re: A&M fans (regarding Texas)

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I understand there is a research aspect to it but what other factors are considered. The University of Alabama's medical school (UAB), for example, draws research dollars on a level that dwarfs many current AAU member institution's overall research totals yet I doubt the AAU would bother giving them the time of day. The criteria for membership just seems arbitrary and discriminatory especially against public institutions in the Deep South.

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Well the AAU seems like the only thing that really would make a difference as far as atheltic conference. At the end of the day, most of us our public schools, and our graduates pay in-state tuition. That much won't really change.

I had no idea, until conference realignment what the AAU was, and I really don't care.

At the end of the day, my school is academically superior to yours. While I don't play football, and can't root on National Championships at the pace of the New York Yankees, I can take pride in the fact that my education was WAY better than yours. How does that affect you? It shouldn't. Just like I don't give two shits about a diploma I didn't receive. But I do know mine is better, and that does make me happy.