Texas’ win over A&M validates College Football Playoff committee’s faith in Longhorns
Over the course of the baddest feud in the history of the Lone Star State, the 1940 game had long owned title to the biggest in the series between the flagship universities. A Texas touchdown in the first minute — the game’s only score — denied Texas A&M back-to-back national titles and re-routed the Aggies from the Rose Bowl to the Cotton Bowl.