Well, that would have been fun.
According to reports from Sun Devil Source’s Chris Karpman, Texas has requested to get out of its scheduled 2032–2033 home-and-home football series with the Arizona State Sun Devils. The matchup would have featured a return trip between the programs after their recent College Football Playoff battle, a game that had plenty of juice and more than a few fireworks.
Instead, it looks like it may never happen.
On the surface, it is just another scheduling adjustment in a sport that reshuffles nonconference games years in advance. But context matters. Texas is now fully embedded in the SEC era of its program, and suddenly, a future series against a rising Big 12 contender scares them off.
Still, from the outside, it feels like a missed opportunity.
College football thrives on big nonconference matchups. Home and homes between power programs are what fans circle years in advance. A Texas-Arizona State rematch in the early 2030s would have carried real intrigue, especially given the recent postseason history between the two.
Instead, it appears Texas would prefer a different path.
No one is going to say it out loud in Austin, but fans around the Big 12 are going to have their own interpretation. When you have a chance to run it back with a quality opponent and choose not to, people are going to dunk on you.
But it is hard not to think about what could have been. A packed stadium in Tempe. A return trip to Austin. A true power conference showdown with real history behind it.
Now it is just another what-if on a future schedule grid.
