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

[Joe Thiegs]

I've heard, too, that apparently Texas can get a little "muggy" from 
time to time as well....  -Joe  :)

Jason Singer wrote:
> 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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