AUSTIN, Texas — For the first time in 13 years, burnt orange and white will face off with the maroon and white on Saturday.
As the Texas A&M Aggies and the Texas Longhorns prepare to resume the state’s longest-running rivalry, a scholarship that unites the two schools has been going strong since 2000.
The devastating bonfire collapse at Texas A&M’s campus in 1999 left 12 students dead and injured 27. After the tragedy, Texas A&M established the Bonfire Unity Endowed Presidential Scholarship to show thanks to UT Austin students who gave a helping hand during the bonfire…