If a Pres or AD wants the Big12 even as a backup…
You play it the way the AZ Pres did… not the way Harlan did.
Harlan’s demeanor toward Big12 comes off as disgust.
Of course the situations are not similar in kind… but the contrast of what would be Harlan’s behavior tells the story.
By the way… the B1G endorsing the “Alliance” all the while knowing they were coming for USC/UCLA… then afterwards holding an indefinite door open to consider other PAC teams (Ore, UW) sounds like a far more potent campaign to destabilize the PAC than a series of Dodd articles.
You guys are flying with blinders on.