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

[Jason Singer]

More to the point, is Texas really going to decide based on the  
weather?!

On Jun 5, 2010, at 9:15 PM, "SjT (Stephen J. Truog)"  
<sjtruog at yahoo.com> wrote:

>> 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
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