el paso, austin, or tuscaloosa?

it has already been decided that I will stick with NCAA 07 on PS2 until coach Joe Namath hits 360 career victories. In NCAA 07 Bowden’s record was 359 (the amount before he 2006 season began), same record appears in 08, someone at Tiburon forgot to update this. Current actual record is at 373 I think, blah blah blah

anyways what is not decided however is which team I will be using in the 2019. Currently I have a 146-29 record and after my national title game, I will have spent 13 seasons with Crimson Tide. Below are the pros and cons of the teams I am thinking of using on the road to Bowden’s record

UTEP – El Paso, TX

PROS
- i feel like i owe something to the 9-1-5 area code as I have had several players from there (Seth Sanchez, Marcus Minor)
- No Country for Old Men was a sweet movie
- border town!!!!!
- Houston is a powerhouse in my Dynasty which should make for an intense East Texas (purple drank) vs. West Texas (border crossing) rivalry
- they are last place in the CUSA in 2018, which should be fun trying to build them up
- the stadium backdrop is nice (mountains!)
- recruiting from New Mexico and Arizona!!!!
- i really like the banner i created for this blog
- the hispanic influence

CONS
- the hispanic influence (relax, its under my PROS as well)
- CUSA = gross (but if I play well enough I’m assuming the BIG 12 or PAC 10 will send me an invite)
- not a fan of the school song
- no known Namath connection to El Paso
- no mascot

ALABAMA – Tuscaloosa, AL

PROS
- 13 Seasons
- rivalry games have not loss their fun (Auburn, Tennessee, LSU are stil tense)
- i love recruiting in the south
- elephants
- will feel guilty abandoning my guys
- i love playing in the SEC

CONS
- sometimes i hate playing in the SEC
- will feel guilty breaking Bear Bryant’s Bama win record
- looks like Bama admins will only offer me a 2 year contract (I simmed to see what happened)
- with CL busy with Marriage, Career, Guitar Hero 3, SKate, HALO 3 and other 360 games including some weird ghetto board game that he and another friend seem to be hooked on, it would feel weird playing with Alabama. No SVSW and no egg. I want to keep that era special and perhaps begin a new one

TEXAS – Austin, TX

PROS
- 1st ever Dynasty I did back on 2001 was with the longhorns
- my only Heisman winner Terrence Graves is from San Antonio (3 hrs from Austin)
- Austin is a cool town
- other than Ok State, I hate every team in the BIG 12
- in 2018 the Longhorns finished in 5th place in the BIG 12 South, which should make it fun to rebuild a powerhouse
- rivals OU and Texas A&M are powerhouses in my Dynasty, meaning LSU / Auburn type games
CONS
- I’ll have to make a new banner
- Joe Namath’s greatest College game came in a loss to UT in the Orange Bowl (then again this could make for interesting storylines)
- USC loss in the Rose Bowl still kinda hurts on a personal level

this will most likely come to a coin toss between Texas and UTEP