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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 132019982" data-attributes="member: 1428007">OU and especially Texas used the BIG 12 as a cash cow.&nbsp; They hamstrung the rest of the conference and the commissioner to threaten them into not acting in their own best interest For years.&nbsp;&nbsp; Texas and OU were not more relevant than say Clemson in the ACC, Ohio State in the Big Ten,&nbsp; or Alabama in the SEC—- but they and their media machine always acted as though they were something more.&nbsp; Those other schools didn’t demand special treatment, but an agenda driven social media and even bigger media campaign demanded special treatment for OU and UT which weren’t approaching the level of accomplishment for the conference as Alabama, OSU and Clemson did for their conferences.&nbsp; Bowlsby wasn’t able to act as say, Jim Delaney and take proactive actions to better everyone‘s situation— he was controlled by OU and especially UT and couldn’t do anything without their ok.They lied to his face and everyone else’s while negotiating and scheming behind their backs- while at the same time sitting in on the highest level meetings and negotiations and making sure the conference couldn’t achieve anything that would supersede the plans Ou and UT made for themselves.&nbsp; And now they have a campaign out to smear the conference and commissioner to make it seem as though the commissioner and conference are at fault.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 132019982, member: 1428007"] OU and especially Texas used the BIG 12 as a cash cow. They hamstrung the rest of the conference and the commissioner to threaten them into not acting in their own best interest For years. Texas and OU were not more relevant than say Clemson in the ACC, Ohio State in the Big Ten, or Alabama in the SEC—- but they and their media machine always acted as though they were something more. Those other schools didn’t demand special treatment, but an agenda driven social media and even bigger media campaign demanded special treatment for OU and UT which weren’t approaching the level of accomplishment for the conference as Alabama, OSU and Clemson did for their conferences. Bowlsby wasn’t able to act as say, Jim Delaney and take proactive actions to better everyone‘s situation— he was controlled by OU and especially UT and couldn’t do anything without their ok. They lied to his face and everyone else’s while negotiating and scheming behind their backs- while at the same time sitting in on the highest level meetings and negotiations and making sure the conference couldn’t achieve anything that would supersede the plans Ou and UT made for themselves. And now they have a campaign out to smear the conference and commissioner to make it seem as though the commissioner and conference are at fault. [/QUOTE]

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