re: LSU students from Texas, when did the big push start?

I'm from Spring, Texas (outskirts of Houston) and I came to LSU because they gave me a scholarship and it wasn't AtM. Almost everyone I went to high school with became Aggies and I wanted to see something different and the atmosphere at LSU was amazing. I got in touch with alumni in Houston and I had a meeting with a current professor during my visit to campus and I was sold. Best decision I've ever made.