Marcel Reed isn’t waiting until the calendar gets to the final week of the regular season to think about Texas.
The Texas A&M quarterback has already locked onto the rivalry date, and he made that clear in comments to Blake Toppmeyer of USA Today.
"We don't like Texas. I don't like Texas," the Aggies quarterback told Blake Toppmeyer of USA Today.
"It sucks that we've lost to them twice. But, they're coming here this year, so they're gonna have to pay.
I've got something for them, for sure."
That matchup has been one of college football’s defining series for generations. Texas and Texas A&M met 118 times from 1894 to 2011, then the game disappeared for 13 years after the Aggies moved to the SEC. It returned when Texas joined the conference ahead of the 2024 season.
Since the rivalry came back, the Longhorns have had the upper hand. Texas has won both meetings over the last two seasons, and Reed’s play has been a major reason the Aggies have come up short.
Against Texas, Reed has had two of his roughest outings in the series. He has thrown three interceptions in those games and averaged just 163 passing yards.
That has been part of a broader issue for the junior quarterback. Reed has posted strong overall numbers during his two seasons as a starter, but the costly mistakes in the biggest moments have kept Texas A&M from taking another step. After his two-interception game against Texas, he also threw two more picks in the Aggies’ opening-round playoff loss to Miami.
Now he enters the 2026 season as the leader of eighth-ranked Texas A&M with one clear priority.
"My biggest step is eliminating those negative plays," Reed said. "I had a lot of turnovers, and some of them were in critical situations. Those are the ones I want to eliminate."
If Reed cleans that up, the season-ending meeting with Texas could carry playoff implications, with both teams sitting in the preseason top 10.
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