They know they were never even considered for the Big 12, right? It was mostly to see what moronic crap they might do to beg for an invite that was never coming
The Big XII is like that one dude you know who has high standards, but for like no apparent reason. They won't eff any ugly girls, but they're not capable of rough ridin' any hot girls. So, they live in this weird self-imposed celibacy their entire lives, always thinking that they're going to break the dry spell any day now.