That statement certainly turned out to poorly thought out!

Everyone was talking about the top players in the state and you completely changed the topic to academics. Try staying on topic.

I guess you had no idea how good the University of Texas is academically. Texas is certainly no slouch on the academic side.

https://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report

Please check out the link provided above. It shows how closely Texas and Northwestern are in terms of payscale in the work force. The two schools are nearly identical. For a a school that is as large as Texas it is very impressive to be ranked that high on the payscale.