[NU Sports] Pac 10 to invite 6 Big XII schools to join?

[SjT (Stephen J. Truog)]

> but the Texas powers
> that be have always favored the  Pac 10 over the Big
> 10 (too cold, muggy
> and distant) and SEC (little academic  prowess as a

Ugh, I guess we have to spell this out for the Texas folks ...

* Average distance from Austin to the Pac 10 schools: 1,687 miles
* Average distance from Austin to the Big Ten schools: 1,209 miles

The two Arizona schools are within about 1000 miles - every other Pac 10 school is further away than every Big Ten school save for Penn State (the Michigan schools and LA schools are roughly the same distance).

As for "muggy" ... yes, the midwest can be muggy in August. But Houston is muggy 365 days a year. And as someone who's had to wade through the Houston mugginess, it's waaaaay worse than anything in the midwest.

And I guess they have us on the cold ... but do they want a conference that cares about football where their games will be well attended and seen, or do they want a conference where fans rarely fill stadiums and you might find a game on at 10:30 Houston time if you have satellite.

Join us or don't, Longhorns, but at least give us legit reasons. Notre Dame was at least honest when they said they'll take pride and NBC $$ over their academic faculty's wishes.

GO CATS!!!
-SjT