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Today brings us reports that ESPN has informed Texas Tech that the only way that ESPN will televise the TT/Texas game this season is on the Longhorn Network. As a result, apparently Tech is now pursuing membership in the Pac-12 conference, likely with Oklahoma and Oklahoma State. And of course, A&M is now accelerating plans to move to the SEC (according to TexAgs.com), even though it puts this season at risk: "The Ags did not want any distractions during football season and definitely did not want to receive the 'officiating' that Nebraska got during their farewell tour of the Big 12 last year. It looks like the timeline has been sped up." Yep, we're rubbernecking at the train wreck we left behind. And to quote Steve Pederson: "This is why we did what we did."

If you saw the end of yesterday's Texas/Arizona NCAA basketball game, you saw Texas get called for a five second violation in the closing minute of the game. Arizona took possession, and took the lead...and won the game. The CBS/TNT crew in New York timed it themselves and found that Texas did have the five seconds, even if the referee bungled the call. Haven't we heard this story before? You bet. Instant karma gonna get you...

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.