7 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

He's applying to Harvard, Stanford, and Texas. Texas is his "fall back" because he's automatically admitted. But even though, he's seriously considering it. For those who are bemoaning the downfall of The University of Texas, you ought to take some heart in the fact that it's still being very strongly considered by such students.

If my kid had the chance to attend Harvard or Stanford, I'd explore every possible financial way to make that happen. But some parents won't make that sacrifice, and some kids might not be willing to take on that kind of debt. For those kids, UT is still a damn great school and an absolute bargain, even with tuition and housing costs so much higher than when I attended in the mid-90s.

Us woke libs on this message board bemoan the political direction forced upon our alma mater. But academically it's still a damn fine school.

54 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

Maybe I missed it but has the school responded to members of their student body being attacked like this?

No because UT has been taken over by MAGA

5 minutes ago, South Austin said:

If my kid had the chance to attend Harvard or Stanford, I'd explore every possible financial way to make that happen. But some parents won't make that sacrifice, and some kids might not be willing to take on that kind of debt. For those kids, UT is still a damn great school and an absolute bargain, even with tuition and housing costs so much higher than when I attended in the mid-90s.

Us woke libs on this message board bemoan the political direction forced upon our alma mater. But academically it's still a damn fine school.

That's entirely true, and if he gets into Harvard or Stanford I'm sure that's where he'll end up.

But that's not really the point. The point is that he's not considering anything below Harvard of Stanford. He's not bothering to apply to Northwestern or Cornel or Berkeley--he'd rather go to Texas over any of those. And that's a helluva endorsement.

Just now, Ghost of LL said:

He's not bothering to apply to Northwestern or Cornel or Berkeley--he'd rather go to Texas over any of those. And that's a helluva endorsement.

Ah, I see. Yes, it is indeed.

2 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

That's entirely true, and if he gets into Harvard or Stanford I'm sure that's where he'll end up.

But that's not really the point. The point is that he's not considering anything below Harvard of Stanford. He's not bothering to apply to Northwestern or Cornel or Berkeley--he'd rather go to Texas over any of those. And that's a helluva endorsement.

Cornell I get. Berkeley, I get. But Chicago is amazing.

2 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

Cornell I get. Berkeley, I get. But Chicago is amazing.

Not in January...

2 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

Not in January...

Harvard and Stanford and NW lack college football culture. That's one thing Texas can boast over the ivies and most of the public ivies. But at least Chicago has DA BEARSSssss. And Stanford is reasonably close to Levi Stadium.

• 
• David Burge @iowahawkblog

Forget the fans in the stands, wait'll he finds out UT did to the team on the field

• 3:24 PM · Sep 14, 2026

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• Bo French @bofrench · Sep 13, 2026

I heard UT graduation this year looked like this. I didn’t believe it. The problem is now obviously far worse than anyone imagined.

2 hours ago, Stringer said:

I also graduated from high school in Sugarland in 2000 and many of the kids in my classes who had better grades then me, looked like these kids. That was 26 years ago! This is not some recent change.

I graduated from high school in Sugar Land in the early 90s and there were already a large amount of Indian/SW Asians - and now some of those kids I graduated with have grandkids, so that’s three generations of American-born Indian-Americans.

It was interesting seeing who was going to aggy and who was going to UT back then.

1 hour ago, AbeFroman said:

By the way, that Nick Plumb is lying out of his ass.

His kid didn't go to high school in Texas, and I would question every one of those achievements because he is obviously trying to mislead.

Yeah, initially I thought that his kid was either a registered sex offender or scored potato on the SAT. Turns out the kid lived out of state with his mother. I think that it's pretty safe to say though that Jr. didn't get rejected from UT Permian Basin or UT Rio Grande Valley either, so the "entire UT system" is bullshit. UT Austin and Dallas maybe.

My safety school was the Sorbonne

8 minutes ago, tokamak said:

My safety school was the Sorbonne

What, were you applying to A&M?

I went to UT for undergrad and MBA and proud of it. But I'll be damned if I let my kids move to Texas given the politics in the state.

probably the best reply on the matter. Only thing missing is pointing out that even if they are international students their insane non resident tuition is subsidizing the others.

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• Vedant Nair @vedantnair__

Much has been said by racists, politicians, and racist politicians (like Bo French) about Indians and UT Austin admissions. I thought I should shed some light so their racism could be slightly more intelligent.

I'm a brown kid. I grew up in Frisco, went to a massive Texas high

• 8:18 PM · Sep 14, 2026

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• Bo French @bofrench · Sep 13, 2026

I heard UT graduation this year looked like this. I didn’t believe it. The problem is now obviously far worse than anyone imagined.

