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<blockquote data-quote="TCU2002" data-source="post: 3074635" data-attributes="member: 226"><p>Maybe I'll write this essay someday, but the end of the Patterson era will mark the end of an era of wasted possibility.</p><p></p><p>TCU could have leveraged the gift of an excellent football program - an unbelievable front porch into the university offering exposure and prominence that could never have been bought - into becoming an *excellent* university. Instead, TCU was content to become a more *popular* university. Which isn't anywhere near the same thing, and is fleeting.</p><p></p><p>The shine will wear off, and TCU will be left with a cost of attendance that is out of reach for its core users, those who truly love (or would come to love) the university for its distinctive character and mission. The crowd that for a time was willing to pay the high tuition prices because TCU had become a "winners" school will move on to other options.</p><p></p><p>I am more pessimistic about the future of the university than I have been at any time since I enrolled. Ironically enough, that was in 1998, the very start of this ride. I am grateful to be in my 40s now, at a stage in my family and career that draws my attention away from my earlier all-consuming passion for college sports (and TCU sports in particular), because that is softening the blow.</p><p></p><p>I feel for those who are around 30 right now, who were 20 when the Rose Bowl happened and believed it would all last. I would be crushed if I were in your shoes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TCU2002, post: 3074635, member: 226"] Maybe I'll write this essay someday, but the end of the Patterson era will mark the end of an era of wasted possibility. TCU could have leveraged the gift of an excellent football program - an unbelievable front porch into the university offering exposure and prominence that could never have been bought - into becoming an *excellent* university. Instead, TCU was content to become a more *popular* university. Which isn't anywhere near the same thing, and is fleeting. The shine will wear off, and TCU will be left with a cost of attendance that is out of reach for its core users, those who truly love (or would come to love) the university for its distinctive character and mission. The crowd that for a time was willing to pay the high tuition prices because TCU had become a "winners" school will move on to other options. I am more pessimistic about the future of the university than I have been at any time since I enrolled. Ironically enough, that was in 1998, the very start of this ride. I am grateful to be in my 40s now, at a stage in my family and career that draws my attention away from my earlier all-consuming passion for college sports (and TCU sports in particular), because that is softening the blow. I feel for those who are around 30 right now, who were 20 when the Rose Bowl happened and believed it would all last. I would be crushed if I were in your shoes. [/QUOTE]
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