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

[Joe Thiegs]

Okay--perhaps I should have read Stephen's comments before posting a 
redundant remark.  The point still stands, though!  -Joe

Joe Thiegs wrote:
> 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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