Saturday marks a game 13 years in the making. Texas A&M and Texas return to a rivalry football game, now that both teams are in the Southeastern Conference. Beyond that, both teams are playing for a berth into the SEC Championship and the College Football Playoff. KBTX senior A&M sportswriter Travis L. Brown, along with chief meteorologist Max Crawford and sports director Tyler Shaw break down A&M’s chances at coming out of Kyle Field with a win.

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AUSTIN — Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers suffered an ankle injury in Saturday’s win over the Kentucky Wildcats but didn’t miss a snap.

He admitted after the game that the ankle was “a little tender” while giving no indication that anything is serious. Ewers is still expected to start but ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported Tuesday that the Texas star is hitting rehab hard to ensure he’s ready for Saturday’s monster matchup against the Texas A&M Aggies.

“I was told it’s a low-grade ankle sprain for Quinn Ewers that is going to be lingering into that Texas A&M game,” Thamel said on SportsCenter. “Sources told me today that Quinn Ewers is still slated to start for the Longhorns in College Station on Saturday night. I’ve been told he’s rehabbing feverishly. … So the reality for Quinn Ewers is that he won’t be 100 percent on Saturday, but he’s working to be the best version of himself.”

Ewers has missed seven games during his college career at Texas, including two this season after suffering an oblique injury against UTSA. There’s been no shortage of injury-prone allegations sent his way but Thamel added that the game means too much to imagine Ewers not playing.

“He’s a Texas kid and this game means a whole lot to him, a this is obviously going to be Quinn Ewers’ last regular-season game in a Texas Longhorn uniform,” Thamel said. “And for him, a kid from the Dallas area to do it in College Station means a lot.”

Knowing he’s not 100 percent, the Aggies’ elite pass rush could elect to send constant presure toward Ewers. Already not known as a very mobile quarterback to begin with, Ewers’ ankle injury could keep glued to the pocket if he has to drop back.

This season, Ewers has gone 189 of 278 passing for 2,089 yards, 23 touchdowns and six interceptions. He’s added one touchdown with his legs.

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Incoming border czar Tom Homan will join Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday at a key border area in Texas, and will serve meals to troops stationed there over Thanksgiving – ahead of what is expected to be significant cooperation between the Trump administration and Abbott’s team next year.

Homan and Abbott will greet and serve meals to Texas National Guard soldiers and Texas Department of Public Safety troopers in Eagle Pass, Texas.

Homan was appointed “border czar” by President-elect Trump this month after Trump’s election win.

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“​​I’ve known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our Borders. Likewise, Tom Homan will be in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin. Congratulations to Tom. I have no doubt he will do a fantastic, and long awaited for, job,” Trump said on Truth Social.

Homan, a former acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director, will be one of the most high-profile figures in terms of the mass deportation operation the incoming administration has planned.

Abbott, meanwhile, has clashed repeatedly with the Biden administration over border security as his state bore the brunt of the historic migrant crisis at the southern border. 

Abbott caused controversy by bussing migrants to “sanctuary” cities like New York City, Chicago and others as a way to relieve the pressure on the state. His administration has also built its own border wall, set up buoys in the Rio Grande and deployed troops to provide additional border security.

Tom Homan speaks at the Republican National Convention on July 17, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

Abbott, a Republican, is likely to find an alliance with the incoming administration with aligned views on additional border security, the ending of “catch-and-release” and tougher penalties on those entering the U.S. illegally. Speaking on “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday, Homan said the incoming administration is not waiting until Jan 20 to get to work.

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“We’re already planning what we’re going to do to lock down the state of Texas,” he said. “Gov. Abbott’s in a great job so far. Illegal crossings in Texas are down over 80% because of the great work by Gov. Abbott, and he’s been successful because he has taken the Trump policies and put them to work.”

“We’re going to partner up and help him do 100% security on his border, and we’re going to do that across the southwest border,” he said.

On Monday, Abbott announced that Texas recently installed more buoy barriers in the Rio Grande.

“Texas continues our historic border security mission to stop illegal entry and safeguard our nation,” he said.

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“We’ll use every tool and strategy available to hold the line,” he said.

Later Monday, he told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that he was thankful for the incoming administration and the role Homan will play in it.

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“I’m thankful that we have Tom Homan as the incoming border czar who is going to help execute those laws and enforce those laws and make sure that we get back to restoring order.”