They accepted without a second thought, even with some unfavorable terms in their contract. Since then, all we've heard from them is how superior they are because they're in a BCS conference and we're not.

This year, we've been invited to a BCS conference, and we tell them that we're interested, but they have to make several concessions before we'll take it seriously.

We're in a very good position right now. If we deny the Big XII, I suspect that it will be because we have good reasons to be concerned about their stability.