Electric pregame environment for Texas A&M vs Notre Dame erupts into scuffle

Texas A&M football just got into it with Notre Dame after warmpus had concluded and both teams were heading to the locker room.

Carter Karels of 247Sports posted the following video after the pregame scuffle erupted between the Aggies and Irish tonight.

According to Jaxson Callaway of On3, the Irish reportedly initiated things by heading directly towards the Aggies instead of for the home tunnel after warmups had concluded:

This matchup between Texas A&M and Notre Dame already has something of a grudge match feel to it. The Aggies and Irish were tied with four minutes to go in the game down in College Station last year before Marcus Freeman's squad pulled away, eventually winning 23-13.

With some of the comments by the Notre Dame team headed into this game, you expected things to get a little bit chippy in this matchup. It looks like that chippiness has already started between these two teams, even before toe met leather.

Texas A&M football vs Notre Dame pregame erupts into scuffle as tension boils over in South Bend

This isn't some longstanding rivalry between these two teams, but feelings aren't exactly warm between them with the memory of last year's game still fresh in the mind. Especially considering how much maroon appears to be in South Bend tonight, I'm sure the Irish aren't exactly pleased.

The Aggies need to come out with energy in this one without a doubt, as it looks like Notre Dame is ready to fight. Mike Elko's squad needs to come out swinging so that they don't get overwhelmed by a raucous home crowd, no matter how many Aggies are present.

This is a very experienced team, and they've faced this kind of thing before. LSU's team attempted similar tactics ahead of their game in Kyle last year, and it backfired on them tremendously when Marcel Reed led the Aggies to victory.

Kickoff should be coming around 6:45 CT.