Same thing I deal with from my Tech buddies, all they have left is attendance and conference affiliation, which conveniently, has nothing to do with whats going on down on the field.
I think I will take a perennial top 10 team, BCS bowls, rose bowls, conference championships etc over being UTs lapdog, riding their coattails (unsuccessfully) and acting like conference affiliation in anyway justifies our existence.
We got left in the dust of the SWC and built a PROGRAM the hard way and dont need to ride anybodies coattails like Tech. Conference affiliation and attendance are the only thing teams like Tech and Baylor fans can go to because they literally have no achievements on the football field. Its the reason someone like roddog can say something as comically stupid as "I would rather fill the stands than have a good football team." He knows deep down how incredibly stupid it sounds, but when its the only thing you have left you talk yourself into believing it.
I almost feel sorry for them.....almost