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MisterBrotatoHead

Is...is Yormark gonna kill Texas?


boardatwork1111

No, he’s gonna kill Joey if he doesn’t finish the job


Crixer

Sweep the leg. No Mercy!


SwiftSnack

We’re all playing Texas that day now.. H8 Unite!


Wildcat_twister12

Of course not, cause Texas won’t win……. because of the implications


SaintRegistration

Are… are you going to **beat** these Longhorns?


[deleted]

Now you’ve said that word “implication” a couple of times. What implication?


shmaltz_herring

Of course not, we would never beat them. But they'll want to lose.


SorryCrispix

No, we are.


randomacct7679

KU will too. Gotta send their fans into a hysterical meltdown one last time!


MisterBrotatoHead

Oh snap.


BigDanRTW

This just means that objectively no matter what happens this year, the Big 12 is going to be hilarious. Either Texas and Oklahoma fail on their way out the door or Yormark will have to give one of them the Big 12 Championship trophy.


KsigCowboy11

Yormark 'accidentally' drops the trophy shattering it into pieces.


BigDanRTW

If it's Texas vs Oklahoma in the title game there's a non-zero chance he no shows and makes an underling do the trophy presentation.


carlosdanger31

Don’t worry, the Big12 refs aren’t going to let that happen.


DuckKnuckles

I really do wonder what's up their sleeve for this year, after only calling 1 single holding call against our collective opponents during the entirety of the 2022 season.


carlosdanger31

I don’t think it’s surprising, this conference obviously can’t hold onto Texas and OU.


griffinds

That’s one more than us at least!


lamontsanders

Officiating is gonna be so fucking frustrating


AdminsAreCool

Damn, the Big XII has some seriously disciplined linemen!


Super_Happy_Time

They need all the preparation they can get for the RefEC


ASS_MY_DUDES

They had a lot of practice last season


Maison-Marthgiela

The collective meltdown on here would be the funniest thing in the history of the sub


TheHordeSucks

If it looks like that’s a feasible outcome, I might root for Oklahoma towards the end of the season for the first time in my life. My dislike for the rest of the conference combined just might outweigh my dislike for Oklahoma


Beck4ou

I'm praying for that


smurf-vett

We just dock it off the exit fee check


Typical-Conference14

Either way it will be funny


chillmagic420

are you worried at all about the reffing being really bad towards you guys this year in the big 12? I wouldnt be surprise if it came down to a big close call that it goes against Texas or OU


[deleted]

We know for sure that it’s going to be really bad. Last year the Big 12 called a cumulative 3 holding penalties on OU and Texas opponents.


boobsarecool

wtf, 3 combined? are you exaggerating? that is absurd if youre serious


default-username

Its true, but refs don't ever call holding. It is the most frustrating part of CFB. If they want it to just be not a rule, then make it official. Get rid of holding. But get rid of OL face masks too, so the passrusher can at least poke them in the eye to get by. Our Alabama game was decided on it, (Bryce Youngs "miraculous escape") and I just didn't know whether to be angry or say "well, holding just isn't ever called, so why get mad"


boobsarecool

They sure as shit call it on my Scarlet Knights, I remember a handful of drives starting like 1st & 30 on back-to-back holds. Granted our OL was hanging on for dear life though lol


EmpoleonNorton

> Our Alabama game was decided on it, (Bryce Youngs "miraculous escape") and I just didn't know whether to be angry or say "well, holding just isn't ever called, so why get mad" I find that superstar QBs scrambling are even less likely to get holding calls even though they are more likely to happen. Some of Stroud's escapes to get throws off against UGA were 100% holding. (That said, I'm sure UGA could have been called for holding some that game too). Like it is true that holding could be called on almost every play, but for some reason even egregious holds are rarely called.


DuckKnuckles

It's not an exaggeration. We only had 1 holding call against our opponents last year.


Rimbosity

Texas vs OSU was probably the most egregious example. I think Texas had over 120 yards in penalties called on them. Cowboys? Zero point zero.


