One time when I was in school there was a kid we all knew was a bad student, but the principal made a deal with him that if he didn’t get in trouble before, then he could go on the field trip with the rest of us. He controlled himself for a bit and managed to get on the bus. Then we all got sent back to school early because of something he did.
We all had a hunch that this Oklahoma State team wasn’t actually good enough to get on that bus to Arlington and be playing for a Big 12 title.