Football? Obviously. Basketball? Why not? But who would have expected Texas Tech, located smack-dab in the spotlit center of a gridiron bastion and proud home of the irascible Bobby Knight, to become known for chess and golfing pursuits?
Not that either of these are particularly new news items, but it struck me the other day that they share an interesting theme: things-you-wouldn't-expect-to-encounter-in-West-Texas.
First off, Susan Polgar, international chess phenom and new head of the Susan Polgar Institute for Chess Excellence, was elected the new chairman of the U.S. Chess Federation. She's the first person to fill the role. This means the face of U.S. chess is now living here in Lubbock.
And the Rawls golf course has gotten some nice reviews in golf magazines since it opened; now a prominent magazine for golf course superintendents has ranked it the third college course in the country. And Yale and Williams College aren't bad tee partners.
I love it. Of course, I don't think any of this will hurt the football attendance any.
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