UT bidding on having S.F.A join their system

[Pato del Muerto 52511]

4 minutes ago, Rimbo said:

We could buy out Tech.

Rename it University of Texas - Hotties in a Shithole

Buy it, change the name to UT-Lubbock, but change the new vet school to just UT vet school.  And change the mascot and colors- just erase anything about their past. 

[Nivek 16944]

We could buy out Tech.
Rename it University of Texas - Hotties in a Shithole

University of Texas at Lubbock - idiots and STD research Center

[YGIFS 19450]

Best part is "UTL" already sounds like a sexually transmitted disease.  We're practically making money on the deal.  

[TKthunder2 4992]

41 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

Best part is "UTL" already sounds like a sexually transmitted disease.  We're practically making money on the deal.  

UT-STD

[ABSR 5315]

2 hours ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

The University of Texas at (Stephan F) Austin

"It's Stephen with a 'ph'" ....   So "The University of Texas at Phteven F Austin" going forward.

Edited November 30, 2022 by ABSR

[deadshank 24653]

Already getting stuff from my SFA grad friends.   They are all pleased they’re not part of aggy. 

[The Ace of Aces 5191]

3 hours ago, jofus said:

This aged well

To be fair this was posted well before the full financial docs became pubic. 

[smokebomb 357]

2 hours ago, Post Oak said:

Interesting . What's the mechanism for contraction in this case? Lack of funding or lower enrollment?

Lower enrollment due to less kids: 

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23428166/college-enrollment-population-education-crash

[bolverk 29683]

3 minutes ago, smokebomb said:

Lower enrollment due to less kids: 

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23428166/college-enrollment-population-education-crash

[Samson's Wig 3192]

Some of you clearly don't know much about Tech, including that it has the third largest endowment of any public system in the state.  It's a far cry from UT and A&M, but we all know the political reasons behind that (if it weren't for aggy political bullshit Tech would likely have surpassed them a long time ago).  Regardless, Tech is sitting alone in a second tier below UT and A&M (or arguably tier 3 if you want to split UT and aggy into two separate tiers), and well above everyone else (you could arguably throw Houston in that tier given they have the 4th largest endowment, but they're damn near a non-entity in many respects).

Talk of rolling Tech into any other entity is silly unless we're talking about merging all the publics under one banner, and those who have mentioned Texas State as if it is remotely comparable really don't know anything about anything.  The two are not even in the same stratosphere in terms of size, influence, and most importantly money.  It would be like saying Tech is comparable to UT. 

I don't know what they were thinking with that proposal, but it's not reflective of their position (and it definitely deserves the mockery it's getting). They either didn't really want it, didn't want to spend any money for some reason, or put a monkey in charge of the proposal.  All are certainly possible.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21907]

Probably just someone in the late stage of syphilis

[MoJames 8244]

University of Texas Austin and Nacogdoches

Or Texas A&N

[CooterBrown 18014]

University of Texas Austin and Nacogdoches
Or Texas A&N

UT-Naco

New mascot is the Tacos.

[Pato del Muerto 52511]

25 minutes ago, MoJames said:

University of Texas Austin and Nacogdoches

Or Texas A&N

[Deej 76820]

38 minutes ago, Samson's Wig said:

I don't know what they were thinking with that proposal, but it's not reflective of their position (and it definitely deserves the mockery it's getting). They either didn't really want it, didn't want to spend any money for some reason, or put a monkey in charge of the proposal.  All are certainly possible.

Maybe they just misplaced the decimal point?

[YGIFS 19450]

UNT System under Tech.  UoH System under Texas State or A&M System.  TWU under Tech or Texas State.  Leave TSU on its own for mid-term future, unless they make a request.  This is patently ridiculous.  I think SFA starts a domino effect of system consolidation.  Then again, UH-Victoria degree holders apparently hold grudges.  

['stache 21818]

I always hated that when Texas State adopted the name they didn't find a way to buy the rights to the name and logo from Necessary Roughness. Aggy would have probably sued, but fuck them, it would have been awesome.

[ABSR 5315]

1 hour ago, smokebomb said:

Lower enrollment due to less kids: 

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23428166/college-enrollment-population-education-crash

Texas is one of the few states that has a growing younger population, which is a reason that more and more out of state universities are actively recruiting inside Texas High Schools for future students.

[SydneyCarton 48109]

5 hours ago, YGIFS said:

Stephan?  

"Yes, this college has it all.............."

[texasdago 7575]

8 hours ago, Samson's Wig said:

It's a far cry from UT and A&M, but we all know the political reasons behind that

Because Lubbock sucks?

[Revolution512 1487]

UT - Nacadoodie

[Samson's Wig 3192]

14 hours ago, texasdago said:

Because Lubbock sucks?

That's certainly part of it, but the majority is aggy jags not wanting anyone else to have nice things.  If any system should just disappear it's that complete waste of educational space.  The world has enough neonazi, antivax, fake-cowboy idiots without funding an entity to hone these personality traits into an established network of mouth-breathing, low-info, closeted, sheep humping know-it-alls.

[Scheiss Meister 8408]

1 minute ago, Samson's Wig said:

That's certainly part of it, but the majority is aggy jags not wanting anyone else to have nice things.  If any system should just disappear it's that complete waste of educational space.  The world has enough neonazi, antivax, fake-cowboy idiots without funding an entity to hone these personality traits into an established network of mouth-breathing, low-info, closeted, sheep humping know-it-alls.

Harsh, but generally not wrong.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21907]

Out of my three siblings and me, three graduated from UT and none from aggy.  Out of all of our kids, one graduated from UT, and three from aggy.  I have one of each.