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Message: [QUOTE="Charley Horse, post: 1707943, member: 6990"] As a token Texan and Texas fan, I'll tell you exactly what I think, feel, know and suspect about Houston, the city and the university. Texas fans old enough to remember the '70s still get nauseated at the memory of Houston's 30-0 win over Texas in 1976 and wince at the terrible beating Pardee and Jenkin's run and shoot Couagrs put on the Horns in the late '80s. Such Texas fans despise UofH accordingly, but bitterness like that actually make for a good rivalry. When Texas finally beat Houston in 1990 it was one of our happiest memories and without a doubt the very loudest our home stadium has ever been. On the admin level, Texas sponsored UofH's membership into the SWC and it is believed Texas actually wanted to take Houston into the Big 12 instead of Baylor. Small private church schools have been a chain around Texas' ankle since the old SWC days so it utterly amazes me to hear Texas supported TCU's admission to the Big 12 and the rampant speculation that BYU could possible be Texas' pick for expansion. Texas and Houston continued to play each other in football and especially in baseball after the end of the SWC. Texas baseball fans have the utmost respect for Houston baseball. Texas and Houston had a very ugly, very public falling out about eight or ten years ago when Houston had to move a home football game against Texas from a bigger venue to a smaller one on campus and compensated for the capacity difference by setting up seemingly rickety bleachers of death in the endzone. But I doubt if anybody from either institution is still in place and I doubt that anybody still remembers or cares about that episode. Texans are passionate people. It's our nature to bitch and moan artfully and then let it go like it never happened. With Tom Herman having success at Houston I can see Texas having some trepidation about boosting UofH recruiting with P5 legitimacy, but honestly, the pool of talent in Texas is so abundant and scholarships are so limited that any concerns are probably overstated. Texas will still get most of the recruits they want even with Houston feeding at the trough. Houston is a very cool city. Probably one of the coolest cities in the world. Love the Chinese street signs, James Coney Island, and how business women dress like hookers and hookers dress like business women. Love the Astros. They've broken my heart more than all of my exes put together. I toured the UofH facilities with one of my sons who's visiting colleges and I was a little disappointed. I don't mind the THird Ward because I work there one week every couple of months but I thought the facilities were kind of small and second rate. I enjoyed their sports hall of fame though. Very cool. Houston does not expand the Big 12 footprint so personally I see no point in extending an offer to the UofH. But I saw even less point in inviting TCU and now they're in so what the hell do I know? [/QUOTE]

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