This topic comes up every football season, it seems. I understand the money issue. It would cost a lot for what is basically a cosmetic issue. Still, I wish it could be done.
Several years ago (more than I care to remember), my wife and I lived in College Station, in an apartment a mile or two from campus. We had moved there with the intention of settling in for a year or two, and then enrolling at Texas A&M. Things happened, life got in the way (as it so often does), and I never did get to school.
While living there, we would go to San Antonio every couple of months to see her folks. We would drive home Sunday evening, always arriving in CS after dark. I remember coming in from Caldwell, past Easterwood, and seeing those letters. They glowed like a beacon in the night, not just showing the way home but lighting the way to a dream. I can see that beacon in my mind's eye even now, and I remember how sad I felt when I heard that the lights had been turned off.
I realize there are many things that need to be done, more important things. But 50K's not really that much. Sure wish it could be done.
btw, duffelpud, love yer handle. The duffels are some of my kids favorite characters from that book.
Delta, I would buy one or two of those shirts.
[This message has been edited by Longstreet (edited 9/30/2009 10:10a).]