Zing!

[emmitt01]

UT’s President may need some aloe vera for that burn 🔥 

[Salsa_Verde]

This whole situation is just hilarious. Football is truly king in Texas 😂

[El Paso Eagle]

Is there a college "brand" more over-hyped and over-valued than Texas? They remind me a lot of the Cowboys. Fans continue to watch and support no matter how crappy the product on the field.

[Monkeypox]

29 minutes ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Is there a college "brand" more over-hyped and over-valued than Texas? They remind me a lot of the Cowboys. Fans continue to watch and support no matter how crappy the product on the field.

As a Cowboys fan, I’ve always felt that was the best comparison. The product is the brand, not the football. 
 

I mean, they’ve done nothing of note but hire and fire coaches, and they have the most valuable brand in college sports. It’s nuts. 

Edited August 3, 2021 by Monkeypox

[untjim1995]

And Hartzell leaves that meeting, gets assistant to send said state senator from TCU a card, writing in "thank you for your time today and enjoy the MWC again..."

[golfingomez]

I'm sure tu is crying all the way to the bank.

Also, I'm not sure why the guvment is spending time on on this? by my last count, this effects one state-funded school? 

[MeanGreenTexan]

56 minutes ago, untjim1995 said:

And Hartzell leaves that meeting, gets assistant to send said state senator from TCU a card, writing in "thank you for your time today and enjoy the MWC again..."

TCU wins the battle.   UT wins the war.   Too bad, really.

[Rudy]

2 hours ago, golfingomez said:

I'm sure tu is crying all the way to the bank.

Also, I'm not sure why the guvment is spending time on on this? by my last count, this effects one state-funded school? 

I think in some form, it affects all Texas universities. 

[Monkeypox]

1 minute ago, Rudy said:

I think in some form, it affects all Texas universities. 

Yeah, but they haven't ever been concerned with ALL Texas universities before, and it's not like they're going "What about UNT and UTEP?"

[Salsa_Verde]

6 hours ago, MeanGreenTexan said:

TCU wins the battle.   UT wins the war.   Too bad, really.

 
 

no truer statement than that 
 

 

[NT93]

On 8/2/2021 at 10:36 PM, El Paso Eagle said:

Is there a college "brand" more over-hyped and over-valued than Texas? They remind me a lot of the Cowboys. Fans continue to watch and support no matter how crappy the product on the field.

I’m not being a UT defender, but the reality is that they were 7-3 with a 2 point loss, a 3 point loss, and an overtime loss.  I would hardly call that a crappy product.  Most schools would love that kind of season.  That being said, that type of season is probably not a very good return on their investment.

[LongJim]

7 hours ago, NT93 said:

I’m not being a UT defender...return on their investment.

Yeah, I think--similar to UNT--that their AD hire has been pretty good for them.  They won the Learfield cup this year and a couple of national championships in other sports, but football drives the bus, and they have to get the money-maker back on track.

[Texas Stranger]

Nice burn, but Hartzell should have replied with "Oh wait...what's the overall record?"

[greenjoe]

Texas gonna Texas.