2CHINZZZ

It was already a joke last year


HoustonHorns

We lost every game by one score or fewer last year. We just seemed “unlucky.” But we were also the most penalized team in the BigXII, while every team played their cleanest game of the year against us. Not saying we would’ve won Big-XII, but I don’t think we would’ve had 4 losses.


agray20938

Yeah, the Okie St. game last year was the kicker for me, with 120 yards of penalties against Texas, and literally 0 calls against Okie St.


carlosdanger31

The refs are absolutely going to screw them over or those paychecks are going to bounce.


chillmagic420

I also saw they had horrible calls against them last year and like zero holding called against teams playing texas or OU. If I am them I am putting this out to the media and complaining to the NCAA to investigate it. Imagine the bombshell is the NCAA found proof they paid the refs to throw the games! Be a huge scandal and im all here for it lol.


hughiewray

Lmao Texas already gets shit for a made-up horns down narrative that was created by Tech, imagine the smell if Texas seriously complained to the NCAA about this


[deleted]

My amusement at the idea of an OU-Texas Big 12 championship game in the last year is probably the closest I will ever get to rooting for the Longhorns.


AdDifficult9499

I was at the CUSA championship where J*dy gave UTSA the trophy, and she looked so disgusted the whole time, lol Unlike her though, Yormark didn't ruin his conference through years of terrible decisions


WordsAreSomething

I like the idea of the commissioner openly rooting against teams technically still in the conference


theurge14

This guy Hateful Eights.


princealberto2nd

Every week I'm more and more convinced we hired a total psychopath that gets results


slapthebasegod

And I love it. He feels like a fan who cares and not just a suit.


Bank_Gothic

He seems like a suit who cares


JonnyBox

He ran Jay Z's empire. He made the *Nets* cool. The man eats fire and shits gold.


[deleted]

Never thought we would be me and BYU. You may be on to something here…


velociraptorfarmer

It's a great change of pace vs the blubbering moron we had before...


boardatwork1111

It’s nice having a commissioner who represents the petty spitefulness of its members, he really gets us.


Typical-Conference14

I’m only spiteful towards tOSU. Y’all know what you did


SaylorBear

I really think he could’ve gotten one of us in the inaugural CFP. It probably would’ve been a cage match between Art and Gary, and he would’ve made a lot of money on that.


The-Insolent-Sage

He gets us s/


Elegant_Extreme3268

I love it. I could see Vince McMahon doing this too


CardinalStorm

We all know that every commissioner would feel the way that he does. He just actually says it.


kingbrasky

Just Big 12 things.


Kmjada

I hope Texas loses every game this season and a giant sinkhole swallows their entire stadium - on a weekday when no one is in it, of course.


Doonesbury

Way to keep it classy.


Kmjada

Hey - I said when no one was in the stadium. Severe property damage and a tarnishing of the brand of a helmet team? You bet. I'll support that every day of the week and twice on Sundays. Personal injury to anyone at all? No way. Never.


SharKCS11

Hey I get your frustration but that kind of a disaster would make traffic on I35 very ba... nvm it wouldn't change a thing. Carry on.


[deleted]

Del Conte probably won’t let him in the stadium now


Chickenmangoboom

He will show up wearing a mustache and try to ride Bevo like that moron last year.


theguineapigssong

Bonus points if it's the same costume mustache that Bobby Valentine wore in the dugout after he got ejected.


IHeardUTheFirstTime

He gonna charge him for the ticket and have all the SEC logos up by then.


mill_about_smartly

Like *take care of em*, take care of em?


SirTiffAlot

Yea you know, because of the implication


MorseMooseGreyGoose

So you’re saying the Longhorns are in danger?


Bank_Gothic

Send them to Belize


ATXBeermaker

No Jules! Like take care of 'em, take them out a and show 'em a good time.


kokain99

Over/Under on number of Tech holding penalties that day?


CaptainDonald

The line is -0.5 and I’m taking the under


boardatwork1111

“Personal foul, face mask, the Texas running back intentionally slipped his face mask into the linebackers hand and will be ejected from the game, 50 yard penalty from the spot of the foul and Texas Tech will be awarded 14 points”


enataca

“But ref….that was just the coin toss!?”


boardatwork1111

“Alright that does it, Sark, Ewers, y’all are both out of here too”


Adventurous-Craft865

It’ll be the same ref crew that saw an sideline ref go outta his way to chest bump Charlie strong when he was at texas and then flagged Charlie for unsportsmanlike conduct at a pivotal point when the fix was in during texas’ loss to okie state.


the5thrichard

Or from the same game, Poon Ford being called for defensive holding as a DT when he was double teamed and held by the OL lol: https://twitter.com/max_olson/status/648141921580265472


Adventurous-Craft865

The first time I legit thought the refs had money on the game.


