College football fans had so many jokes about Texas A&M losing with Ted Cruz reportedly showing up

Sometimes, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz attends Texas sporting events. And many times — though not every time — he’s at a game in person, the Texas team loses.

But it’s especially bad when it comes to college football, so Texas A&M football fans are bracing themselves for Saturday.

Ahead of the No. 20 Aggies’ Week 1 season opener at home against No. 7 Notre Dame, Cruz and Texas A&M athletics director Trev Alberts will reportedly speak with the media at Kyle Field in College Station, according to GigEm247’s Carter Karels with the 247Sports’ TAMU affiliate.

Non-Aggies bettors are thrilled, while Texas A&M fans are dreading this because it likely means Cruz will be in attendance for the 7:30 p.m. ET kickoff.

Of course, Texas teams don’t always lose when Cruz is in attendance. But as Business Insider noted earlier this year, college football teams don’t often do well with him there. In the last decade, the senator has reportedly attended eight college football games for Texas, Baylor and Texas A&M, and the Lone Star State teams are 1-7. Not great.

College football fans are well aware of this trend, so in response to Cruz’s scheduled appearance Saturday at the Texas A&M game, the jokes and predictions rolled in — but Aggies fans begged him to stay away.

How Twitter reacted to Ted Cruz’s scheduled appearance at Texas A&M-Notre Dame