Today marks 163 years since “the cherished design of the Republic and the State of Texas” was realized and The University of Texas, Texas A&M’s parent institution, was established by the Texas Legislature. Today also marks 163 years since the establishment of the Permanent University Fund...

The Surly crew will be at Lee Harvey's Friday night. Not sure what anyone else has planned, but you know where some of us will be. I will be there with a cigar in my pocket, just in case Aaron lets us know we are all (extended) uncles/ aunts (and the kid looks more like him than the mailman)...

Screw you, Wallace. And Perry for sticking you on the UT BOR

Posted yesterday. I haven't seen the breakdown yet. trying to get the details.

Just announced. The meltdown in aggyland is going to be awesome this fall. From the Creed Humphrey thread on 247

Not sports related, but its out there, so I thought I would post it. http://features.texasmonthly.com/editorial/the-reckoning/

Being a car buff, I subscribe to the daily email from from Hemmings.com. ( http://www.hemmings.com ) Today they had an article about the Budweiser "Bevo Boat," a promotional vehicle built around 1913 as part of the advertising for Budweiser's prohibition era non-alcoholic beer "Bevo." The...

The U.S. Dept of Education financial filings for the nation’s universities just became publicly available. The data is as of Aug 31, 2015 and covers the preceding 12 month period. (Sept 1, 2014-Aug 31, 2015) Total enrollment at UT Austin (undergrad) for the 2015-2015 academic year declined...

The betting line on the game is doing some screwy things. We all know it opened up at Texas +1.5 and then almost immediately went to Texas +7. Right now, Bovada has the line on the Cal/Texas game restricted. It actually looks as if they aren't taking any more bets on the game as the line is...

EDIT: Sports Illustrated is reporting on a Chip Brown article discussing the tenuous positionof Steve Patterson as UT AD (link to Chip Brown story in article)

Someone sent me an article about the importance the Broncos place on nutrition and diet (yes, I know every team claims to take nutrition seriously). I have often wonder just how focused the nutritionists are at UT especially considering that for football, the redshirt year for linemen is very...

The chatter is that Kennedy Estelle is headed to Alabama. I'm not quite sure what to say at this point. http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=244210&page=59&p=8047177&viewfull=1#post8047177

https://www.propublica.org/article/former-team-members-accuse-coach-alberto-salazar-of-breaking-drug-rules The "Oregon Project" mentioned is the "Nike Oregon Project," Nike's program to promote distance running in the U.S. by building a team of elite long distance runners. Money quote:

Only in Texas would guns in classrooms get approved before beer sales at sporting events, but it looks as if the poor people at DKR may finally be getting beer sales at home football games, thanks to the new university president. And on the new president's first day on the job...

There is all sorts of chatter that aggy has negotiated a deal to steal LSU DC John Chavis away. Supposedly, he is waiting until tomorrow to announce, but LSU is now in a bidding war to keep him. He is calling the LSU/ND game right now. This may be an interesting evening. The ags think it is a...

I know quite a few site members enjoy sparring, but do we have any members who are fans of professional boxing? Sigma Chi still sponsors their annual Fight Night for those on campus, but I am not sure what the overall interest in the support is among HS members.

I haven't read much by this particular writer, but ramramSatya posted an incredibly well written piece over on BON on the Texas recruiting situation. I am nor sure how the rules about posting pieces written by other writers apply, but since it isn't behind any paywall, I will report it here...

In the very near future (some people expect as soon as tomorrow), the U.S. Supreme Court will render it's decision on the Aereo broadcast litigation. The decision is potentially huge and, if the technology is allowed, it in my mind will be what sets off a massive wave of restructuring in college...

The O'Bannon trial is scheduled to start today. The judge has scheduled three weeks for the trial. Expect it to last less than the full three weeks.  The case is an anti-trust case where the plaintiff's are claiming the NCAA is a cartel which unfairly restricts the marketplace for endorsements...

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/schools/finances/ Texas at number 1 with $165,691,486. No other Texas school even in the top 20.