Who is Gov. Nixon trying to "zoom", here?

I personally don't follow "Pac 10" or "Big 12" or "Little Bighorn" or whatever those football and basketball groups are that much. I mean, come on, life is too short. But listening to the news the last few days, I was bound to hear and learn some things about all these groups and that there were possibly going to be some dissolution of some and creation of new ones. Then, yesterday, the big news. Texas and Texas Tech (I think, right?) thought about it and decided they'd stay right where they are. And that's great for Kansas City, because we get to keep some tournaments and their requisite dollars right here, thank you all very much. But the "frosting on the cake" for me was hearing, today, that our own Governor Nixon had to blast Colorado and Nebraska and their teams by saying "the remaining Big 12 schools are in better position to make the NCAA tournament because the conference lost its 'the two weakest basketball programs' when Colorado and Nebraska left." If I were the Governor's best friend, I'd be telling him, "Dude, SHUT UP. LET IT GO. The right thing happened for the state of Missouri--can you not just let well enough be?" But then, we wouldn't have as entertaining a moment out of all this trivial, inconsequential nonsense right now, would we? Thanks, Gov! Link to original story here: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2010/06/missouri-governor-nixon-takes-shot-at-basketball-programs-of-colorado-nebraska/1