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Ill Rumor Wind Blows Thru Ft. Worth

PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:36 pm
by Stallion
12 pages of completely unsubtantiated nothing. But its got them on edge which is good. I thought some of you might want to speculate on just what this ill wind might be

Speculation: The reports of large field of natural gas under the Ft. Worth campus prove true-campus destroyed by huge explosion.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:41 pm
by smupony94
Well, they can tap it and have a trust fund larger than UT's

PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 7:54 pm
by Stallion
2007 TCU Capital Improvement Campaign

PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:15 pm
by PlanoStang
Friends of mine in FW have been receiving escalating prices for royalties
inside the city of FW for the mineral rights of their neighborhoods.
DFW looks like east TX when oil was discovered in Kilgore. I like the
fuel prices billboard by the Startlegram while traveling westbound on
635 near the airport with a drilling rig in the background.






Slant wells may have become legal :twisted:

PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:45 pm
by Sideline
Everybody wins in natural gas drilling.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:22 pm
by PK
Hey, when you reach a certain age natural gas is a way of life. No big deal.

PostPosted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:31 pm
by FroggieFever
TCU will begin drilling after football season -- it will bring in some big bucks into the university.

We're looking forward to it; like the DMN said, the money goes into the general endowment, which, within the next few months, I believe we'll be announcing the growth to 1.33B.

PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:43 pm
by Stallion
I guess its more than just natural gas-speculation about Blake perhaps leaving the TCU team and injuries to starters.

PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 4:59 pm
by Stallion
Tommy Blake Goes MIA at TCU
Posted Aug 17th 2007 2:13PM by Brian Grummell
Filed under: Mountain West, Breaking News, TCU Football

Just ... weird. If the odd disappearance of Sammi "Where's Sammie?" Stroughter at Oregon State wasn't enough, pay attention to this one.

Preseason All America defensive end Tommy Blake has left TCU.

Officially, preseason All-American Blake was absent from the Frogs' two practices Thursday because of "personal reasons." He also missed the afternoon workout Tuesday and a single practice Wednesday.
"Is he still on the team?"" [TCU coach Gary] Patterson asked Thursday, repeating the rumor of the day. "Yes, he is."

Instead of being on the practice field, however, as the Frogs prepare for their Sept. 1 season opener against Baylor, Blake was back in his hometown of Aransas Pass, reportedly trying to sort things out.

"Up to practice No. 11, he was perfect," Patterson said. "Unbelievable."

And the next day, it seems, an NFL scout from the Jets showed up to watch Blake practice. And a scout from the Titans. And from the Saints, the Broncos, the Giants and the Bills.

The attention, witnesses say, appeared to bother Tommy.

Apparently! Hopefully Blake can work through all of this, but yikes. NFL millions await him, although this has to send a major red flag to higher-ups in the pressure-packed league.


(H/T: Burnt Orange Nation)

PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:53 pm
by NavyCrimson
List of U.S. college and university endowments
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U. ... _endowment

