A Faster Pool than Fort Lauderdale

You can see a little bit of everything in the greatest state god ever made. posted by Ande Hmm??....I didn't know that Mr. GoodSmith actually "made" Texas??....(j/k of course!!) Actually there is a whole lot of things that you "CAN'T" see in the woderful state of Texas (which I know b/c I lived there most of my life and then moved to the beatiful State of Tennessee afterwards!!)....Like: 1) Leaves that turn another color (other than brown) during Autumn. 2) Many varieties of flowering trees in the Spring (such as White and Pink Dogwoods, Tulip Magnolias, Redbuds, Bradford Pear Trees, and Cherry Trees just to name a few). 3) "Real" mountains....and covered in wild flowers of every kind during the Spring. 4) Just about anything that one normally associates to any one of the 3 "supposedly separate" non-summer seasons. 5) A decent College football team (such as the "real" U.T.....i.e. The Proud Volunteers!) and the list goes on and on...... I guess you have to actually travel outside the state of Texas to find these things out?? Newmastersswimmer

Alright I have no reason to get involved in this but ... to me the real UT is Texas and I grew far closer to TN. And I have faith that the Longhorns could kick the Vols booties. I also prefer summer to last year round. No need for any other season.

2) Many varieties of flowering trees in the Spring (such as White and Pink Dogwoods, Tulip Magnolias, Redbuds, Bradford Pear Trees, and Cherry Trees just to name a few). White and Pink Dogwoods bloom in Dallas quite a bit in spring.... 3) "Real" mountains....and covered in wild flowers of every kind during the Spring. The mountains in the Big Bend are beautiful........ 4) Just about anything that one normally associates to any one of the 3 "supposedly separate" non-summer seasons. Out in west Texas around Post or Gail is gets very cold in the winter...HOT like hell in the summer...with beautiful fall and spring times.....

Moose Man, The key word about the flowering trees statement is "Variety"...notice that pink and white dogwoods only lead off a long list of flowering trees out here in TN......As far as the Big Bend goes.....I did say "real" mountains right?......and as far as West Texas goes.....Hmm??....Never been there so I can't really refute or support that one (So I'll edit my last posting to exclude West Texas.....that still leaves enough of Texas to engulf at least 3 or 4 of the more moderately sized other states) Heather......Are you sure you haven't had those three drinks today already (you mentioned on the NSR site??)....Longhorns beating the VOls in football??......Did you catch the Cotton Bowl last year by chance???....The team that almost beat Texas (i.e. the maroon headed Step Childs of Texas as GoodSmith put it) got there butts severly wiped by the Vols....shows how tough the Big 12 really is eh?? newmastersswimmer

Jimmy, Jimmy....don't judge a GREAT state like Texas's football programs on a few bad years....If we look back over the past few decades....Texas has produced some gas house football teams... As to the mountains....gosh, in TN they are simply hill billy hills compaired to the Big Bend....;) Just kidding of coarse....

I've actually heard that they inject steroids into the water in Austin, that's why all the swimmers are so fast ... KIDDING! hmmm ... Texas swimmers ....

