Ryan Harp Commits

[DiamondM75]

Here are the facts.

The eastern border of Texas is 94 degrees longitude and the western border of Texas (El Paso) is 106.3 degrees. The difference being 12.3 degrees. If you add 94 degrees to 6.1 degrees (1/5 of 12.3) you get the center of Texas at 100.1 degrees. Abilene is 20 miles east of 100 degrees, therefore, Abilene is technically in the eastern half of the state.

However, the common definition of West Texas is where the grass don't grow, and that's Weatherford.

[mrydel]

Of course if you are in Louisiana, East Texas is West Texas.

[jtstang]

West Texas starts in Grand Prairie

[DiamondM75]

Of course if you are in Louisiana, East Texas is West Texas.

But only if Texas starts in Mississippi.

[EastStang]

My assumption was always that West Texas was West of Dallas. That meant Ft. Worth was in West Texas. I always associated West Texas as where you stopped seeing cities and started seeing prairies. And lastly any song referring to Abilene was usually a country song. As Gary Nunn and Jerry Jeff Walker sang, "I wanna go home to the armadillo, good country music from Amarillo and Abilene. The friendliest people and the purtiest women you ever seen." That sure sounds like West Texas to me.

[Pony_Fan]

I come back to this thread looking for some good discussion and West Texas is the topic???

[SMU Football Blog]

My assumption was always that West Texas was West of Dallas. That meant Ft. Worth was in West Texas. I always associated West Texas as where you stopped seeing cities and started seeing prairies. And lastly any song referring to Abilene was usually a country song. As Gary Nunn and Jerry Jeff Walker sang, "I wanna go home to the armadillo, good country music from Amarillo and Abilene. The friendliest people and the purtiest women you ever seen." That sure sounds like West Texas to me.

Having grown up in the Fort, I would agree with that definition. I always thought Dallas was the start of East Texas and Ft. Worth was the start of West Texas.

[PK]

My assumption was always that West Texas was West of Dallas. That meant Ft. Worth was in West Texas. I always associated West Texas as where you stopped seeing cities and started seeing prairies. And lastly any song referring to Abilene was usually a country song. As Gary Nunn and Jerry Jeff Walker sang, "I wanna go home to the armadillo, good country music from Amarillo and Abilene. The friendliest people and the purtiest women you ever seen." That sure sounds like West Texas to me.

Having grown up in the Fort, I would agree with that definition. I always thought Dallas was the start of East Texas and Ft. Worth was the start of West Texas.

I've lived in Texas all my life and Fort Worth has always been known as where the west begins. However, newscasters and other media types now refer to everything in the area as being in the metroplex and as such part of north central Texas. Personally...I think Fort Worth is still where the west begins.

[ponyboy]

"I wanna go home to the armadillo, good country music from Amarillo and Abilene. The friendliest people and the purtiest women you ever seen."

That's "Ab-o-lene." Greatest song ever.

[Hoop Fan]

Nice pickup. very encouraging.

[carolsmu]

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent ... aa968.html

SMU's Doherty gets first big commitment

10:17 PM CDT on Saturday, August 19, 2006

By CALVIN WATKINS / The Dallas Morning News


UNIVERSITY PARK – The SMU men's basketball program picked up its first major recruit under Matt Doherty when Ryan Harp, a 6-4 point guard from Abilene Cooper made an oral commitment.

Harp, a left-hander, said he will play shooting guard at SMU. He picked the Mustangs over William & Mary, Northwestern, Iowa State, TCU and Arizona State. Harp is ranked 17th in the state by Texas Hoops.

"I just looked at all the pros and cons when it came time to picking a college," said Harp, who averaged 23 points and nine rebounds a game last season. "And there were no cons with SMU. The coaching staff was great and so was the campus."

All oral commitments are nonbinding agreements. The first day a recruit can sign a letter of intent is Nov. 8. "