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Paul Finebaum Names SEC Powerhouse as Team That Can Best Challenge Texas originally appeared on Athlon Sports. In a recent segment on ESPN's "Get Up," renowned college football analyst Paul Finebaum identified the Alabama Crimson Tide as the primary contender to challenge the Texas Longhorns in the SEC for the 2025 season.
The SEC preseason poll has been around since 1992, which coincides with the first year of the SEC Championship game. Media attending SEC Media Days get the chance to vote in the SEC preseason poll, crafting a 1-16 list of the projected order of finish (if they remember to do it).
Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian was introduced at SEC media days on Tuesday, July 15, to Texas A&M's "Aggie War Hymn" fight song.
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During Tuesday’s festivities at SEC Media Days in Atlanta, Steve Sarkisian and the Texas Longhorns took the stage. When each coach is introduced, their respective school’s fight song begins playing. But Sarkisian’s introduction went viral when he wasn’t introduced to “Texas Fight,” and was instead introduced as the “Aggie War Hymn” played.
Texas’ Steve Sarkisian had to walk out to the Aggie War Hymn in his appearance at SEC Media Days on Tuesday. Texas A&M’s Mike Elko then didn’t have to return the favor by walking out to ‘The Eyes of Texas’ when his turn came on Thursday.
Commissioner Greg Sankey began the third day of SEC Media Days with an apology directed toward Steve Sarkisian and Texas football. Why? Well, on Tuesday, Sarkisian walked for his media session on that main stage at the Omni Hotel in Atlanta with Texas A&M's Aggie War Hymn blaring from the speakers.
Following a late-season collapse — which consisted of going 1-4 after starting 7-1; falling out of the top 10; and removing itself from College Football Playoff contention — Texas A&M enters the 2025 college football season with considerable pressure to bounce back.
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