Hey Jim: Gosh, with over 40 peaks or summits having elevations higher then TN's highest.....I'd say Texas has this one hands down... Texas Highest Named Summits Feature Name Elevation County Latitude Longitude Map Guadalupe Peak 8749 Culberson 315328N 1045136W Guadalupe Peak Bush Mountain 8631 Culberson 315546N 1045247W P X Flat Shumard Peak 8615 Culberson 315427N 1045226W Guadalupe Peak Bartlett Peak 8508 Culberson 315504N 1045253W P X Flat Baldy Peak 8378 Jeff Davis 303807N 1041022W Mount Livermore Hunter Peak 8368 Culberson 315448N 1044947W Guadalupe Peak Livermore, Mount 8206 Jeff Davis 303759N 1041001W Mount Livermore Capitan, El 8085 Culberson 315238N 1045127W Guadalupe Peak Lost Peak 7830 Culberson 315812N 1045116W Guadalupe Peak Emory Peak 7825 Brewster 291444N 1031812W Emory Peak Brooks Mountain 7780 Jeff Davis 303800N 1041223W Mount Livermore Chinati Peak 7728 Presidio 295711N 1042838W Chinati Peak Pine Peak 7710 Jeff Davis 303918N 1040648W Mount Locke Sawtooth Mountain 7686 Jeff Davis 304106N 1041339W Mount Livermore Townsend Point 7580 Brewster 291417N 1031725W Emory Peak Black Mountain 7544 Jeff Davis 304321N 1035852W Casket Mountain Lost Mine Peak 7535 Brewster 291632N 1031528W The Basin Eagle Peak 7484 Hudspeth 305516N 1050505W Eagle Mountains NE Toll Mountain 7415 Brewster 291516N 1031725W The Basin Casa Grande Peak 7325 Brewster 291603N 1031711W The Basin Blue Mountain 7286 Jeff Davis 303354N 1040120W Blue Mountain Pine Mesa 7285 Jeff Davis 303632N 1041018W Paradise Mountain Brown Mountain 7273 Jeff Davis 304005N 1040531W Mount Locke Parda, Sierra 7270 Presidio 295650N 1043149W Sierra Parda Bear Mountain 7256 Jeff Davis 304030N 1041504W El Muerto Peak McDaniel Mountain 7235 Jeff Davis 304147N 1041002W Mount Livermore North Franklin Mountain 7192 El Paso 315410N 1062936W North Franklin Mountain Crown Mountain 7010 Brewster 291537N 1031534W The Basin San Antonio Mountain 6998 Hudspeth 315941N 1053255W Sixteen Mountains Brown Mountain 6983 Jeff Davis 303351N 1040942W Paradise Mountain Spring Mountain 6966 Jeff Davis 304308N 1040023W Mount Locke Geronimo Mountain 6963 Jeff Davis 304344N 1041430W Mount Livermore Cutoff Mountain 6953 Hudspeth 315940N 1045506W P X Flat Anthonys Nose 6927 El Paso 315734N 1062953W North Franklin Mountain Ward Mountain 6925 Brewster 291525N 1032005W The Basin Twin Mountains 6895 Presidio 302507N 1034936W Mitre Peak Pulliam Peak 6870 Brewster 291736N 1031738W The Basin Haleys Peak 6868 Brewster 301031N 1033947W Cathedral Mountain Guide Peak 6842 Jeff Davis 304157N 1040023W Mount Locke Cathedral Mountain 6800 Brewster 301046N 1033941W Cathedral Mountain Cerro Alto Mountain 6787 Hudspeth 315643N 1055810W Cerro Alto Mountain Spring Mountain 6752 Jeff Davis 304210N 1041949W El Muerto Peak White Mountain 6742 Jeff Davis 303329N 1041023W Paradise Mountain Vernon Bailey Peak 6670 Brewster 291701N 1031912W The Basin Coyote Peak 6663 Culberson 315940N 1045340W P X Flat Robbers Roost Mountain 6652 Jeff Davis 304641N 1040719W Friend Mountain TN 1 Clingmans Dome, TN/NC 6,643 Forney Ridge Sevier, TN / Swain, NC 35.5628 -83.4986 Clingmans Dome :D

Moose Man (MM for short) O.k. so there may be a "few" sort of mountains in Texas.....Couldn't produce a larger list to support your point eh?? Ande, I thought I pointed out the absolute beating the Vols laid on the supposedly tough Texas A&M team in the Cotton Bowl last year.....Who did Texas "barely" beat in the Rose Bowl?....I can't remember off hand...but it was probably one of those severely overrated Big 10 schools? newmastersswimmer

Alright no knocking the big ten ... I love how the big ten is always so overrated but they seem to prove themselves time and again. They beat Michigan, and as a Buckeye I applaud that. Ohio State was the National champ in 02-03, but I guess they were probably overrated, too, huh?

Ohio State was the National champ in 02-03, but I guess they were probably overrated, too, huh? posted by SwiminOnandOn Nice to see that you finally sobered up after those few drinks earlier! newmastersswimmer p.s. what happened last time Ohio State played the Vols in a bowl game?....and the last time the Vols played Michigan in a bowl game?.....it wasn't that long ago (both within the last 8 years or so I believe?)....I was at the "real" UT when both of those bowl games happened.