bowman

Inside Texas: Even with expanded national recruiting, Texas products make up the bulk of the 2025 Longhorns

SEC SHOWDOWN

Austin American-Statesman: No. 1 Texas baseball unable to clinch SEC title as Florida wins series

Dallas Morning News: Game time revealed for 2025 Texas-Texas A&M football showdown in Austin

Inside Texas: Texas baseball can clinch SEC during OU series despite late-season slide

Rock M Nation: Mizzou baseball completes upset sweep over Texas A&M in College Station

Rocky Top Talk: Tennessee loses yet another series after winning the opener, falling to Vandy two games to one

Roll ‘Bama Roll: Alabama takes down No. 6 Georgia

A Sea Of Blue: Kentucky baseball completes statement sweep of No. 14 Oklahoma

WHAT WE’RE READING

SB Nation: 19 NFL stars who changed teams during 2025 offseason

SB Nation: 5 college football transfers who can boost their 2026 NFL Draft stock like Cam Ward

SB Nation: Trey Hendrickson’s latest comments suggest he could be headed to contract holdout

NEWS ACROSS LONGHORN NATION AND BEYOND

• Despite an opening win over Ole Miss, Texas softball fell to No. 1 seeded Texas A&M in the SEC Tournament. Now, Texas readies to take on Eastern Illinois in the NCAA Tournament.