I completely agree there is a disconnect with Dodds and his supporters and the majority of Texas alums. I would say 20% fall into the Dodds line of thinking, 40% are ambivalent, and 40% want the game back. My "titty baby" reference is to Dodds and to a lesser extent his enabler Powers.

As for the LSU game I said "rivalry weekend", playing on Thanksgiving Day or not is irrelevant. It is more beneficial for us to play LSU that weekend as well because if we play LSU early it won't grow into the same level of rivalry as it would otherwise. By contrast playing Texas at 3AM in April would be a rivalry. If we play Texas early it also leaves them with Tech, Baylor, or TCU to play on rivalry weekend while we play LSU which is a win for us.

I also think it would be kind of crappy that since we have been working hard behind the scenes to get LSU on Rivalry weekend since Texas said they no longer wanted to play us to just say, "Sorry, the sips will play us now so we are out." The SEC has been nothing but good to us and LSU has been very welcoming, outside of the rivalry smack which is all fun. I have no desire to "better deal" that relationship to chase after the sips who may just decide they want to stop playing us on Rivalry weekend at any time if they think it is in their interests or even if they think they can harm us. A major reason we left the Big 12 was the sips are terrible business partners who care only about their own interests, what makes you think that has changed?