Big 12 cities ranked

[lonny23]

An ESPN guy ranked the Big 12 cities. That dastardly Lubbock came in 5th.

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/ncfnation/0-3-187/Ranking-the-Big-12-towns.html

For all the grief Lubbock gets about its location, the city itself stacks up well against the other cities in the Big 12.

[bobcatfan]

I don't have a problem with Lubbock in the top 5, but the poll loses credibility when it has Lawrence, Kansas ahead of Austin, TX:confused:

[Firebird]

This list also has Norman, OK in the top 5 and Boulder at the bottom, Therefore this list=fail.

[slorch]

I don't have a problem with Lubbock in the top 5, but the poll loses credibility when it has Lawrence, Kansas ahead of Austin, TX:confused:

as a parent, i'd rather have my kid in Lawrence than Austin. But that's just me...

[Firebird]

as a parent, i'd rather have my kid in Lawrence than Austin. But that's just me...

This is a list of the cities you'd like to visit as a sports fan, not where you'd like to stick your reform school candidate to keep him out of trouble.:D;)

[bobcatfan]

as a parent, i'd rather have my kid in Lawrence than Austin. But that's just me...

I totally agree with your comment, but I would rather spend a weekend in Austin than Lawrence!!!

[bobcatfan]

Ames and Waco would have been ranked lower if the Big 12 had more teams:eek:

[BDB]

This is a list of the cities you'd like to visit as a sports fan, not where you'd like to stick your reform school candidate to keep him out of trouble.:D;)

so wait, when you go on vacation you actually want to see something you don't usually see at home? :confused::confused:

that's blasphemy...

[jrock210]

The Dr Pepper museum in Waco should put Baylor in the Top 5 in itself!

[slorch]

This is a list of the cities you'd like to visit as a sports fan, not where you'd like to stick your reform school candidate to keep him out of trouble.:D;)

nah, the boys act like their mother. they're great kids.:D

[Firebird]

nah, the boys act like their mother. they're great kids.:D


Mmmmm...hmmmm...I'd be thinking about BYU or Harding for them if I were you.

Mrs Slorch likes twizzlers, too. I can't stand them.

She doesn't like drinking my beer. Sometimes she does think she's a human tequila filter though

[BAMF cowboy]

This is from an OSU blog, and while it mostly talks about Stillwater, I think it brings up some good points as to why Austin is not necessarily the best 'college town' although it is far and away the best city.

The first stereotype I would like to tackle is that Stillwater is "a ****** town in the middle of nowhere". I am sure all OSU students and grads have at some point had this insult thrown at them. Now my problem with this accusation isn’t that it is false, it’s that it doesn't matter. How high-quality of a town Stillwater is can be a matter of opinion and I think even the most die hard Cowboy would have to admit that it has its flaws. It’s just that it doesn't matter. It is a failed premise to say that someone’s college town is in the middle of nowhere and intend it to be insulting. College towns are supposed to be in the middle of no where. College towns are supposed to be a little run down. When you are in college you should feel like you are on an island, separated from the things that make life miserable (ie. jobs, spouses, kids, etc.). I don’t know how anyone enjoys college in New York or even in Austin or Boulder for that matter. That’s not escaping. You are in the same daily commute to class as business people going to work, wearing suits, and worrying about "sharpening the saw" or some other ******** Franklin Covey business idiom.

Here is an analogy. Think of the college experience as a camping trip. It is 4-8 years of your life where you are not a part of the grind. You are out from under your parent’s rules but not yet beaten down by the working world. Similar to camping in that the object is to be removed from the real world. Now when you go camping where do you go? I want to go somewhere isolated. Somewhere cell phones don’t work and you can forget about work, bills, your upcoming court appearance for lewd conduct, etc. That is what makes camping enjoyable. Same with college. If you go to college in, let’s use Austin for this analogy, it is like going camping in your backyard. Yes you are in a tent and you are technically camping but you know that at any point you can go inside the house and make a sandwich, take a shower, and find some internet porn. UT campus is the back yard and the city of Austin is the house. Can camping in the backyard be fun? Yes. Is it even a tenth as fun or rewarding as camping in the middle of nowhere? Absolutely not. By camping in your backyard you are passing on a majority of the camping experience just to be closer to some modern conveniences that you were supposed to be trying to escape in the first place.

College and camping are about getting outside of convenience, starting a fire, experiencing what makes life great, getting drunk, and hooking up with hot girls without having to compete with a 29 year old guy that makes 50K and can take her out for steak while all you can offer is some good jokes and a twelver of natty. In Stillwater those jokes and that 12 pack are greatly appreciated and so are all the other little things that make your late teens and early twenties the best time of your life. Even if (especially if) those times are had in "a ****** town in the middle of nowhere".

