<a href="https://www.on3.com/college/texas-longhorns/">Texas</a>‘ Darrell K. Royal Stadium‘s scoreboard team poured a little salt in the wound after Friday night’s 27-17 rivalry win over No. 3 <a href="https://www.on3.com/college/texas-am-aggies/">Texas A&M</a> with a postgame video that used Aggies head coach <a href="https://www.on3.com/rivals/coach/mike-elko-132763/">Mike Elko</a>‘s words against him. 



Following the upset win in the second revival of the Lone Star Showdown, the 15th-ranked Longhorns’ home video board played a clip of Elko declaring Texas A&M the “flagship” program in the state of Texas not long after he was hired in early 2024. The clip was immediately followed by a viral “sike” meme video and clips of several Longhorns players — including superstar quarterback <a href="https://www.on3.com/rivals/arch-manning-7353/">Arch Manning</a> — celebrating. 



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-steve-sarkisian-leaving-texas-out-of-college-football-playoff-would-be-a-disservice-to-our-sport">Steve Sarkisian: Leaving Texas out of College Football Playoff would be ‘a disservice to our sport’</h2>



After the game, Longhorns head coach <a href="https://www.on3.com/rivals/coach/steve-sarkisian-132832/">Steve Sarkisian</a> explained why he believes Texas deserves a spot in the <a href="https://www.on3.com/category/college-football-playoff/news/">College Football Playoff</a>.



“That team is undefeated, No. 3 three in the country. A lot of the pundits out there think they’re the No. 1 team in the country. We just beat them by 10,” <a href="https://x.com/On3sports/status/1994624502693577092?s=20">Sarkisian said</a>. “If you really look at the body of work, and you look at the Southeastern Conference of what we have to go through every week, you look at the non-conference schedule we played, to go to <a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/ohio-state-buckeyes/">Ohio State</a> in Week 1 and lose by seven when we outgained them by nearly 200 yards—we got a really good football team.



“It would be a disservice to our sport if this team is not a playoff team when we went and scheduled that non-conference game. Because if we’re a 10-2 team, it’s not a question. But, we were willing to go play that game. So, is that what college football is about? Don’t play anybody and just have a good record, or play the best and put the best teams in the playoff. And, we’re one of the best teams.”



In the win over Texas A&M, the Longhorns racked up 397 yards of offense, compared to the Aggies’ 337. Texas’ defense squeezed two turnovers out of Texas A&M, while the Aggies defense had no answers for Texas running back <a href="https://www.on3.com/rivals/tre-wisner-115088/">Tre Wisner</a>, who exploded for 155 rushing yards on just 19 carries.



With the win, Texas (9-3, 6-2 SEC) now has three victories against teams that were ranked in the Top 10 at the time of their meeting (<a href="https://www.on3.com/teams/oklahoma-sooners/">Oklahoma</a>, <a href="https://www.on3.com/sites/the-dore-report/">Vanderbilt</a> and Texas A&M). Meanwhile, the Aggies (11-1, 7-1 SEC) must wait out Saturday’s Iron Bowl and hope for an <a href="https://www.on3.com/college/auburn-tigers/">Auburn</a> upset over No. 10 <a href="https://www.on3.com/college/alabama-crimson-tide/">Alabama</a> inside Jordan-Hare Stadium to see if the Aggies will back into a spot in next week’s SEC Championship game.



— On3’s Grant Grubbs contributed to this report.

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