Investment in athletics not translating to wins at Texas
Posted Jun 7, 2013
But while the department's financial coffers have overflowed, victory totals have not. There have been some highlights — national championships last year in men's golf and women's volleyball, and a trip to the Women's College World Series in softball this month — but not in the major sports. Mack Brown's football team, which won more games than any program in the country from 1998 to 2009, is 22-16 since losing the national championship game three years ago.
(San Antonio Express-News)
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