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Conference footballs were signed by it's head football coaches during the Big 12 Conference Football Media Days at the Omni Dallas Hotel, July 19, 2016. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News)
By Chuck Culpepper,
Washington Post
DALLAS -- The Houston billionaire began: "It was painful." Soon he said, "The whole thing doesn't even make any sense, okay?" Soon after that he said, "People are just sick of it all." Soon after that he said, "They really put mud on their face."
A drowsy news conference in the middle of the country Monday evening managed to shovel pain around the vast land through Tuesday.