I think TX State is clunky compared to SWTexas - but I'm biased. The school kept telling alumni "We won't be TSU "- and I guess they've been successful, but it seems to me a battle that didn't need to be fought.
Plus how would you yell "Who ya rootin' for - S W T ! Who are you - G Phi B!"???
And yes, TX State-Round Rock is hardly a blip on the radar, but if SOME had their way, we'd have TX State-Huntsville, TX State- Nacanowhere (you Texans know what I mean
) , etc.
The change from college to university is different. That is more of a recognition of a change in degrees offered than a mere whim of the administration.