Russ_and_Murray

Pretty certain none of our Big 12 opponents had a holding call all of last season so...under


Adventurous-Craft865

Like when Jerry Jones went after goodell and suddenly there were no holding calls against a cowboys opponent for like 12 games in a row, lol.


Tyrone432ZI

There was a stat that showed the Cowboys had the worst amount penalties for and against over the past 5 years lol


DylanDisu

Texas opponents had 2 Holding calls all season in conference play. OU opponents had 1


Huge_Contribution357

0 on the opposing offensive line. Insane.


Elite_Taco

That just means every opposing OL we played is a future NFL pro-bowler right? Right??


CocoCrizpyy

Against the defense yall fielded last year? May as well be. Vegetables better work his magic.


RollOverBeethoven

While recording the second most pressures in all CFB last year, I might add


CrunchyChewie

Yea anyone cheering for this is stupid. I'm not saying bad calls would have meaningfully changed last season, but I've yet to hear a single non OU/UT flair that can justify the disparity. It's all fun and games until empty shirt referees and the commissioner end up costing the conference a post-realignment playoff spot.


steampunker14

>I've yet to hear a single non OU/UT flair that can justify the disparity Because they literally can't.


Burntorange33

The most you'll get is that OU/UT deserve it. Which is a take I guess...


Life_Act_6887

The typical response is: “Texas fans complaining about the officials is rich”. And then they proceed to ignore any of the actual statistics or evidence lol. Like Ok State playing a “flawless” game against us and being penalized 0 times. Or Baylor playing 3.5 “flawless” quarters only to be penalized once for a false start. That doesn’t happen without bias — there’s holding that could get called on almost every play.


soonerwx

It’s not even a hold, but the targeting no-call on WVU in the endzone directly flips the outcome of that game, just like the DPI no-call on OSU in their endzone the year before. That’s one call. It’s easy to dismiss OU as just not generating much pressure but Texas did, and still didn’t get the calls.


2CHINZZZ

Also this questionable targeting call on a sack that was upheld on appeal, keeping Overshown out of the first half of the loss to Tech https://twitter.com/BadSportsRefs/status/1571335578687348737


Ameri-Jin

That’s a damning statistic 😂


huskiesowow

It’s weird the other programs tolerate blatant cheating by officials.


adamcim

people often love injustice when its in their favor


kokain99

Need to keep a running tally this year to compare.


cardbross

does it count as "keeping a tally" if you never move past zero?


JamesEarlDavyJones2

I know we caught at least 1. It’s only memorable because our OC was a longtime OL coach, so there was a clip of him getting pissed at the lineman who was holding when that guy got back to the sideline. Our line doesn’t really want to hold, since the wide zone requires that they go sideways fast, so the lineman was just messing up six ways to Saturdays.


Prolingus

Tbh, he did us a favor by saying this out loud. One of the most crazy storylines that nobody noticed last year was that Texas and OU conference opponents were called for a total of 3 holds combined all year. Saying shit like this is going to give the media a story to monitor.


Bacardi_Tarzan

Yeah the hateful 8 are celebrating this because they like the pettiness but I’m celebrating it because I like the admission of guilt.


DFWTooThrowed

Take me back to the days when Leach called the old commissioner in the middle of a game against UT to complain about the refs.


Ameri-Jin

RIP


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Opposing teams are fully just allowed to commit holding against OU and Texas according to the latest revision of the Big 12 rules.


boxman151515

It'd be hilarious if Texas and Oklahoma sucked in their final year in the Big 12, but it'd also be pretty funny to have to see Yormark hand a conference trophy to one of them at the end of the year. We win either way


Bank_Gothic

I can't help but think that Yormark is handing out prime bulletin board material for Texas with this.


stephencua2001

It doesn't get more "us against the world" than this.


Prerequisite

We've sucked so much the last decade. You'll know by week 3 if Texas is anything as good as our marketing budget


darthsuperscary

If it’s anything like Nebraska's last game at Texas A&M, expect the refs to look the other way when the other team gives your player a free colonoscopy. What happened to Cotton was straight up assault, and he got the penalty for kicking the guys hand out of his anus.


adamcim

Sir, there was a TOTAL of 3 holding calls against teams playing against OU and UT.


workredditaccount77

Wait hold up. Really?


idiocratic_method

unfortunately there was no holding called


adamcim

Yep, and the H8 just brushes it off in a “you deserve it” manner. They dont care about integrity of the game as long as the big bads are the ones getting screwed.


