Man Admits Big 12 Media Days Is the Only Thing Proving His Own Existence

Man Admits Big 12 Media Days Is the Only Thing Proving His Own Existence

Local Man's Flawless Attendance at Annual Media Spectacle Raises Profound Questions About His Personal Relevance.

Houston, TX – Marvin Sandoval, 58, has confirmed that his unbroken streak of attending every single Big 12 Football Media Day since the conference’s inception is less about team loyalty and more about fundamental temporal orientation. "If I miss Media Day, does time even exist?" Sandoval stated, wiping barbecue sauce from his chin at the event’s press lunch. "How else would I know a year has actually passed? The Gregorian calendar is unreliable; this, however, is a constant, a bedrock upon which my entire perception of reality is built."

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