(08-18-2019 12:19 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(08-18-2019 12:07 PM)10thMountain Wrote:  Oh okay

Well now it all makes sense

The state of Texas and UT are wrong because someone on the Internet said so.

But I’m gonna go ahead and stick with what the state of Texas says about it’s own public schools

I think what's being argued about is the difference between what's legally correct and what is correct in terms of maybe call it public perception based on certain realities.

E.g., here in Louisiana, LSU is the flagship of the LSU system, and Southern University-BR is the flagship of the SU system, which includes SU - Shreveport and SU - New Orleans.

But nobody thinks of LSU and SUBR as "flagship equals", LSU is obviously the dominant school in the state.

The same idea, though in a much less extreme sense, applies to Texas and Texas A/M. Yes, like UT-Austin, Texas A/M is the flagship of its system. As you point out, that's a legal, state-sanctioned reality.

But nevertheless, Texas is the dominant school in the state of Texas. That's why it alone is colloquially called "Texas", with no other qualifiers. And that's impressive, because TAMU is in every way shape and form a very formidable institution. If it was in most other states, it would be the Big Kahuna state university, bigger than the state's current flagship. Academically, financially, and athletically, it is at or near the very top in the SEC, a conference filled with flagships that dominate their states.

But it's in Texas, and is second-fiddle to ... Texas.

Again, you misunderstand how things work here

Texas has many schools that are the flagship university of their school system

However, the state of Texas designates the special status of STATE Flagship (IE of all its public schools) on just two schools: A&M and UT

No other schools in Texas, even if they are Flagships of their SYSTEM are given this honor

I get that a lot of you are having trouble with the idea that Texas does things a little different but think about it: We’re one of the largest states population size. It makes sense to have more than one school you choose to be your very best and invest more resources into