They're talking about Ann Richards on 1280

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Dec 12, 2017
6:07:17pm

Crush4 All-American

Did she actually block BYU back in the day from the Big 12 or is that folklore

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They're talking about Ann Richards on 1280

Crush4

12/12/17 6:07pm

RE: They're talking about Ann Richards on 1280

coolcats

12/12/17 6:10pm

From what I understand she didn't block BYU per se

Dynasty1

12/12/17 6:20pm

Thus effectively blocking BYU from getting in.

dYrtbYkerYder

12/12/17 9:05pm

It's unknown who she blocked We only know that it was a private religious school

UberDeek

12/12/17 6:22pm

Most people believe it was TCU.

Everyman

12/12/17 6:30pm

I’ve heard it was Houston. I think everyone believes it was their school

22jrob22

12/12/17 9:04pm

May she rest in misery.

gwalker

12/12/17 6:25pm

I believe the reality was, it was actually TCU.

jakesnake

12/12/17 6:26pm

Wasn't TCU pretty Irrelevant in football back then

Crush4

12/12/17 6:33pm

Many believed it was SMU

UberDeek

12/12/17 6:49pm

Who believed this? Having recently received the death penalty, there was no way

vegasnative

12/12/17 6:51pm

TCU's program was non-existent at that time, many believed that SMU

UberDeek

12/12/17 6:53pm

Isn't SMU in the AAC?

2YDAD

12/12/17 8:03pm

Now they are.

vegasnative

12/12/17 10:23pm

Mid- to late-90s is the topic at hand.

mulletino

12/12/17 6:43pm

The reality was it was Texas and A&M and everybody else.

Blue Cat

12/12/17 7:30pm

Folklore. Richards didn't care. Bob Bullock was the political muscle.

Blue Cat

12/12/17 7:03pm

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Y4LYFE

12/12/17 9:51pm

Let it go. She's dead.

rockyrd

12/12/17 10:22pm

According to Rondo Fehlberg, Gov. Richards helped keep BYU out of the Pac-10 in 1997

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