KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby speaks in measured tones about the decision by Oklahoma and Texas to leave for the SEC. Asked if he’s still pissed off more than three months later, the answer is nuanced but clear.
“Being, to use your term pissed off about it, I can’t allow myself that,” Bowlsby said. “I have to get over the sense of personal betrayal and do what’s necessary for our eight continuing members. And that’s what we did.”
Personal betrayal.
That’s what he feels Texas President Jay Hartzell and his Oklahoma counterpart Joe Harroz Jr.