re: One of these things is not like the others

The claim was that the 4 schools left due to our insufferable arrogance. But they all left for conference being run by schools that were at least as arrogant as Texas. So how do you square that? The only difference is that those other schools hadn't completely dominated the defectors for the previous 16 years.

But I actually agree with you. They didn't leave because of our arrogance, they left because they always wanted to be in those conferences. They used Texas's arrogance as a convenient excuse.

If we're hell bent on assigning blame, Nebraska is really the one that "killed" the Big 12. They wouldn't have left if their 1-9 record vs. Texas was reversed.

After Nebraska left, all bets were off. It was no one school's responsibility to save the Big 12. Even though we did.