The Big 12 expansion groundswell

[old_gregg]

San Francisco Losing Its Lucrative Convention Industry Because Of Streets Filled With Needles And Feces - The Inquisitr

if the quality of a city is measured by its conventions, you’re going to love orlando or indianapolis!

[Sullyute]

Just dawned on me that the 4 new schools, are some of the best destinations in the new B12.

1) Orlando
2) Houston
3) Ft. Worth (Dallas)
4) Provo (SLC)
5) Waco
6) Cincy
7) Morgantown
8-12) Ames, Manhattan, Lawerence, Lubbock, Stillwater

I really like Morgantown. The fact that it is in the mountains makes it better than all those flat cities any day. It should be at least 5th on your list.

[Applejack]

If we're ranking potential BIGXII destinations (note: I wouldn't be caught dead in any of these towns; Lubbock?!?!?! I'd rather die!):

1. Waco (you can drive to Austin or, you can stay and visit the Dr Pepper museum whilst you litigate your patent case)
2. Morgantown (hick town but you have beautiful mountains just outside the city)
3. Provo (ditto)
4. Cincinnati (oof, now we are scraping the bottom of the barrel)
5. Houston (I guess you can get some good vietnamese food?)
6. Ft Worth (Dallas is next door; so there's that)
7. Lawrence (nothing to do, but they have Allen Field House; check out the Jacque Vaughn jersey!)
8. Ames (I hear it's a nice college town; great student paper)
9. Orlando (For the life of me, I will never understand the appeal of a non-coastal Florida covid cesspool that's operated by Disney)
10T. Manhattan/Lubbock (the most ridiculous names; I can't decide which is more pathetic, naming your poo town after one of the great cities of western civilization, or giving into the fact that you live in a backwater and naming the city after that fact)
12. Lubbock (eww)

[PaloAltoCougar]

One ought to dismiss any essay that speaks of "streets filled with needles and feces," as being absurdly sensationalistic, but we eagerly read such things to confirm our preconceptions. Tomorrow we're taking the ferry for a nice lunch and a mid-day stroll along the Embarcadero. We'll return Saturday to spend the day with a grandson, walking over to the Palace of Fine Arts, and then perhaps picnicking on the Marina Green. The sky will be clear and temps will be in the 70s (Phoenix should top out around 110). But SF is apparently a hellhole and I'll be sure to wear my waders.

[old_gregg]

If we're ranking potential BIGXII destinations (note: I wouldn't be caught dead in any of these towns; Lubbock?!?!?! I'd rather die!):

1. Waco (you can drive to Austin or, you can stay and visit the Dr Pepper museum whilst you litigate your patent case)
2. Morgantown (hick town but you have beautiful mountains just outside the city)
3. Provo (ditto)
4. Cincinnati (oof, now we are scraping the bottom of the barrel)
5. Houston (I guess you can get some good vietnamese food?)
6. Ft Worth (Dallas is next door; so there's that)
7. Lawrence (nothing to do, but they have Allen Field House; check out the Jacque Vaughn jersey!)
8. Ames (I hear it's a nice college town; great student paper)
9. Orlando (For the life of me, I will never understand the appeal of a non-coastal Florida covid cesspool that's operated by Disney)
10T. Manhattan/Lubbock (the most ridiculous names; I can't decide which is more pathetic, naming your poo town after one of the great cities of western civilization, or giving into the fact that you live in a backwater and naming the city after that fact)
12. Lubbock (eww)

waco is also home to the chip and joanna tourist trap extravaganza. lots of mo women taking trips to waco to see that

[Jeff Lebowski]

One ought to dismiss any essay that speaks of "streets filled with needles and feces," as being absurdly sensationalistic, but we eagerly read such things to confirm our preconceptions. Tomorrow we're taking the ferry for a nice lunch and a mid-day stroll along the Embarcadero. We'll return Saturday to spend the day with a grandson, walking over to the Palace of Fine Arts, and then perhaps picnicking on the Marina Green. The sky will be clear and temps will be in the 70s (Phoenix should top out around 110). But SF is apparently a hellhole and I'll be sure to wear my waders.

Stay safe out there!

I love SF in general. But every year I go to a huge scientific conference at the Mascone Center and it is always a bit of a crap shoot. If you are lucky and book your hotels early it is very nice, but sometimes you end up a mile or two away and have to deal with tons of aggressive homeless.

Last time I was there I changed my flight to go a day later but forgot to change my hotel reservation. Showed up at the hotel and they said, "Sorry, you didn't show up last night so we gave your reservation to someone else." There we were (two of us) with our bags and every hotel in the region was booked. It was a nightmare. After a few hours we finally found a place that would take us, but we paid an astronomical price for the room (had to share). I still get PTSD about that trip.

[Uncle Ted]

One ought to dismiss any essay that speaks of "streets filled with needles and feces," as being absurdly sensationalistic, but we eagerly read such things to confirm our preconceptions. Tomorrow we're taking the ferry for a nice lunch and a mid-day stroll along the Embarcadero. We'll return Saturday to spend the day with a grandson, walking over to the Palace of Fine Arts, and then perhaps picnicking on the Marina Green. The sky will be clear and temps will be in the 70s (Phoenix should top out around 110). But SF is apparently a hellhole and I'll be sure to wear my waders.

