re: The clock is ticking for A&M

A&M hasn't had the level of resource advantage we currently have until a few years ago when the stadium was rebuilt and we got the revenue boost from it. Now the infrastructure is there. We have the SEC TV money which everyone here does. We have a stadium that is a straight up cash machine. Most of all we are seeing the benefits of the first 10k plus classes of the late 80's onward hitting prime donor years. Essentially you have A&M now as one of the largest schools in the country while also having average graduate salaries just below Ivy level. Mix in some uber rich guys and oil money and A&M is positioned to have a lot of money for a long haul.

Texas has always had money but they have been very foolish with it since they decided to get rid of Mack. In the late '90s they went big for Mack and gave him great facilities and everything he wanted and it paid off huge. Now you still have a lot of money but are deeply divided internally and have a toxic reputation after some ugly coaching searches and uglier firings. You did the same thing with DKR that you did with Mack btw, ran off the golden goose.