re: Governor Perry to decide A&M's fate?

Dewhurst hasn't said anything publicly.

FYI ... Joe Straus, Speaker of the Texas House, is a Vanderbilt grad. These comparisons can go on all day. I think ultimately, assuming offers are on the table from both the Pac-10 and SEC (insider sources indicate that's the case) I think the decision will be made by Texas A&M's Board of Regents.

A look at their university affiliations:


Bill Jones (A&M) *Baylor Law School

James Wilson (A&M)

Morris Foster (A&M)

Ida Steen (Trinity U)

Richard Box (A&M) *UT Dental School

Phil Adams (A&M)

Gene Stallings (A&M) *Played for Bear Bryant at A&M; Coached at Alabama

Jim Scwertner (Texas Tech)

Lupe Fraga (A&M)

OTHER IMPORTANT PEOPLE WITH AGGIE TIES
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Rick Perry, Governor (A&M) *Was A Member of the Corps and Yell Leader*

Jerry Patterson, Texas Land Commissioner (A&M)

Todd Staples, Texas Agriculture Commissioner (A&M)

Bowen Loftin, A&M President (A&M) *Rice for PHD *

Mike Sherman, Football coach (Central Connecticut)

Bill Byrne, Athletic Director (Idaho State) *Son is AD at Arizona and he was an Oregon AD*

Steve Ogden, Senator 5th Texas District (Navy, A&M for Grad) *Represents Senate ditrict that A&M is in.

Jeff Wentworth, Senator 25th Texas District (A&M, Tech for Grad) * represents district that Austin is in.

RC Slocum (McNeese St.) Former A&M football coach