[NU Sports] Bad day for the Big Ten ... (fwd)

[Jeff Beamsley]

As anyone who has been there can tell you, Austin is one of the great
college/counter cultural cities in this country.  IMHO, it ranks right up
there with Ann Arbor, Madison, and Berkeley.  Like Madison, it is the state
capital.  Just like the other three, it is an enclave of political
progressives, though probably the most conservative of the bunch.  Great
music, great food, Barton Springs, Threadgills, The Driskill, South by
Southwest, Congress Avenue bats, Lake Travis, lots of high tech, and a huge
public University with the funding and mission to become one of the best
(academically and athletically) in the country.  The only thing that keeps
my wife and I from thinking about living there is the fact that it is in the
middle of Texas (no offense intended to those who like the climate).  Living
in Michigan close to Ann Arbor is a better environmental choice for us.

Jeff
    

-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of warneradams
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 9:16 PM
To: 'Jonathan Michael Hawkins'; nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Bad day for the Big Ten ... (fwd)

I love UT.  I lived in Austin for 3 years in my 20's and it was great.  Went
to a lot of Texas games and grew to hate the Aggies.  I cheer for Texas Tech
to beat either of those schools however.

Hating college teams can't always rationally be explained however.  My dad
used to tell me that Notre Dame players cheated by faking injuries in the
last two minutes of a game when they were out of timeouts.  I have no idea
where he came up with that one but I started hating ND from a young age
after that!  

-----Original Message-----
From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
Behalf Of Jonathan Michael Hawkins
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 12:45 PM
To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] Bad day for the Big Ten ... (fwd)

> those friggin' eyes of Texas that feel entitled to everything.

Other than the general unreasoning hatred of Texas and Texans that seems to
pervade the North, is there any reason in particular for this trashing of my
hometown University?

I've seen no explanation other than the understandable soreness from the
Longhorns having been awarded the PAC-10's spot by the Rose Bowl committee
and then being ungracious enough to actually win the football game.

I'm pretty excited to see us play ASU.  We survived our first two tests,
including last Saturday's thriller, and while we have sustained some minor
injuries we're pretty healthy going into ASU.  Let's hope it's not too hot
there by 9pm Central.

Go 'Cats,

Jonathan Hawkins
hometown: Austin, TX
Northwestern University Class of 2003
4 Year NUMB member


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