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re: Question for Texas and A&M fans
Posted on 12/17/23 at 12:49 am to VYForever
Posted on 12/17/23 at 12:49 am to VYForever
I’ll add I’m not sure what the history is on this, but I’ve always thought it was strange that Texas Tech bucked the trend of ____ Tech being the school with the strong engineering and technical programs a la CalTech, MIT, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, etc…
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Posted on 12/17/23 at 12:56 am to VYForever
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I’ve always thought it was strange that Texas Tech bucked the trend of ____ Tech being the school with the strong engineering and technical programs
Well it is Texas
Posted on 12/17/23 at 4:08 pm to VYForever
quote:During the 1921 legislative session, the Texas legislature was debating the location of the state mental hospital and Texas Tech. There were a number of cities competing for these institutions, but Wichita Falls won: we got the insane asylum. Lubbock got Tech.
I’ll add I’m not sure what the history is on this, but I’ve always thought it was strange that Texas Tech bucked the trend of ____ Tech being the school with the strong engineering and technical programs a la CalTech, MIT, Georgia Tech, Virginia Tech, etc…
But seriously, Texas Tech never got the funding that those schools received. It wasn't the Land Grant school, and didn't share in the oil money of the Permanent University Fund.
This post was edited on 12/17/23 at 4:10 pm
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