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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Simple answer: Texas badly miscalculated this thing.

They thought they had the ship righted and things stabilized their own little pet conference. Dan Beebe is a Texas stooge and they were certain he'd done his 'job' in creating their fiefdom.

As it turned out, Texas was terribly terribly wrong and Beebe inadvertently detonated the conference. By the time Texas realized it had all come apart, things were too far gone.

With a real commissioner in place rather than a UT puppet, the Big XII would have immediately moved to assuage Nebraska (and MU's) angst. They'd have been able to keep the XII intact and if they felt the need to expand, they could've used their traditional ties and geography to secure a major player like BYU.

Beebe didn't get fired because he did exactly what Texas told him to do. Unfortunately, dancing to that tune has dissolved the XII. Nicely done, asswipes. Very nicely done.

**** Texas.