One time I got rejected by UL-Monroe. Bastard Indians are always keeping us smart whites down. Imagine how different my life would be with a ULM degree on the wall!

this has probably been posted

cornyn denounced the racism

i doubledogdare all lurking maga from the football board to show yourselves

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/13/john-cornyn-bo-french-texas-students-01073901

2 hours ago, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said:

(formatting snafu, but pretend my top comment goes with the top screenshot and second comment goes with the second)

TexAgs thread to peruse at your discretion.

https://texags.com/forums/16/topics/3623336/1

41 stars on this one

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So you have plenty of TexAgs racists running afoot, but to their credit there are a number of posters putting up stuff like this.

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Nick Plumb is a lying sack of shit. His kid would have gotten in to any UT system school but UT Austin, and maybe could have gotten in to communication or education at UT Austin with that resume. Certainly could have done CAP

2 hours ago, Ghost of LL said:

. . all of which is to say that maybe dumb white people need to stop having dumb kids.

24 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

this has probably been posted

cornyn denounced the racism

i doubledogdare all lurking maga from the football board to show yourselves

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/13/john-cornyn-bo-french-texas-students-01073901

Lol, you're gonna be waiting a while.

I've decided that I don't think UT should make a statement.

What they should do is make a throwback "We're Texas" ad spot that includes highlights from this weekend showing the team, alums, and students. And when the big WE'RE TEXAS fades in on the screen at the end it should be over that exact picture.

1 hour ago, Hagbard Celine said:

this has probably been posted

cornyn denounced the racism

i doubledogdare all lurking maga from the football board to show yourselves

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/13/john-cornyn-bo-french-texas-students-01073901

Fuck Cornyn.

I mean, I'm glad he denounced it, but he helped turn this country into what it has become.

26 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

I've decided that I don't think UT should make a statement.

What they should do is make a throwback "We're Texas" ad spot that includes highlights from this weekend showing the team, alums, and students. And when the big WE'RE TEXAS fades in on the screen at the end it should be over that exact picture.

Yeah fuck that. When a politician attacks your student body with race-baiting bullshit, there should be a response. Stand up for your own students for fucks sake.

the tower can pretend it's over...

abc 8 wfaa in dallas just led with bo french's saturday night incipient verbal diarrhea

39 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

I've decided that I don't think UT should make a statement.

Consider it done! You will be pleased to know that President Jim Davis (former Ken Paxton aide) and UT Regents chair Kevin Eltife (former Republican Senator, Tyler ) are happy to accommodate your request.

Edited September 14Sep 14 by Bozo_Casanova

We strongly pushed our youngest to choose an out of state school over UT. It was heartbreaking for all of us to pass up the opportunity to send them to our alma mater, but I have zero regrets.

Edited September 14Sep 14 by BrickHorn

1 hour ago, Huckleberry said:

I've decided that I don't think UT should make a statement.

What they should do is make a throwback "We're Texas" ad spot that includes highlights from this weekend showing the team, alums, and students. And when the big WE'RE TEXAS fades in on the screen at the end it should be over that exact picture.

Jim Davis would be launched into the sun before high noon if that happened

when you've lost Karl Rove...

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• Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com

I have a piece coming out about how bad things are in Texas for the Rs but in my entire life I could not have dreamed they are Rove-votes-for-a-Democrat bad.

x.com/MWatkinsTrib...

• 11:15 PM · Sep 14, 2026

Matthew Watkins (@MWatkinsTrib) on X

.@carlosnogueras_ scoops: Karl Rove said at a private luncheon today that, after Bo French's post yesterday, he'd be voting for Democrat for the first time in more than 30 years. He'll back @Jon_Ros...

x.com

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• Chris Del Conte @_delconte

Amen🤘🏽

• 11:05 PM · Sep 14, 2026

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• The University of Texas System @utsystem · Sep 14, 2026

"When I stood on the sidelines at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium Saturday night and looked up at the seats filled with incredible fans, I saw Longhorns. It’s the same remarkable view I have at graduation ceremonies and anytime I’m on campus. I’m proud to celebrate all our Longhorn

4 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

We strongly pushed our youngest to choose an out of state school over UT. It was heartbreaking for all of us to pass up the opportunity to send them to our alma mater, but I have zero regrets.

I've got nephews and nieces in the same boat. Some disregarded and went to UT or will be going there. The rumors of its demise are somewhat exaggerated, but in many ways, not at all exaggerated, and these kids really have no idea how much better it used to be from an institutional standpoint. They are sadly a bit accustomed to Mandatory Turning Point USA Chapters and Ten Commandments In Every Classroom, so Abbott's Enshittified UT Austin feels like Dazed N Confused in comparison. Just put your head down and get that degree, and try to enjoy some football and basketball in the process.

