TXA&M07
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Deloss Dodds: [furious] I am left with no real excuse. Missouris flirtation with the Big 10 was not only vague, it is unsubstantiated. The evasive action I was looking for, Mr. Byrne, was to come from you.
Mr. Byrne: [remorseful] I'm sorry.
Deloss Dodds: I'm sorry too, Mr. Byrne, because you know what I am going to do. In as much as I can't punish Mr. Stoops, Mr. Tuberville, or Mr. Gundy, and I won't punish Missouri. He's the only party to this incident who is still worthy of calling himself a Big12 man. I'm going to recommend to the LHN that we make sure none of your recruits get any air time. Mr. Byrne, you are a weak and you are a coward.
12th Man: But not a b!tch.
Deloss Dodds: Excuse me?
12th Man: No, I don't think I will.
Deloss Dodds: 12th Man
12th Man: This is such a crock of SH!T.
Deloss Dodds: Please watch your language, 12th Man. You are in the Big 12 sir, not the Southland Conference. Mr Byrne, I will give you one last opportunity to speak up.
12th Man: Mr. Byrne doesn't want it. He doesn't need to labeled, "Still worthy of being a Big 12 man". What the hell is that? What is your motto here? "Boys, tolerate whatever the folks in Austin tell you, save your hide. Anything short of that, we're gonna screw you with a tv deal"? Well, gentlemen, when the sh!t hits the fan, some guys run and some guys stay. Here's Billy facing the fire and there's Gary Pinkel hiding in Big Daddy's pocket. And what are you doing? You're gonna reward Gary and destroy Billy.
Deloss Dodds: Are you finished,12TH Man?
12th Man: No, I'm just gettin' warmed up. I don't know who developed this Conference, Charles Dobbs, Steven Hatchell, or Dave Martin, whoever. Their spirit is dead, if they ever had one. It's gone. You're creating a rat ship here. A vessel for limp wristed followers, and if you think you're still going to have a BCS bid, with no Championship game, you better think again, because I say you are killing the only hope to contend for a National Title this Conference proclaims it should be entitled to. What a sham. What kind of a show you guys are putting on here today? I mean, the only class in this act is sitting next to me, and I'm here to tell ya this boy's soul is intact. It's non-negotiable. You know how I know? Someone in the SEC, and I'm gonna say who, offered to buy it. Only Bill here wasn't selling.
Deloss Dodds: Sir, you're out of order.
[Dodds hits the gavel; 12th Man stands up angry]
12th Man: Out of order. I'll show YOU "out of order"! You don't know what "out of order" is, Mr.Dodds. I'd show you, but I'm too young, I'm too eager, and I dont get to fn vote. If I were the man I was one year ago, I'd take a...
12th Man: [slams his Red Pot on the desk, screaming] FLAMETHROWER to this place! Out of order? Who the hell do ya think you're talking to? I've been around, ya know? There was a time I could see. And I have seen. Schools like these, smaller than these in the SWC. Their football boosters buying cars for recruits, giving kids cash in suitcases, contending for Championships. But there is nothing like the sight of an amputated spirit. There's no prosthetic for that. You think you're merely sending this athletic director back home to College Station with his tail between his legs, but I say you are executing the chance this Conference has to survive! And why? Because he's not a Big12 man. Big12 men. You piss this boy off, you're gonna be Big12 bums, the lot of ya. And Stoops, Tuberville, Gundy, wherever you are, f you too!
[the other ADs and the football coaches are in shock as The 12th Mans anger is further aggravated]
Deloss Dodds: [yells; hits the gavel three times] Stand down,12th Man!
12th Man: I'm not finished! As I came in here, I heard those words, "How We Play". Well, how we played last year, is the way well play this year. And the season is coming. It is coming up quickly. How We Play, How We Celebrate. Be careful when you celebrate here. I don't know if Bill Byrnes actions here today are right or wrong. I'm not a judge or jury, but I can tell you this: He won't destroy a conference like the folks in Austin will! And that, my friends, is called integrity. That's called courage. Now that's the stuff leaders should be made of. Now I have come to the crossroads in my life. I always knew what the right path was. Without exception, I knew. But I never took it. You know why? It was too damn hard. Now here's Billy. He's come to the crossroads. He has chosen a path. It's the right path. It's a path made of principle that leads to character. Continue to carry on this charade you got going here. Continue to lie about your intentions in hopes to entice another A.D. to jump ship from the conference. Believe me. Youll destroy it. Remember it when you do. Own up to it. It's gonna make you look like asshats again, I promise you.
