No football team is afraid of any other football team. If you are, you should not play......period!
As bad as Texas has been in some games this year, we are never "afraid" to square off against the Ags.
Here's what I think......according to all the sec head runners on this site, if you are from the sec and you have the recruits, you should annihilate any opponent outside the sec (not true, but the mentality just the same). This is simply the sec trying to flex their muscle against the powerful University of Texas. I believe the fear factor here is that the sec does not want to see an outside matchup that would draw more fans (viewership) and make more money than anything they have to offer. Just my humble opinion.
HOOK 'EM!