Don't forget to take a drive over to Mountain View and visit the Computer History Museum!

Oh, WTF! It's still closed! Nevermind. SF is a sh*thole.

[PaloAltoCougar]

Stay safe out there!

I love SF in general. But every year I go to a huge scientific conference at the Mascone Center and it is always a bit of a crap shoot. If you are lucky and book your hotels early it is very nice, but sometimes you end up a mile or two away and have to deal with tons of aggressive homeless.

Last time I was there I changed my flight to go a day later but forgot to change my hotel reservation. Showed up at the hotel and they said, "Sorry, you didn't show up last night so we gave your reservation to someone else." There we were (two of us) with our bags and every hotel in the region was booked. It was a nightmare. After a few hours we finally found a place that would take us, but we paid an astronomical price for the room (had to share). I still get PTSD about that trip.

Yeah, the Tenderloin and certain areas of SOMA can be pretty bad. Next time, choose the Casa de PAC; sure, it's a 50-minute BART ride to the Moscone Center, but the rates are very reasonable and the yard is usually feces-free!

[Uncle Ted]

Stay safe out there!

I love SF in general. But every year I go to a huge scientific conference at the Mascone Center and it is always a bit of a crap shoot. If you are lucky and book your hotels early it is very nice, but sometimes you end up a mile or two away and have to deal with tons of aggressive homeless.

Last time I was there I changed my flight to go a day later but forgot to change my hotel reservation. Showed up at the hotel and they said, "Sorry, you didn't show up last night so we gave your reservation to someone else." There we were (two of us) with our bags and every hotel in the region was booked. It was a nightmare. After a few hours we finally found a place that would take us, but we paid an astronomical price for the room (had to share). I still get PTSD about that trip.

Yeah, that would never happen in Dallas. You could always just stay with me if the hotels are full. You might find in Dallas, however, that the convention center where you conference was to be held has been overrun with immigrant kids. If that was the case we would just head to the lake for fishing or my buddy's ranch to shoot some hogs.

[UVACoug]

I drove through Morgantown once--spent about 20 minutes there. The mountains were pretty (West Virginia is beautiful), but its a pretty small town in a remote location. I'm sure there's plenty to do if you are into outdoorsy type stuff. Probably near the top of the list of Big 12 locations, which is sad.

[Moliere]

If we're ranking potential BIGXII destinations (note: I wouldn't be caught dead in any of these towns; Lubbock?!?!?! I'd rather die!):

1. Waco (you can drive to Austin or, you can stay and visit the Dr Pepper museum whilst you litigate your patent case)
2. Morgantown (hick town but you have beautiful mountains just outside the city)
3. Provo (ditto)
4. Cincinnati (oof, now we are scraping the bottom of the barrel)
5. Houston (I guess you can get some good vietnamese food?)
6. Ft Worth (Dallas is next door; so there's that)
7. Lawrence (nothing to do, but they have Allen Field House; check out the Jacque Vaughn jersey!)
8. Ames (I hear it's a nice college town; great student paper)
9. Orlando (For the life of me, I will never understand the appeal of a non-coastal Florida covid cesspool that's operated by Disney)
10T. Manhattan/Lubbock (the most ridiculous names; I can't decide which is more pathetic, naming your poo town after one of the great cities of western civilization, or giving into the fact that you live in a backwater and naming the city after that fact)
12. Lubbock (eww)

Bummer, maybe BYU shouldn't accept an invite to a conference that is better than the PAC12 in both football and basketball

[Uncle Ted]

Yeah, the Tenderloin and certain areas of SOMA can be pretty bad. Next time, choose the Casa de PAC; sure, it's a 50-minute BART ride to the Moscone Center, but the rates are very reasonable and the yard is usually feces-free!

Yeah, if you don't mind stepping over the zombies BART is great!

[Applejack]

Bummer, maybe BYU shouldn't accept an invite to a conference that is better than the PAC12 in both football and basketball

Apparently you missed the fact that UCLA beat LSU (currently in the sainted SEC) this weekend. UCLA. The team that, until this past weekend, had done nothing of note since Troy aikman.

Also, you apparently missed UW go toe to toe with Montana and the northern cousins generally not giving a crap.

also, you are probably well aware that Utah shut down its basketball program a few years ago.

[SeattleUte]

One ought to dismiss any essay that speaks of "streets filled with needles and feces," as being absurdly sensationalistic, but we eagerly read such things to confirm our preconceptions. Tomorrow we're taking the ferry for a nice lunch and a mid-day stroll along the Embarcadero. We'll return Saturday to spend the day with a grandson, walking over to the Palace of Fine Arts, and then perhaps picnicking on the Marina Green. The sky will be clear and temps will be in the 70s (Phoenix should top out around 110). But SF is apparently a hellhole and I'll be sure to wear my waders.

Don’t walk barefoot in San Francisco!

[BigPiney]

waco is also home to the chip and joanna tourist trap extravaganza. lots of mo women taking trips to waco to see that

I have never heard about that or them. That looks really dumb.