Mr. Byrne: [remorseful] I'm sorry.
Deloss Dodds: I'm sorry too, Mr. Byrne, because you know what I am going to do. In as much as I can't punish Mr. Stoops, Mr. Tuberville, or Mr. Gundy, and I won't punish Missouri. He's the only party to this incident who is still worthy of calling himself a Big12 man. I'm going to recommend to the LHN that we make sure none of your recruits get any air time. Mr. Byrne, you are a weak and you are a coward.
12th Man: But not a b!tch.
Deloss Dodds: Excuse me?
12th Man: No, I don't think I will.
Deloss Dodds: 12th Man
12th Man: This is such a crock of SH!T.
Deloss Dodds: Please watch your language, 12th Man. You are in the Big 12 sir, not the Southland Conference. Mr Byrne, I will give you one last opportunity to speak up.
12th Man: Mr. Byrne doesn't want it. He doesn't need to labeled, "Still worthy of being a Big 12 man". What the hell is that? What is your motto here? "Boys, tolerate whatever the folks in Austin tell you, save your hide. Anything short of that, we're gonna screw you with a tv deal"? Well, gentlemen, when the sh!t hits the fan, some guys run and some guys stay. Here's Billy facing the fire and there's Gary Pinkel hiding in Big Daddy's pocket. And what are you doing? You're gonna reward Gary and destroy Billy.
Deloss Dodds: Are you finished,12TH Man?
12th Man: No, I'm just gettin' warmed up. I don't know who developed this Conference, Charles Dobbs, Steven Hatchell, or Dave Martin, whoever. Their spirit is dead, if they ever had one. It's gone. You're creating a rat ship here. A vessel for limp wristed followers, and if you think you're still going to have a BCS bid, with no Championship game, you better think again, because I say you are killing the only hope to contend for a National Title this Conference proclaims it should be entitled to. What a sham. What kind of a show you guys are putting on here today? I mean, the only class in this act is sitting next to me, and I'm here to tell ya this boy's soul is intact. It's non-negotiable. You know how I know? Someone in the SEC, and I'm gonna say who, offered to buy it. Only Bill here wasn't selling.
Deloss Dodds: Sir, you're out of order.
[Dodds hits the gavel; 12th Man stands up angry]
12th Man: Out of order. I'll show YOU "out of order"! You don't know what "out of order" is, Mr.Dodds. I'd show you, but I'm too young, I'm too eager, and I dont get to fn vote. If I were the man I was one year ago, I'd take a...
12th Man: [slams his Red Pot on the desk, screaming] FLAMETHROWER to this place! Out of order? Who the hell do ya think you're talking to? I've been around, ya know? There was a time I could see. And I have seen. Schools like these, smaller than these in the SWC. Their football boosters buying cars for recruits, giving kids cash in suitcases, contending for Championships. But there is nothing like the sight of an amputated spirit. There's no prosthetic for that. You think you're merely sending this athletic director back home to College Station with his tail between his legs, but I say you are executing the chance this Conference has to survive! And why? Because he's not a Big12 man. Big12 men. You piss this boy off, you're gonna be Big12 bums, the lot of ya. And Stoops, Tuberville, Gundy, wherever you are, f you too!
[the other ADs and the football coaches are in shock as The 12th Mans anger is further aggravated]
Deloss Dodds: [yells; hits the gavel three times] Stand down,12th Man!
12th Man: I'm not finished! As I came in here, I heard those words, "How We Play". Well, how we played last year, is the way well play this year. And the season is coming. It is coming up quickly. How We Play, How We Celebrate. Be careful when you celebrate here. I don't know if Bill Byrnes actions here today are right or wrong. I'm not a judge or jury, but I can tell you this: He won't destroy a conference like the folks in Austin will! And that, my friends, is called integrity. That's called courage. Now that's the stuff leaders should be made of. Now I have come to the crossroads in my life. I always knew what the right path was. Without exception, I knew. But I never took it. You know why? It was too damn hard. Now here's Billy. He's come to the crossroads. He has chosen a path. It's the right path. It's a path made of principle that leads to character. Continue to carry on this charade you got going here. Continue to lie about your intentions in hopes to entice another A.D. to jump ship from the conference. Believe me. Youll destroy it. Remember it when you do. Own up to it. It's gonna make you look like asshats again, I promise you.
