From a Brent Z blog post

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Down in Houston, it seems there's an appreciation for what is A&M's most fertile recruiting ground — recruiting comes up in Houston, a lot — and there's some serious BMA's sitting in the crowd, soaking in every word. Guys who could make or break a coach's career.

(If you have to ask what BMA stands for ...

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http://blogs.chron.com/aggies/2009/08/too_much_fun_all_summer_long.html#comments

Big Money Ag.

I expected better outta you, Gus.

I'm off my game. Thanks.

Bad Mother A'er

big money ags

Big Mindless Ag

Mix-up of letters - MBA

big mexican ass

(it's okay...this is a self-portrait)

bite my ass

Bexar Medina Atascosa Water Improvement District #1

Any farmer living in one of these 3 counties would know this.

A dyslexic with a graduate degree in business?

Bowel Movement Association

Boulder Mountainbike Alliance
Business Marketing Association
Bayesian Model Averaging
Baptist Missionary Association (not sure what Baylor has to do with the Ags)

Bet My ASS

Who's the biggest BMA of his time?

A)Clayton Williams
B)Glenn McCarthy
C)Lowry Mays
D)George P. Mitchell
E)H.B. Zachry
F)Khalid A. Al-Falih

Anyone I'm missing?

George Mitchell is making a case for himself...he definitely has the cash (for those who do not know, after he got out of the oil business, he bought and developed the Woodlands...and yes, the city)

Also Archie McFerrin is pushing his name to the top recently. I think those two have my votes for recent "Top BMA's"

Clayton Williams will always be up there.

[This message has been edited by clay2112 (edited 8/9/2009 12:53p).]

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Bowel Movement Association

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In order of BMA status:

1) George P. Mitchell. Mitchell sold his oil company for $3.5 billion, and built a city. He's always giving back to A&M, with the largest gift being $50 million for the new Physics and Astronomy building. He also built the new tennis center, and is constantly writing A&M checks for a million and change.

2)Lowry Mays. He created Clear Channel Communications....I'm sure his net worth is well into the billions. He donated $15 million in '96 to build Wehner (the palace that houses Mays Business School). He has been known to exert influence on the football program.

3)Clayton Williams. Another billionaire oil man. A lot of us got our rings in the Clayton Williams Alumni Center, which he donated $11 million for. His name is in front of the zone...certainly a very generous and very big BMA.

It will be interesting to see how much the CEO of Saudi Aramco gives back. The dude’s gotta be loaded.

Also, we can't leave Michael Halbouty off the list. And perhaps the Blue Bell family.

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It will be interesting to see how much the CEO of Saudi Aramco gives back. The dude’s gotta be loaded.

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Aramco currently sponsors students through the International Programs Office - Sponsored Student Programs at A&M.

Let's not forget H.R. "Bum" Bright, who helped bring Jackie Sherrill to A&M. He gave $25 million to A&M in 1996. Although, he's no longer with us.

Oh, and Donald A. Adam, who donated a large sum to help bring the Bush Library here.

I knew Glenn McCarthy was a former student, but didn't know if he had ever been involved with the university post-college.

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T. Boone would have been a BMA had we not cut him from the basketball team and sent him packing to Okie Light.

we cut him from the hoops team, but didnt send him packing. FYI, they cut him from the team, too. he just didn't quit attending.