Small town Illinois boy looking to reach out to Big Texas

Hello everyone currently, in junior college up here in Illinois and looking to get out by this fall or upcoming Spring. I have always had a fascination for the south, the people, the sports, the beautiful girls. I feel like I belong there. I am having trouble picking the right kind of school. I am on my own with my education so I can’t do a ton per year, no more than $20-25k a year. I am a huge sports fanatic, I love it all so a great athletic school would be great to have. I am going for Marketing so my major is pretty common. As far as size, I would like anything larger than 3,000 students. I guess I’m trying to look for a big school with athletics and students but with small school feel with teachers and class sizes. Is this a possible search?? I guess I just do not know what schools to look into and also cant narrow it down.

Thanks for the feedback and advise!