[Firebird]

This is from an OSU blog, and while it mostly talks about Stillwater, I think it brings up some good points as to why Austin is not necessarily the best 'college town' although it is far and away the best city.

So by this logic, the best college town in the nation is Alpine, home of Sul Ross state.

[jtk1519]

Having been to most, Austin and Boulder are the only Big XII cities really worth visiting. Most Big XII member cities sucks. Any time you have Norman, Stillwater, Lubbock, College Station, etc. battling out for the heart of a list, you know there is a serious problem.

[slorch]

So by this logic, the best college town in the nation is Alpine, home of Sul Ross state.

nope, I believe that would be Goodwell oklahoma, home of panhandle State and 120 miles from any city with a population over 100k...

That's the most isolated college I have ever been to. if you ain't into rodeo, getting drunk, or chasing tumblweeds, you'll be a bored mofo...

[Firebird]

nope, I believe that would be Goodwell oklahoma, home of panhandle State and 120 miles from any city with a population over 100k...

That's the most isolated college I have ever been to. if you ain't into rodeo, getting drunk, or chasing tumblweeds, you'll be a bored mofo...


Alpine is 160 miles from Odessa and over 200 from El Paso......not aware of any 100K cities closer than that, unless Marathon has chanced a lot since I was there last.:D

[svhorns]

Having been to most, Austin and Boulder are the only Big XII cities really worth visiting. Most Big XII member cities sucks. Any time you have Norman, Stillwater, Lubbock, College Station, etc. battling out for the heart of a list, you know there is a serious problem.

this...

[svhorns]

So by this logic, the best college town in the nation is Alpine, home of Sul Ross state.

Larry Hill Coach for SV was a QB for Sul Ross State and won some accolades there... he still holds the completion percentage record for a single game... 13-15(.867) vs Trinity in 1981 :D

http://www.sulross.edu/pages/6216.asp?ssid=1295

[slorch]

Alpine is 160 miles from Odessa and over 200 from El Paso......not aware of any 100K cities closer than that, unless Marathon has chanced a lot since I was there last.:D

or Balmorhea

yeah, but alpine at least has the mountains.

there ain't crap in Oklahoma...

( i know you can't argue with that one:D)

[Firebird]

or Balmorhea

yeah, but alpine at least has the mountains.

there ain't crap in Oklahoma...

( i know you can't argue with that one:D)

To the contrary, it's the one thing they have a surplus of.

[BDB]

To the contrary, it's the one thing they have a surplus of.

i LOL'ed :D

[TulsaHale74]

or Balmorhea

yeah, but alpine at least has the mountains.

there ain't crap in Oklahoma...

( i know you can't argue with that one:D)
I see that you have never camped, backpacked, or rafted in SE Oklahoma.

There's real mountains- the type with real trees, not tumble weeds hung on polls and called trees.

[TulsaHale74]

Having been to most, Austin and Boulder are the only Big XII cities really worth visiting. Most Big XII member cities sucks. Any time you have Norman, Stillwater, Lubbock, College Station, etc. battling out for the heart of a list, you know there is a serious problem.
It's just a coincidence no doubt that those are the two cities with the largest ghey population.

[BDB]

It's just a coincidence no doubt that those are the two cities with the largest ghey population.

diversity makes civilizations thrive. there's a reason hitler didn't rule the world...or atleast the new worlds....

[lonny23]

diversity makes civilizations thrive. there's a reason hitler didn't rule the world...or atleast the new worlds....
Hitler didn't need to take out gays. They self-eliminate!:D

[TulsaHale74]

diversity makes civilizations thrive. there's a reason hitler didn't rule the world...or atleast the new worlds....
That was an insult thrown at JTK to made fun of his picks. He's a big boy and can fire back for himself.:)

[BDB]

That was an insult thrown at JTK to made fun of his picks. He's a big boy and can fire back for himself.:)

oh, my bad.

i thought it was a knock on austin/boulder.

[slorch]

I see that you have never camped, backpacked, or rafted in SE Oklahoma.

There's real mountains- the type with real trees, not tumble weeds hung on polls and called trees.

I said goodwell, not the arbuckle Wilderness...;):D

You been to the Kiowa National grasslands in the panhandle? think sea of grass and dirt

I know the whole state isn't like that...

[yankee]

lubbock is without a doubt the worst college town that i've ever spent significant time in...

[BDB]

lubbock is without a doubt the worst college town that i've ever spent significant time in...

but, but, but...they have buddy holly....

[wesaxman34]

Hahah! They gave Baylor an "incomplete"...:notworthy

[lonny23]

lubbock is without a doubt the worst college town that i've ever spent significant time in...
That's because you can't win there anymore!:D

[lonny23]

but, but, but...they have buddy holly....Greatest artist ever!:D