I had an interesting conversation at church Sunday with a BU alum who I had previously respected for what I thought was his integrity and clear-headed attitude about this scandal.
He was especially proud that Baylor had hired a woman as President of the university, and he openly expressed hope that it would signal a change in the culture at his alma mater.
I responded by lauding BU for the move, but hastened to add that rough times were still ahead, because the lawsuits and the resulting bad PR from those legal actions were still looming on the horizon.
He gave me a perplexed look and asked what I meant, so I pointed out that it took TCU a good two years to overcome the damage done by the so-called "football drug bust," and I added, "And that was nowhere near as bad as Baylor's scandal."
He scoffed at that notion, declaring that he considered the whole ordeal to already be in Baylor's rear-view mirror, and that the new president's only major hurdle was negotiating the internal struggle to get the football program back on track.
I just smiled and nodded as if to say, "Whatever you think."
Clearly, I have grossly underestimated the level of delusion in Waco...
Go Frogs!
