talk to him for years is desperate?

Let me rearrange the story in a way that would make your comment reasonable:

"I got a call from an unknown number and, like an idiot, answered. Sure enough, it was BYU AD Tom Holmoe who has been trying to get me to support BYU to the Big 12 for years."

From all we know Tramel has been trying hard to get Holmoe on the phone since Tuesday. Holmoe had a minute to return his call and it was important enough to Tramel that he took a moment away from vacation to answer.

The fact that Holmoe is feeling confident enough to address the media right now is awesome. Any link where you can show Holmoe making public statements concerning the Big 12 in 2011?

Calm down - BYU is a lot better off than most of the candidates.