Institution Endowment (2005)
USD×109 Endowment (2006)
USD×109
Harvard University 25.5 28.915[2]
Yale University 15.2 18.030[3]
Stanford University 12.2 14.084[4]
University of Texas System* 11.610 13.234[5]
Princeton University 11.207 13.044[6]
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 6.712 8.368[7]
University of California* 5.221 5.733
Columbia University 5.191 5.937[8]
University of Michigan 4.931 5.652[9]
Texas A&M University System* 4.964 5.642[10]
University of Pennsylvania 4.370 5.313
Northwestern University 4.215 5.140
Emory University 4.376 4.870
Washington University in St. Louis 4.268 4.685
University of Chicago 4.137 4.867[11]
Duke University 3.826 4.497[12]
University of Notre Dame 3.650 4.436[13]
Cornell University 3.777 4.321[14]
Rice University 3.611 3.986[10]
University of Virginia 3.219 3.618[15]
University of Southern California 2.746 3.065[10]
Dartmouth College 2.714 3.500[16]
Vanderbilt University 2.628 2.946[10]
University of Washington 1.489 1.794
Johns Hopkins University 2.177 2.350[10]
University of Minnesota 1.969 2.224[10]
Brown University 1.843 2.166[17]
Grinnell College 1.674[18] 1.471
New York University 1.548 1.774
Ohio State University 1.726 1.996[19]
University of Pittsburgh 1.530 1.802[20]
Rockefeller University 1.557 1.771
Case Western Reserve University 1.516 1.598
Williams College 1.514 1.56[21]
California Institute of Technology 1.418 1.580
UNC Chapel Hill 1.486
Michigan State University 1.325 1.483[22][23]
Penn State University 1.154 1.337
University of Rochester 1.370 1.491
Purdue University 1.341 1.493
Pomona College 1.298 1.459[24]
Boston College 1.270 1.400[25]
Amherst College 1.155 1.337[26]
Wellesley College 1.276
University of Delaware 1.200
Swarthmore College 1.164 1.245
Tufts University 1.153 1.215[1]
University of Richmond 1.208 1.388
Yeshiva University 1.149
University of Illinois* 1.148
University of Wisconsin-Madison* 1.125 (only UW Foundation)[27]
Indiana University* 1.107 1.399
Carnegie Mellon University 0.837 0.939
University of Nebraska* 0.973 1.149
Smith College 1.036 1.156
Texas Christian University 0.941 1.016
University of Cincinnati 1.032 1.101
Golden Gate University 0.835 0.835
University of Kentucky 0.576 0.785
The George Washington University 0.823 0.963
Southern Methodist University 1.013 1.122
Baylor College of Medicine 1.008 1.059

PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:28 pm
by Corp
Latest: U.S. News College Edition (2008)

Texas Private Universities Endowments:

Rice - $3,977,226,231.

TCU - $1,197,453,000.

SMU - $1,127,671,000.

Baylor - $870,168,000.

PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 7:31 pm
by NavyCrimson
I have a funny feeling that, that natural gas field in Ft. Worth is going to make SMOOOO have to work that much harder in building the ol'endowment.

PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:00 pm
by PonyPride
Stallion wrote:Tommy Blake Goes MIA at TCU
Posted Aug 17th 2007 2:13PM by Brian Grummell
Filed under: Mountain West, Breaking News, TCU Football

Just ... weird. If the odd disappearance of Sammi "Where's Sammie?" Stroughter at Oregon State wasn't enough, pay attention to this one.

Preseason All America defensive end Tommy Blake has left TCU....

Instead of being on the practice field, however, as the Frogs prepare for their Sept. 1 season opener against Baylor, Blake was back in his hometown of Aransas Pass, reportedly trying to sort things out....(H/T: Burnt Orange Nation)
Maybe I need more coffee, but .... where'd you find this?

Don't care in the slightest if TCU is sitting over a JiffyLube. THIS is the interesting story in this thread.

Anyone have more info?

PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:07 pm
by FroggieFever
PonyPride wrote:
Stallion wrote:Tommy Blake Goes MIA at TCU
Posted Aug 17th 2007 2:13PM by Brian Grummell
Filed under: Mountain West, Breaking News, TCU Football

Just ... weird. If the odd disappearance of Sammi "Where's Sammie?" Stroughter at Oregon State wasn't enough, pay attention to this one.

Preseason All America defensive end Tommy Blake has left TCU....

Instead of being on the practice field, however, as the Frogs prepare for their Sept. 1 season opener against Baylor, Blake was back in his hometown of Aransas Pass, reportedly trying to sort things out....(H/T: Burnt Orange Nation)
Maybe I need more coffee, but .... where'd you find this?

Don't care in the slightest if TCU is sitting over a JiffyLube. THIS is the interesting story in this thread.

Anyone have more info?


http://www.ponyfans.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=24509

PostPosted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:26 pm
by PonyPride
Thanks, FF - told you I needed coffee.
Sorry - been flying all day, and just turned on the computer.
Not that I'm eager to see Blake chasing Justin Willis next month, but I hope he's OK personally, whatever's going on.