It’s fair to say that Auburn’s newest West Division rivalry is also one of the most difficult to explain. No, there’s not the outright wackiness of the LSU series, with a different moniker given to nearly every year’s game, and there’s not the hatred of the Iron Bowl.
Auburn and Texas A&M just doesn’t make sense a lot of the time.
2012 — The first meeting as conference foes saw the Aggies bring an eventual Heisman winner into Jordan-Hare Stadium and walk away with maybe the easiest win anyone had over that year’s Tiger team.