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You can make all the jokes you want about Guido and his brother working for Bill Byrne, and you can comment on the long-term stability of the Big 12, but what should stand out here is this: Dan Beebe blew a lot of smoke about bigger TV contracts and penalizing Nebraska and Colorado to benefit Texas, Oklahoma and Texas A&M. It’s about time someone called his bluff to make him show his cards. This isn’t about greed. This is about separating bullshit from reality.

Former Nebraska athletic director Bill Byrne let 17 people go last Thursday in a move to cut $1 million in salaries to balance the budget. In an "unrelated" story, Bill Byrne received a $204,000 raise. Husker fans should be familiar with the story: Byrne builds up the overall Aggie athletic department (finishing 12th in the director's cup standings) but seemingly at the expense of the football program. More from I Am The 12th Man and the Lincoln Journal-Star.