42 minutes ago, Blotto said:

Yeah fuck that. When a politician attacks your student body with race-baiting bullshit, there should be a response. Stand up for your own students for fucks sake.

There was no race baiting, it was full on racism.

Related(not sure if this twitter user is trust worthy) but it does seem real

• 
• Scott Braddock @scottbraddock

Just in: Well-placed sources say the Texas Department of Public Safety is investigating death threats against Republican lawmakers who condemned Bo French's racist comments about UT students.

Developing...

• 11:12 PM · Sep 14, 2026

7 minutes ago, Mittens said:

• 
• Chris Del Conte @_delconte

Amen🤘🏽

• 11:05 PM · Sep 14, 2026

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• The University of Texas System @utsystem · Sep 14, 2026

"When I stood on the sidelines at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium Saturday night and looked up at the seats filled with incredible fans, I saw Longhorns. It’s the same remarkable view I have at graduation ceremonies and anytime I’m on campus. I’m proud to celebrate all our Longhorn

They gone.

• 
• 1776 Party @Fabius_USA

Lots of comments about the @bofrench post. To me, it comes down to earning the name. Texans are proud. Does anyone who lives here and has some paperwork get to be a Texan? No. Its not hateful; its about cultural pride. They may be one day, but it happens over many generations.

• 10:20 PM · Sep 14, 2026

15 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

Jim Davis would be launched into the sun before high noon if that happened

Inshallah!

7 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

not sure if this twitter user is trust worthy

Scott Braddock? Yes. He’s literally the best sourced political journalist in Texas politics.

3 minutes ago, speed817 said:

• 
• 1776 Party @Fabius_USA

Lots of comments about the @bofrench post. To me, it comes down to earning the name. Texans are proud. Does anyone who lives here and has some paperwork get to be a Texan? No. Its not hateful; its about cultural pride. They may be one day, but it happens over many generations.

• 10:20 PM · Sep 14, 2026

All the X The Everything App "race realists" have been showing their ass on this one

Microsoft, Google, Honeywell, IBM, Adobe, Fedex, Proctor & Gamble, etc. etc. etc.

More than 10% (>50, for those like me who went to UT in the 90's when it was what average intellect white guys did) of the Fortune 500 CEOs are Indian.

While the population is growing, especially in wealthier exurbs, they are still a minority so that is impressive.

Lastly, I know many first and especially second generation Indian Americans through family and kids (Frisco) and these guys and gals are just as "bros" and generally teenage turds as the next 15 year old guy and gal. Some are even "bro-ier" who like Kanye and vape or pop zyn's more than some nerdy white band kids....which still kinda shocks me as an old

Edited September 14Sep 14 by Vegas64

14 minutes ago, speed817 said:

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• 1776 Party @Fabius_USA

Lots of comments about the @bofrench post. To me, it comes down to earning the name. Texans are proud. Does anyone who lives here and has some paperwork get to be a Texan? No. Its not hateful; its about cultural pride. They may be one day, but it happens over many generations.

• 10:20 PM · Sep 14, 2026

I made up a rule just now that nobody in Texas has ever heard of. But it is not hate, it is just our culture. The culture I just made up...right now.

By this logic Sam Houston was not a Texan.

1 minute ago, Valmy77 said:

I made up a rule just now that nobody in Texas has ever heard of. But it is not hate, it is just our culture. The culture I just made up...right now.

By this logic Sam Houston was not a Texan.

The moron that posted that thinks Ted Cruz is Texan.

4 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

I made up a rule just now that nobody in Texas has ever heard of. But it is not hate, it is just our culture. The culture I just made up...right now.

By this logic Sam Houston was not a Texan.

Sam Houston is fictitious, just like Johnny Dallas.

24 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

Does anyone who lives here and has some paperwork get to be a Texan? No. Its not hateful; its about cultural pride. They may be one day, but it happens over many generations.

Get the fuck outta my state Ken Paxton, Dan Patrick, Ted Cruz, Elon...

27 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Scott Braddock? Yes. He’s literally the best sourced political journalist in Texas politics.

That’s what his Twitter bio or whatever said and I was like this sounds unbelievable lol

37 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

They gone.

1 minute ago, Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand said:

Get the fuck outta my state Ken Paxton, Dan Patrick, Ted Cruz, Elon...

