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flyonthewall · November 29, 2005

Wait till you see Bobby Ray at basketball games, on the front row, watching his grandson ride the pine.

PlummMeanGreen · November 29, 2005

Wait till you see Bobby Ray at basketball games, on the front row, watching his grandson ride the pine.
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Please, please, please tell us you are jokin' about our Chairman of the NT Board of Regents grandson--PLEASE?

flyonthewall · November 29, 2005

Cerebus, have you ever approached Bobby Ray as a journalist and asked him what his goals are for the football program? Is approaching a regent for an interview taboo? Why can't Brett Vito or someone ask him the same questions that are asked on this board, and then write a story about it? He comes to almost every basketball game and sits on the front row to the left of RV and Dr. Pohl.

flyonthewall · November 29, 2005

I am not joking. Read the media guide. Coby Ray of some such Christian Academy in Dallas, Texas. He is a walkon. He is not eligable this semester because of transfer rules. I think he tried to play at TCwho last year.

Edited November 29, 2005 by flyonthewall

stebo · November 29, 2005

Plumm, it was that same Bobby Ray that "loaned" the Athletic Department (through the BOR) - $1.3 million bucks to START the athletic center... and then when we came up short - went BACK to the board - and sold them on a second "loan" for another $1.7 million just to finish it out. The to top it off - he somehow talked the board into "loaning" us yet another $1.1 million bucks to put new turf on the field (how soon we forget) and to refinish the track. Do you think that we refinished the track so that the track team had a nicer surface to run on? Hell no - we did it because it looks better on TV with a brand new track when the football team is playing. That man which you seem to hate simply because he goes hunting with DD has been responsible for getting us about $4.1 million bucks in the last 12 months in loans that never have to be paid back.

When you think about it, he really is responsible for raising even more... He also approved the student service fee raise AFTER it had been voted down in a referendum election, charging the kiddos anyways. What BOR Prez would have ever done that in the past? I mean - we had this huge campaign - the students showed up in RECORD numbers to vote on the fee (either for or against it).. and it was defeated - but Bobby Ray just had SGA write up another referendum to pass in SGA regular session - then had the BOR approve it - and BAM - we have an extra $1.3 million bucks a year in student service fees. Sure, it wasn't the $2.7 million that RV had been seeking - but it was (and still is) a good chunk of change - and it never ends, it will continue to come in as income for years to come.

You take the good with the bad. I will take Bobby Ray and Dickey being buddies as long as he keeps the support coming. We need everyone on the same page and working TOGETHER to achieve the ultimate goal. In order to have that kind of group muster, they have to like each other. Would you rather the two of them hate each other? Because I can guarantee you that BR would not have put his butt out on a limb to get Dickey a brand spanking new athletic center, new turf, higher salaries for all of the staff, a higher operating budget, and new practice fields if the two didn't get along. I will take the fact that they like to go shoot some guns together - no problem there - just keep that money rolling in under the carpet the way that it has been and I will keep my mouth shut... and I would hope that you would too.