Grief is difficult. It takes time to process.
Even while doing the work, moving through the five stages of denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance doesn’t happen immediately.
So it’s worth keeping that in mind as the eight Big 12 programs the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners are poised to leave behind make it clear that they’re “pissed” at the Longhorns after the news of interest in joining the SEC surfaced.
At least those member institutions have moved past the first stage when directing their ire at the longtime perceived conference bully — the administrators of those programs have already had to reach the acceptance stage, considering the consequences of the pending loss of the two member institutions that brought in most of the league’s revenue.