Big 12 Media Days and just the college football offseason in general usually see the same storylines resurface for the Texas football program each year. For the 2019 edition of Big 12 Media Days, two storylines that kept resurfacing were the Lone Star Showdown rivalry between Texas football and the Texas A&M Aggies and the “Horns down” gesture ruling from the conference coordinators.
However, head Texas football coach Tom Herman was asked about what he felt about the current state of the Lone Star Showdown and meeting again on the gridiron, at Big 12 Media Days on July 16.