Just to be clear, you weren't actually quoting me but some dipshit nazi on X

36 minutes ago, Mittens said:

• 
• Chris Del Conte @_delconte

Amen🤘🏽

• 11:05 PM · Sep 14, 2026

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• The University of Texas System @utsystem · Sep 14, 2026

"When I stood on the sidelines at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium Saturday night and looked up at the seats filled with incredible fans, I saw Longhorns. It’s the same remarkable view I have at graduation ceremonies and anytime I’m on campus. I’m proud to celebrate all our Longhorn

38 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

Jim Davis would be launched into the sun before high noon if that happened

Full statement for those that don’t want to click through

"When I stood on the sidelines at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium Saturday night and looked up at the seats filled with incredible fans, I saw Longhorns. It’s the same remarkable view I have at graduation ceremonies and anytime I’m on campus. I’m proud to celebrate all our Longhorn students today and every day. Thank you for making us proud." Kevin P. Eltife, Chairman of the UT System Board of Regents

• 
• The University of Texas System @utsystem

"When I stood on the sidelines at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium Saturday night and looked up at the seats filled with incredible fans, I saw Longhorns. It’s the same remarkable view I have at graduation ceremonies and anytime I’m on campus. I’m proud to celebrate all our Longhorn

• 11:02 PM · Sep 14, 2026

Bo French voters don’t give a shit what he says. He will even pick up some votes.

But those Republicans up ballot are probably shitting their pants over the thought of a few hundred thousand Asian-Americans who might not normally vote in a mid-term deciding that they should vote. Especially in some of the suburbs where it could have an impact on local races, and not just the top-tier races. And those communities are passing French’s comments, as well as those of his supporters, around. And the media is covering it.

I’m sure Eltife was going to say something on his own, he’s a bit more liberal than a lot of Republicans and he is Lebanese-American, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Abbott and others made sure that somebody at a high level issued a statement.

And I won’t be surprised if Jim Davis and others close to his level and/or at other campuses make a statement.

This is some serious shit for Abbott and Paxton.

Edit: what do you know, Jim Davis also made a statement

• 
• Jim Davis @JimDavis_UT

Proud to stand with Chairman Eltife. Our students are exceptional. All of them are Longhorns.

• 11:46 PM · Sep 14, 2026

• 
• The University of Texas System @utsystem · Sep 14, 2026

"When I stood on the sidelines at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium Saturday night and looked up at the seats filled with incredible fans, I saw Longhorns. It’s the same remarkable view I have at graduation ceremonies and anytime I’m on campus. I’m proud to celebrate all our Longhorn

Edited September 15Sep 15 by atomheartbevo

And speaking of Braddock, he does not suffer fools or cowards gladly, I can’t wait to see how he treats Jim Davis, who comes forward to further dilute Elfite’s weak sauce

• 
• Jim Davis @JimDavis_UT

Proud to stand with Chairman Eltife. Our students are exceptional. All of them are Longhorns.

• 11:46 PM · Sep 14, 2026

• 
• The University of Texas System @utsystem · Sep 14, 2026

"When I stood on the sidelines at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium Saturday night and looked up at the seats filled with incredible fans, I saw Longhorns. It’s the same remarkable view I have at graduation ceremonies and anytime I’m on campus. I’m proud to celebrate all our Longhorn

Pussy ass statements from cowards and cucks. Fucking embarassing

Karl Rove said he’ll break 30 years of only supporting Republicans to vote against “bigot” Bo French

3 hours ago, bluto said:

probably the best reply on the matter. Only thing missing is pointing out that even if they are international students their insane non resident tuition is subsidizing the others.

• 
• Vedant Nair @vedantnair__

Much has been said by racists, politicians, and racist politicians (like Bo French) about Indians and UT Austin admissions. I thought I should shed some light so their racism could be slightly more intelligent.

I'm a brown kid. I grew up in Frisco, went to a massive Texas high

• 8:18 PM · Sep 14, 2026

• 
• Bo French @bofrench · Sep 13, 2026

I heard UT graduation this year looked like this. I didn’t believe it. The problem is now obviously far worse than anyone imagined.

I read his tweet, extremely well written and point well made (and received).

However, I can't help but think, "ew, man, that sucks." 5 hours of sleep, 0 periods, not getting to engage in things you love because there is no "practical utility" in it, like art or music. We've boiled the process down to where this is the recipe to make the sausage and I'm left thinking do I want that for my kid? Isn't there fun, well-balanced options that resemble more of what UT looked like in the 80's and 90's, or are we victims of population growth and the need to prioritize prestige/rankings (and football) above all else?

And that guy did all that and still wasn't an autoadmit. Oof. I'd quit before I even started to do something else rather than want to engage in that torture if I was 15 years old.

Jim Davis and Kevin Eltife will still probably vote for French.