If Deloss Dodds was running the B12 like a dictator, why did it take a decade plus to try to get consistency out of taunting penalties? Why are we having officiating issues within the conference where holding is not being properly and evenly applied? Why did Texas not play for the title in 2008 vs. Florida? Where is the conference network that Dodds pitched? The narrative that Texas is a poor conference mate is false. Texas didn’t accept a bribe to stay in the conference. Texas did look to leave along with other conference mates in a package deal when the future of the conference was uncertain. But all that did was create resentment from the irate 8. The officiating fuckery ramped up, and the leadership was happy to piss off Texas and OUsux for years. Then y’all acted shocked when both schools opted to leave together. You need us more than we needed you. Aggy, Mizzou, Colorado, and Nebraska ditched the conference, aggy did so after promising to commit to the conference and taking a bribe. And when they left, the process was by and large fairly easy, not dragged out for years. Aggy’s buyout was about the same as the bribe they got to commit the year before, the bribe Texas and OU rejected. So while I too liked the first iteration of the B12, the ultimate reason for its loss of several members is squarely on the conference leadership and the people who allowed them to piss off member institutions. Oh and if you think wrestlemania dipshit won’t be coming for you, you are delusional. They always stir up shit, because the product on the field isn’t so compelling without it.