Perry appointed a texas tceh alumnus to it.

Jim Schwertner was appointed to the Board of Regents by Governor Rick Perry in 2009. Jim Schwertner of Austin graduated from Texas Tech University in 1974 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Economics.

http://www.tamus.edu/regents/bios/

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Why does that matter?

Every member essentially serves at Perry's pleasure, so he is the ultimate authority. Where a particular member went to school isn't very meaningful in that context.

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Can we vote to have rick perry **** a large dildo?

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I know (or hope) the OP was kidding about Jim Schwertner, but I can tell you that A&M has no more ardent supporter on the BOR, or just generally, than Jim. Jim has three (I believe) kids who have all gone through A&M, and at least one of them was a cadet. Jim has told me more than once that he wanted to go to A&M but couldn't get in (sound familiar) so he ended up at Tech, which disturbed his dad greatly since he is an Ag too. I don't know Jim's position on the athletic conference issue, but I do know he is very devoted to A&M and a businessman who's sharp as a box of tacks. We're lucky to have him as a Regent.

Also has a very strong Ag background. Seems like a great fit.

and here come the brandon created usernames out of the woodworks...

Nevermind.

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wtf are you talking about explosivo? Do explain

Is he the guy that made the initial gift to start the campaign for the Olsen improvements, or am I thinking of someone else (it was a Tech grad with kids at A&M--that much I do recall)?

BOR members cannot even piss without Perry's blessing.

We will go to the SEC when Perry wants us to go.

Here is a cool article that relates to Jim Schwertner's upstanding character.

http://www.tdcaa.com/node/6103

In a nutshell- He was the driving force and supplied the financial backing to prosecute a modern day cattle theft/ponzi scheme.

This is proof he lives by the Aggie Honor Code!

Jim's Dad went to A&M too.

What the idiot OP doesn't realize is that Perry has appointed every regent at every university in Texas. All of them. He also fails to realize that the Texas State Senate votes on the appointments.

In order for the OP to be correct, he would have to say that the Texas State Senate collaborated with Rick Perry to ruin Texas A&M while at the same time approving expenditures to same in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Clearly, someone misplaced their tin foil hat.

Bilbo Aggins - you couldn't be more wrong. Breathtakingly, stunningly, astonishingly wrong.

Steve Morris is the one who started the Olsen Firld expansion who is a Tech grad.

viejo--The Texas Senate is not supportive of A&M. Even the Senators who have kids that went to A&M could not care less if you loaded up the BOR with people who were set out to destroy it. We do not have an advocate in the Senate...except Steve Ogden.

Edited to add Steve Ogden. He is a good Senator, but he's only 1.

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viejo - you couldn't be more wrong about me being wrong. Breathtakingly, stunningly, astonishingly wrong.

OP, you are an idiot. Schwertner is gung ho and a superb regent. I know him through friends, and he is amazing - he LOVES A&M. You don't have to have a degree from A&M to love it. He's a very wealthy rancher who appreciates our leadership in Agriculture. And he's very well-connected in Austin political circles.

The Board and Governor strongly push A&M everywhere, especially in the Legislature.

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He was the driving force and supplied the financial backing to prosecute a modern day cattle theft/ponzi scheme.

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To heck with the SEC issue, I want to read about how someone pulls of a cattle ponzi scheme.

Gary Blair went to Tech. Guess we should get rid of him.

My wife happens to be really good friends with Jim's daughter, (class of '08), was a bridesmaid in our wedding... you can't get more Aggie than that family.

Gates was the best thing that happened to a&m in decades. Where did he attend?

His Cattle trucks are maroon with white grill guards. He said he did that so that they would "look like A&M helmets". Halfway kidding (maybe), but he's pretty hard core.

Should the entire Board of Regents be replaced?

Between this and the journalism professor debacle, you got to be questioning the leadership here.

Vision 2020 looks to have been a massive failure.

Dug DEEP for this thread!

TAMU to litigate with Jimbo like they did Mike Leach.