(04-22-2017 08:54 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote:  

(04-22-2017 06:34 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(04-22-2017 06:17 PM)BullsFanInTX Wrote:  

(04-21-2017 08:19 PM)johnintx Wrote:  

(04-21-2017 02:13 PM)sctvman Wrote:  The Miami Beach Bowl is going away from Marlins Park, per @McMurphyESPN. It is likely headed to Frisco, TX.

https://twitter.com/mcmurphyespn/status/...9848376320

That would make four bowls in the DFW Metroplex, plus the FCS championship game:
Cotton - Arlington
Armed Forces - Fort Worth
Heart of Dallas - Dallas
Bowl Formerly Known as Miami Beach - Frisco

DFW isn't a bad location-I spent 14 years there. Centrally located (especially for these schools), easily accessible airport, great recruiting. The weather in December can be iffy, as it might be 60 degrees on game day, or there may be an ice storm. You don't go there for the weather.

Frisco turned from a small town to a suburb overnight, as it tends to happen in North Texas. It grew from a population of 6,000 in 1990 to 33,000 in 2000 to 160,000 today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisco,_Texas There are plenty of hotels and restaurants. The Rangers' AA farm club plays in a great ballpark next to the Dallas Stars practice facility. In addition, the Cowboys just opened their new practice facility there, The Star, complete with indoor stadium used by high schools. Frisco is not on the list of Top 10 vacation destinations, but it's fine for a lower-level bowl.

The FCS championship has done well there, especially when NDSU is in it with its horde of traveling fans. Toyota Stadium is fine for what this is. If ESPN wants to put on this game, and it's not going to be in Miami, why not Frisco? There are worse places.

Actually the average high for Dallas in December is about 60. (Actually 58). So it's just as likely to be 80 as it is to have an ice storm. There are only one or 2 freezing precipitation events per year so the chances of it happening on bowl day are very small...maybe a 1-2 percent chance or less. I have lived in North Texas before and have spent 20 years studying Texas weather patterns and most bowl games you'll be looking at a range of 48 or 50 on the low side to the 70s on a mild day. Being in the 30s in the middle of the day would be rare. Not unheard of but rare.

The wind is the worst part of Texas winters. Absolutely terrible. Especially West Texas where trees are more rare. Some of the ugliest parts of the United States IMO.

Agree the wind sucks in North Texas but is nowhere near as bad as Lubbock or Amarillo. They don't have any trees. Dallas does. Yeah Amarillo is ugly but google Palo Duro canyon 15 miles from Amarillo is one of the most beautiful canyons in the country.

Yeah, I've always told people that Amarillo is the ugliest place I've been in the US with the worst weather. There are places that are hot as hell like Phoenix and Vegas, but pretty with Palm Trees and Mountains. There are places humid as hell and flat in Kansas, but with some nice trees and more green. Amarillo has nothing appealing. The accents suddenly become prounounced there too. For example drive a little further West to the New Mexico border and the yalls are basically gone. Plus they serve green chili as opposed to Tex Mex. Lubbock is 1 hour 45 minutes south of Amarillo, it would look the same except its a college town so there's more trees to make the campus look greener. Close seconds to ugliest is Bushland, Texas.

P.S. Every time I see DavidSt post about West Texas A&M becoming FBS I laugh and wonder how he'd feel about it if he actually saw the tiny town of Canyon haha...