We are though, and that’s what someone like you really doesn’t get. We know we aren’t blue bloods and don’t expect a blue blood paycheck. We weren’t pissed when Texas left because we as fans cared about some gravy train, we were pissed because we thought we would get shut out from playing for a championship, arbitrarily. That’s what we as fans care about.
You’re assigning your priorities as a Texas fan to us. You guys care about playing blue bloods, and having the same or more resources than those other blue bloods. We care about playing schools that we have history with, and having a seat at the table.
Right now, everyone has what they actually want.
And Texas and OU didn’t leave because the Irate 8 were bad conference members that held them back. The difference between Big 10 cohesion and Big 12 dysfunction was that a million years ago, Ohio State and Michigan got on the same page and stayed there. The Big 12 was a shotgun marriage with the big dogs from two other conferences battling each other for control and never developing institutional trust. When some of those big dogs bailed, the league was never going to generate the revenue, exposure, and big matchups that UT and OU sought.