re: Texas AM endowment supremacy challenged

You’re a really ignorant poster Burnt Orange Man. You don’t have a clue about the PUF, and university funding.

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you’re too stupid to be an actual Texas grad. Most of the Aggies that contributed to the recent nine year, $4,200,000,000 “Higher Education” campaign, are well versed about the PUF. For the uneducated, that fund raiser came from the alumni. Over 903,000 gifts and donations Not the PUF. However,,the PUF greatly benefits the entire state. Dozens of universities, medical systems, law schools, vet schools, and more. Think about that, the Aggies raised more money on a fund raiser than the total endowment funds of any school in the SEC except Vanderbilt. Compare that to the embarrassing level of support the “flagship” university of Louisiana gets from its alumni and fan base. Educating people, benefiting society the Aggies do well at. Being a farm team of the NFL, not so well. Those football players thinking of life after football will do much better with an opportunity at Texas A&M.

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4th generation Jethro, but I have no doubts you are a card carrying Aggie.

Get back to me on the % of that 9 year fund raiser that has transferred vs pledged.

Spoiler: Grab the 2013-current annual financial reports & peruse the "gifts", "investment income" et al under "revenue". Can't wait for you to tell us all about your hat to cattle ratios.

Good luck clown.

Because the UT system has traditionally had about double the system-wide enrollment as the A&M system. Therefore, UT got double the share. 2/3 to A&M's 1/3. That way the PUF dollars allocated per student were roughly equal across the board between the two systems.

Enrollment in the A&M system has grown more rapidly than the UT system over the last 10-15 years, so I would expect it's about time to rebalance accordingly. Or, more likely, cut in another system like UH or Tech to take some ebrollment pressure off UT and A&M, and rebalance the distributions accordingly across three systems.

Sorry, not a fun trash-talk mudslinging answer, but it's the truth.

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Because the UT system has traditionally had about double the system-wide enrollment as the A&M system. Therefore, UT got double the share. 2/3 to A&M's 1/3. That way the PUF dollars allocated per student were roughly equal across the board between the two systems.

Enrollment in the A&M system has grown more rapidly than the UT system over the last 10-15 years, so I would expect it's about time to rebalance accordingly. Or, more likely, cut in another system like UH or Tech to take some ebrollment pressure off UT and A&M, and rebalance the distributions accordingly across three systems.

Sorry, not a fun trash-talk mudslinging answer, but it's the truth.

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Not even close, neither statement is true.

Next?

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How does 9-1 in 2019 rate as 8-4 annually? Is that your room temperature IQ at work? Of course any LSU fan commenting on won-loss records the last two years is demonstrated retardation. LSU lost its Ohio State QB and could only win 11 games in two seasons with the number 3,4 and 5th ranked recruiting classes.??

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what exactly are you trying to say here?

The QB is what matters ...

The amount of allowable institutions in the Texas system comprise about 250k students while the amount of allowable institutions within the A&M System (most of the A&M System doesn't qualify for PUF) is about 100k.

For Texas:

UT Austin
UT Arlington
UT Dallas
UTSA
UTEP
UT Tyler
UT Permian Basin
UT Rio Grande Valley
Also multiple major Medical Branches including MD Anderson and Southwestern Medical

For A&M:
A&M College Station
Prairie View A&M
Tarleton State
A&M Galveston (technically part of CS)
Also a few state agencies and the relatively small A&M Med Center

Per student it's almost exactly the same. Happy to help.

Wow … I know people that have graduated from most on that list including medical… I never put it together that ut had that many schools under their umbrella… a lot of those were commuters schools historically that have been transformed to full time recently…
Still think tech and others deserve some of the royalties but good to see it being spread throughout the state…idk maybe they get it from other state places?

So the basis for the AUF split is based on enrollment figures in your opinion?

Brilliant.

I would think that someone who professes to be so knowledgeable of all things PUF would realize the AUF split was established by legislature in 1937.

The answer to my question is simple.. the Texas Constitution of 1876 established the Agricultural & Mechanical College of Texas as a departmental branch of the University of Texas. Constitutionally born on 3rd base and you think you hit a fricking triple.

The UT Board of Regents is the controlling authority for the PUF & AUF and most importantly the development of the University Lands in the research and discovery of oil properties.

I'll patiently wait to hear a single contribution made by TAMC/TAMU as it relates to the PUF or University Land developments or any other claim of accomplishment on the matter other than being the benefit of designation as a branch of the University of Texas as defined by the Constitution of 1876.

Gfy with the "We rich!" BS, your real endowment is below that of Oklahoma & Arkansas.

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UCF is the largest school in the country and their endowment is $155million.

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That is insane considering Jerry Richardson gave our alma mater a $150 million donation to the endowment last year which brings him alone to over $260 million lifetime. Wofford is a small liberal arts college with less than 1800 students.

BTW I don't think UCF has the highest enrollment I am pretty sure there are a couple that are slightly higher, maybe even A&M.