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				Could this be the craziest coaching carousel of all time?
Reese Bennett replied to GreenspointTexas's topic in Football
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	Tomorrow, Ken Paxton is speaking on campus at the invite of the UT TP chapter. A decent article with examples from a long history of political meddling: https://www.statesman.com/news/education/article/ut-history-political-influence-texas-abbott-21113899.php?utm_content=cta&sid=682b5b529a69bd78a41ab774&ss=A&st_rid=97948a71-0ee0-4ab9-9072-351a792f2c61&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=roundup&utm_campaign=stsm | daily briefing Then there is this related PBS piece that aired recently:
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	At this point he has to be the consensus All-American return guy, right?
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	Nice little UT mention in the NYTimes today: “Most of the other schools have not yet signaled how they will respond. The University of Texas is the sole system that reacted enthusiastically.” Also says that Texas attended a virtual meeting with the White House and Dartmouth (now out), Arizona, Vandy, Arizona State, Washington St Louis (which spams high school kids like crazy to try and get their application numbers up so they look prestigious), and Kansas. "The virtual meeting was described as both preliminary and productive by the White House." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/us/politics/trump-administration-education-agenda.html
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	So with UVA, the tally is five against (Brown, Penn, UVA, USC, and MIT) and four with no response yet (Texas, Arizona, Dartmouth, and Vanderbilt).
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	USC is out. That makes four official responses so far--and four nopes. In order: MIT, Brown, Penn, USC.
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	Penn just said no.
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	Virginia Senate tells UVA it will face state funding issues if they comply. https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025/10/virginia-senate-leaders-express-unequivocal-opposition-to-compact
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	He's the guy NYC has been yearning for since Lenny Dykstra rode off into the sunset.
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	Curious that there is not one US History professor. You'd think that would be a good perspective to have on a committee like this, right?
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	Looks like the Dartmouth president said no. Southern Cal faculty overwhelmingly voted no, as did the faculty at MIT and the faculty at Arizona. 97% of UVA faculty are against it. Any word on UT faculty taking a vote/issuing a statement?
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	I thought that was what AI is for. Side question: If colleges just push out automatons and AI handles all the beginning/mid-level tasks, where does senior leadership come from in 20-30 years? Answer: Probably current leadership's failsons.
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	Good piece that really shows the absurdities and contradictions, and anti-intellectualism of the "compact." Author is a prof at UVA and a UT grad. https://newrepublic.com/article/201376/trump-compact-academic-excellence-university-virginia j
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				CFB Week Six Preview: The Road to Atlanta Starts Here
Reese Bennett replied to texifornia's topic in Football
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	I guess we have the answer. From today's WaPo article: But hey, at least we'll get invitations to hang with the President: Of course, when you read the following, it's clear it's all a big grift and any leadership that signs up for this is encouraging extortion and placing their school at the whims of highly partisan bureaucrats. I don't think you can remain a university in the basic sense of the word if you're always looking over your shoulder and trying to appease these guys: Maybe we'll just be eaten by that other school in town--The University of Austin Longhorns? Gift link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/10/03/trump-administration-college-funding-compact/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzU5NDY0MDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzYwODQ2Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NTk0NjQwMDAsImp0aSI6IjU0NmEwYzRhLWMwMGUtNDI1OC04ZmI2LWI1OTc3YjQ2ZmZkMCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9lZHVjYXRpb24vMjAyNS8xMC8wMy90cnVtcC1hZG1pbmlzdHJhdGlvbi1jb2xsZWdlLWZ1bmRpbmctY29tcGFjdC8ifQ.JYZAKfhqlHeOg82i8C1ZPhd9uiqrvN17uKRDeBiQ3-o
 
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