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@JCG posted:

For us non Texans… is the A&M job that much of a bigger deal than TCU?

22and25 is right, but beyond that most obvious of reasons it’s a bigger deal in other ways too. Big state school vs private. Aggies have much larger alumni base and is recognized as a better academic institution than TCU. A&M baseball has been relevant longer, but TCU has been more relevant lately. Nothing at all wrong with TCU, but in California terms I would say it’s like comparing Pepperdine (w/o the setting) to UCLA.

The only upside I see for a coach is that it’s easier to recruit to a school that is in state 13k and out of state 38k vs 70k at TCU. Schlossnagle has complained before about how he can give a 50% scholarship and a kid is still paying way more than another school giving them 25%. That said he says he is staying. Fort Worth is a nice city and good sized vs. College Station but it’s all what you’re looking for.

@baseballhs posted:

The only upside I see for a coach is that it’s easier to recruit to a school that is in state 13k and out of state 38k vs 70k at TCU. Schlossnagle has complained before about how he can give a 50% scholarship and a kid is still paying way more than another school giving them 25%. That said he says he is staying. Fort Worth is a nice city and good sized vs. College Station but it’s all what you’re looking for.

Fair point about Ft Worth vs College Station. Gimme Cow Town.

@baseballhs posted:

The only upside I see for a coach is that it’s easier to recruit to a school that is in state 13k and out of state 38k vs 70k at TCU. Schlossnagle has complained before about how he can give a 50% scholarship and a kid is still paying way more than another school giving them 25%. That said he says he is staying. Fort Worth is a nice city and good sized vs. College Station but it’s all what you’re looking for.

A&M is 31k in state and 60k for out of state.  A&M is not known for a lot of merit money.  The average aid package at TCU is 28k.  A&M recruits almost exclusively in state while TCU adds about 1/3 of their roster from out of state players.  The above is a big reason for that.   

I dont think it has anything to do with who is the HC. But rather the yearly tuition. I may be wrong, do they give Vandy or Miami type of scholarships?

CUSA had a banner year for some programs. They also had a pretty weird conference set up and had to get through Charlotte, Southern Miss, Old Dominion, and La Tech. The top conference teams.

@TPM posted:

I dont think it has anything to do with who is the HC. But rather the yearly tuition. I may be wrong, do they give Vandy or Miami type of scholarships?

CUSA had a banner year for some programs. They also had a pretty weird conference set up and had to get through Charlotte, Southern Miss, Old Dominion, and La Tech. The top conference teams.

Rice has a huge endowment and offers a lot of financial aid in many different ways. They also offer tuition waivers/discounts based on family income. Rice recruited my son and it got far enough along that we did a financial analysis. They never offered but if they would have (and it was accepted) the cost of attendance would have been around 20K per year.

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