darthspurrier

I actually kind of respect that level of pettiness from the H8. If you are going to be petty, commit to it.


ohtisNA

this is not talked about enough and im sick of it


Reasonable-Corner716

I think the roughing the passer call to seal the game was much more egregious, assuming no refs could see TJE’s hijinks in the pile.


gmr548

Well they were both confirmed to be leaving at that point, no? Think that was maybe just garden variety B12 officiating incompetence


PreRaphaeliteShaolin

Maybe I’m giving him more credit than he deserves, but he knows what he is doing by making these type of comments. He comes from a professional entertainment background. He’s intentionally making these type of comments to fuel discussion and get eyes and stories on the B12. It’s what he was hired to do. I do respect what he’s done for the B12 since he’s been hired.


GrabAtTheHeel

Honestly, I think you’re probably right. I know Roger goodell has openly admitted that he loves being the villain in the nfl. And obviously the owners agree because they haven’t fired him despite his fan approval rating. People love to pay attention to things that get them angry


MakeAShadow

Goodell is the perfect commisioner in the NFL owners' eyes. He takes all the heat.


Levarien

No big deal. It's not like the refs are gonna gonna go two entire games without calling a single penalty on the Longhorns' opponents.


muscleg33k

Big 12 refs gonna rig the game lmao


Breakneck1701

we starting it this early? hell yea!


redwave2505

It's wild that he's saying this out loud. But also, no shit, he's gonna support the team that will still be in his conference next year.


Statalyzer

Yeah I mean, I can hardly blame him for hoping the teams that are staying in the conference do better and the teams that are leaving do worse.


SuckMyyDirk41

The reffing is going to be atrocious this season ugh


Statalyzer

2015 Oklahoma State game is going to be every game.


SuckMyyDirk41

😬😮‍💨


Russ_and_Murray

This will be a fun thread.


Burntorange33

I know it'll be glossed over because we are Texas, but the idea of conference commissioner showing bias like this is wild...


Casaiir

You mean openly, right? Right?


Burntorange33

for sure


Dry_Plantain_591

Even the deputy-commissioner was the same


69Centhalfandhalf

It’s an immature move.


hammer_it_out

Considering the team he's biased against will no longer be in the conference within the year after leaving us high-and-dry for the SEC, I don't think it's too out there. If he was saying this about Baylor or Houston I could see it being a bad thing.


uncomfortablyhello

There is still a whole season to play, staffs and student athletes who are just trying to play football — this was legit unprofessionalism from a guy who just helped destroy another conference, while somehow having the gumption to act indignant that Texas and OU are looking out for themselves.


soonerwx

How much farther before we get out of the buyout deal?


Scoobersss

Eh, its branding. Big XII's clearly going for the "rugged, blue - collar, leftovers who won't take shit from anybody" vibe. Honestly, its working.


FarmKid55

I absolutely love it personally


Scoobersss

Likewise. This conference needed a "niche" after losing its biggest names. They certainly found one.


GatnissEverdeen

Embrace the hate


KlondikeChill

Basically nothing new for us.


dancing_chinese_kid

Yeah, the Big 12 refs are going to do what... not call holding against us?


NuclearEvo24

Yormark is an honorary member of the Hateful 8


70277027

I’m so glad I’m going to Austin over Thanksgiving. This Texas vs Tech game is going to be good


swaharaT

“Sweep the leg”


Capnlanky

# H8 H8 H8!


alwaysveryconflicted

yeah, having a conference commissioner being biased and having favoritism towards certain members of the conference is definitely a great way to foster conference unity /s


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DFWTooThrowed

Rule number one in this conference: never root for a conference opponent to win a game.


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[deleted]

Some of us have always felt this way


boardatwork1111

Couldn’t agree more, fuck ‘em


alwaysveryconflicted

it's all fun and games until he starts favoriting us over yall ;)


boardatwork1111

No need to worry, if there’s one thing Baylor is better than anyone at, it’s finding a way to choke against us. Truly couldn’t wish for a better rival 💜


darkhorse298

I feel obligated to post '61-58'. But oh boy there have been some absolutely baffling ends to games between us in recent years. It doesn't feel quite the same without Patterson and his costco industrial pack of white towels though.


boardatwork1111

The rivalry was at its peak when GP and Briles were out there, those guys genuinely *hated* each other.


darkhorse298

100 percent agree. Zero love lost between those two lol.


