At least five other states are closer to Dallas than McAllen, Texas. But more than anything, MSU knows how to hold a training camp. I've been to a few others, and I promise you none of them comes close to what we have here. Nobody outside our city limits was as happy to the hear Friday's news as Chan Gailey. Believe it or not, in between the souvenir shops and the autograph hounds, training camp is a workplace.
Jobs are on the line here.
The success and failure of a football season often hinge on the four to five weeks of camp. Time can't be wasted. Gailey, better than anyone, understands that. Whenever you don't have to get acclimated to a new place, it lets us concentrate on football. The only thing Wichita Falls really has going against it is the weather.