For Immediate Release Thursday, June 17, 2010 On Thursday, Texas State Representatives Bill Callegari (District 132, Katy) and Garnet Coleman (District 147, Houston) joined other Houston-area legislators calling for the inclusion of the University of Houston in the Big 12 conference. In a letter addressed to the president of each university in the conference and the Big 12 commissioner, the legislators noted that, "Despite UH's local and statewide prominence, the university does not belong to a strong BCS conference such as the Big 12. The Cougars, the City of Houston, and the State of Texas deserve better." Last week, the...