Hes a Texas insider notorious for getting things wrong , a few daysweeks before AM left for the SEC , he categorically stated AM were not leaving the Big 12 , for example <| sep |> Immediate silence in the stadium . I like that ! <| sep |> That was aMEIzing <| sep |> In places like South Korea , sure . There ' s a very real threat of imminent attack there . Prior to 911 , there was no reason to be that prepared for immediate armed fighter response in the US . Prior terrorist attacks had been things like car bombs , shootings , etc . where a fighter wouldn ' t do much good . Hijackings happened very occasionally , but they were mostly done for hostage bargaining purposes , not mass destruction . Plus it ' s hard on the already finicky fighters to keep them constantly prepped and operational for that long . This coming from someone who worked on F 16 ' s at Hill AFB Salt Lake City at the time and went through the hassle of standing up livearmed fighters prepped for immediate launch to cover the 2002 Winter Olympics .