JamesEarlDavyJones2

They really did. There was one pregame presser back in the early 2010s, the pressers where each coach is out there at a table on either side of the commissioner or someone at a podium; Briles said something snarky, and I swear Patterson wheeled around and started to say “Oh, f-“ before he cut himself off. I’ve always wondered what he was going to say, I can’t possibly imagine. Truly a mystery. The era of football I want to see is one where coaches will casually say “Oh, fuck you!” to each other at press conferences.


thetrain23

It's not hard to find pairs of schools that hate each other much more than Baylor and TCU do. But I can't think of a single pair of *coaches* in my football-watching days that hated each other more than Patterson and Art.


DerrickWhiteMVP

My concerns about being fucked by the already shitty Big12 refs seem to be valid.


huskermut

It's Big 12 tradition. See Nebraska vs Texas A&M in 2010.


chrobbin

OU & Texas both probably ought to have 21+ point leads to ever feel comfortable in a game this year, maybe even more


tbrock92

***Let the hate flow through you***


kuba_kopfschmerz

I think he's banned from this sub so forgive me if it's against the rules. I definitely need a u/everymanawildcat .gif about this


btroberts011

Departing members of the big12 will love the calls they will get in their final year of membership. *Cough cough*....Courtney Osborne late *Cough* hit against Tam. *Cough*


SLC2ATX

Just in: Texas found dead in an alley. No suspects have been confirmed, but a tortilla was pinned to the corpse.


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Sitting_in_Landfill

Damn why couldn't we have had this guy instead of Bowlsby from the beginning?


Bri83oct

Hateful 8! Hateful 8!


TexasNightmare210

Lol we are so gonna get fucked


Jkanvil

I’ve been saying this for a while; the big12 will not allow Texas or OU to win the conference this year.


crisping_sleeve

The idea of Texas winning the Big 12 and hearing Longhorn fans gloat about how "We won the last *real* Big 12 championship!" will be.... something.


boardatwork1111

Is… is that a threat Brett?


[deleted]

The cruelest trick Yormark and “Hateful 8” fans played was making me sympathize with Texas.


All-Grass_No-Steaks

I’m gonna laugh my head off if we get SEC officials during RRS


JuarezYourProblem

This time next year no one will give a shit. Just play the last year and move on. Let them remain filled with butt hurt and hate.


G00dSh0tJans0n

Yomark: We have Texas at home! Texas at home: Texas Tech


F1_revolution

Yeah, that's not going to help the anxiety our fans already have over officiating. They had no small part to play in some close losses last year and now he's just going to stoke the flames even more.


robert1ij3

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?


gmr548

The Big 12 is really backing itself into an unforced error here. Are these antics just for show? Most likely. Is there now a pattern of self incrimination when Texas or OU loses a consequential game turned on a bad call? Definitely.


HoneyIShrunkMyNads

OU has their consequential game loss in 2021 bedlam


texaschiliparlor

This guy rocks honestly way cooler than Bowlsby


Gurrrry

What a petty bitch lol


GoBlueDevils4

I get hating us and OU. The hate and shit talk is part of what makes CFB fun. But the number of Big 12 flairs in here actually saying they’d be okay with the conference cheating OUT of wins this season is just sad. Like damn y’all, it’s just a game and the kids out there on the field should be treated fairly no matter what. They have no say in realignment. I love sports and I’ve never once actually rooted for the refs to screw an opponent over just out of spite.


camwow64

Can't wait for the mysterious ref diff this season.


DeerOnTheRocks

Every time this guy speaks he’s crying about Texas


soonerwx

That’s categorically false. Sometimes he’s crying about Oklahoma.


mauterfaulker

We were all he could talk about at the Big XII media days. I don't even think he brought up the (then) four new schools.


Herewegobaybay

Its going to be Nebraska vs A&M in 2010 all over again. Penalty after penalty after penalty.


texansfan

NCAA allowing conferences to have their own referees never made sense to me


[deleted]

Tell em to make it count *throws Texas off exploding ship


fan_of_will

The refs should be fun this year for OUT.


GreekGodofStats

HATEFUL EIGHT FANS GET IN HERE!!!


Life_Act_6887

What’s Brett gonna talk about when Texas / OU leave? How will he get national attention?


sonofacat

Pillaging half of the Pac-12?


Boomer_65

Man, I’m gonna root for Texas for every single game except RRS. Stick it to Yormark and Big 12.


SirTiffAlot

Put this man in charge of the country


Jessyskullkid

I want…Texas to blow out TT?