Brewster wants Texas
New Minnesota head coach and form Horns assistant Tim Brewster wants to schedule Texas. I sure hope he's let Mack & co. know. Maybe they can sneak on a future schedule in place of Arkie State.
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screw that
regardless, no way they get on the UT schedule.
by cortexas on Feb 1, 2007 10:06 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Recruiting
Maybe 20 or 30 years ago, recruits weren't exposed to man teams beyond their state, but in this day and age of the internet making our world smaller by the second, does it really matter to a high school kid in Texas if Minnesota plays down here or not. I guess you could argue that if Minnesota has UT scheduled in the future, the could make the argument to young kid that if becomes a Gopher, he'd get to play against UT in front of his family. But if the kid wanted to play in front of his family so bad, he'd probably pick a Texas school even if it wasn't UT.
Conversely, I hear people say Texas schedules beauty contests against Rice and Miss Conference USA Cougar High because it helps with recruiting Houston-area athletes. Really? Did VY pick UT because we kicked the shit out of the Owls? Honestly, I think we schedule games in Houston as a way to curry favor with the UT Alumni who live there, but people still insist it's a huge recruiting perk.
Obviously, I'm missing some integral facet of recruiting...somebody please enlighten me.
by 54b on Feb 1, 2007 10:33 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree
If anything it gives Texas the same "quality win" teams like Mich and OSU hang their hat on each year.
by EYESofBEVO on Feb 1, 2007 10:52 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
He and Mack are buds from way back
http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=57866
I doubt that's enough to get the Gophers on the Texas schedule anytime soon. Have we ever had a recruit from Minnesota? Or from anywhere in the Upper Midwest for that matter?
by patienthornsfan on Feb 1, 2007 10:23 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
has texas ever played minnesota
by greenman on Feb 1, 2007 10:44 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Once
by orangeblood1 on Feb 1, 2007 11:20 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Has anyone actually BEEN to
I live in Chicago -- and when I visit my cousin there I can't wait to get home from the North Pole. It is completely bleak and miserable there. Aside from the river, which I'm sure is lovely for at least 2-3 days in the summer, it has very little to offer a born and bread Texas kid.
Nice city, fun city, bad weather, high suicide rate and the wiminz are non-existent.
I think Texas has something to benefit from this. Mack's program continues to get exposure in BIG 10 land, which I think is good. IMO, the BIG 12 suffers from small market school syndrome and could use a bigger boost in profile. Play as many BCS schools as possible.
by EYESofBEVO on Feb 1, 2007 10:44 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
It's cold there
I've never been to Minneapolis in the winter, but I did live in Madison, WI, for two winters. We would go to Chicago to try and warm up. It's insanely cold.
by Bob LaBlog on Feb 1, 2007 11:07 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Minnesota has a dome
by billyzane on Feb 1, 2007 11:16 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
It is only an issue
It's already a tough sell for midwestern kids, much less, if Brewster thinks he's gonna open a Texas pipeline.
Not gonna happen.
by EYESofBEVO on Feb 1, 2007 11:22 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Scheduling
Minnesota is building an on campus, open air facility which is one of the reasons that they fired Mason and hired Brewster.
by Bob LaBlog on Feb 1, 2007 11:30 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Texas played Minnesota once
by hookemhorny on Feb 1, 2007 11:02 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
Minnesota recruiting
Trust me, Texas has no need to recruit Minnesota. There is probably more high school football talent within 25 miles of UT's campus than there is in the whole state of Minnesota.
As far as Minnesota recruiting Texas, good luck with that. They better have recruits take official visits in October so they don't encounter this -5 degree weather of January or February. No Texas boy in his right mind would willingly come up here unless he was really desperate (or married to a Minnesota girl).
by minnhorn on Feb 1, 2007 12:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
I want Racine
by Bob LaBlog on Feb 1, 2007 12:52 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
So where were you in August...
by patienthornsfan on Feb 1, 2007 3:28 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Obviously
Ha how did the VB team end up, PHF? I never saw an end of the season thing in the diary section
by inVINCEable on Feb 1, 2007 3:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Elite Eight
by patienthornsfan on Feb 1, 2007 4:51 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
First Post
So for the most part I am just happy to hear Brewster say that he wishes to schedule a top notch opponent or two. I wonder do any of you truly think that Brewster's aim is to get more Texas recruits? Seems a little far-fetched to me, but what do I know?
Glad to join the community. I am a far greater Longhorns fan than I am a Gopher fan. It must be nice for you guys to have a state university that cares enough about athletics to at least make intelligent decisions once in a while...
by Bockcara on Feb 1, 2007 6:31 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Welcome
by patienthornsfan on Feb 1, 2007 7:52 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

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