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    The Longhorn Network and this season's WAC schedule . . .

    Texas Tech May Be Forced To Play On LHN


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    http://texastech.rivals.com/content.asp?cid=1377831


    Texas Tech's Sept. 8 road game against Texas State may be broadcast on the Longhorn Network, an athletic department source with direct knowledge of the situation told RRS.com's Chris Level and Aaron Dickens on Thursday.

    ESPN announced earlier this month that the game would be carried on one of its platforms, but did not specify which.

    Tech learned of this possibility several days ago, and according to the source, is "adamantly opposed to playing on the Longhorn Network" and is "putting serious consideration into canceling the game and playing an 11 game schedule" this fall.

    "We are extremely disappointed," the source told RRS. "Our hope is that the Texas State game will be played on a primary ESPN platform."

    While Tech would face a significant buyout if it canceled the game, there is no NCAA rule mandating that teams play 12 games a season.

    Contractually, the Western Athletic Conference, of which Texas State is a member, has the right to determine the broadcast partner for the game. Tech, however, has always expressed reservations about appearing on the Longhorn Network. Last year, ESPN approached the university about airing it's conference game against Texas but Tech refused.

    Last year, the WAC recognized the Longhorn Network as an official ESPN platform after the network agreed to air all six of UTSA's 2012 home games.
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    Re: The Longhorn Network and this season's WAC schedule . . .

    I don't see how Texas Tech has any say in that if the game is played at Texas State. I hope Texas State sues them for at least a million if they refuse to play them.

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    Re: The Longhorn Network and this season's WAC schedule . . .

    Quote Originally Posted by DONW View Post
    I don't see how Texas Tech has any say in that if the game is played at Texas State. I hope Texas State sues them for at least a million if they refuse to play them.
    Seems to me like a perfect micro-example of how the playoff is gonna work. Big boy says you do things the way I want or nothing happens, even if we have a legally binding contract that says otherwise.

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    You guys don't get it.
    this isn't about texas state.
    this isn't about Texas Tech, really.

    This is another PERFECT example of what tore the Big12 apart. Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri, and A&M all got fed up with the power-play of the Longhorn athletic department.
    The longhorns have been forcing their will onto the league for years. Here they are, at it again....trying to force the Texas Tech onto the LHN, after they've made it very clear that they want no part of it. they've turned down big pay days already. Now the horns are backdooring the red raiders.

    This is the same kind of crap that drove Nebraska to leave 2 years ago. The same kind of stuff that drove Colorado to leave. and so on, and so forth.

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    Re: The Longhorn Network and this season's WAC schedule . . .

    Hell, maybe Texas Tech will leave the Big 12 and go to the WAC??? Then SD can stay in Ruston.

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    Re: The Longhorn Network and this season's WAC schedule . . .

    Make no mistake....the Texas Tech people are livid.

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    Re: The Longhorn Network and this season's WAC schedule . . .

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    Re: The Longhorn Network and this season's WAC schedule . . .

    Do any on you want to play of the tigger channel? Unless we are playing lsu I certainly wouldn't want it to be shown there.

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    Re: The Longhorn Network and this season's WAC schedule . . .

    Quote Originally Posted by Dawgpix View Post
    Hahaha. 6 years is a loooong time to not compete for a BCSNC.

    Quote Originally Posted by Cal&Ken View Post
    Do any on you want to play of the tigger channel? Unless we are playing lsu I certainly wouldn't want it to be shown there.
    Only if we get royalites.

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    Re: The Longhorn Network and this season's WAC schedule . . .

    Quote Originally Posted by Tbone1 View Post
    Make no mistake....the Texas Tech people are livid.
    I think they should leave the Big 12 and join the MWC. Then, we could take their place in the Big 12.

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    Re: The Longhorn Network and this season's WAC schedule . . .

    The problem has been taken care of...


    http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/col...-in-big-12.ece



    A lot of ruffled feathers to be smoothed still remains though.

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    Re: The Longhorn Network and this season's WAC schedule . . .

    Bottom line is that rival programs DO NOT want $$$ from their fans pockets to fund the Longhorn Athletic department. PERIOD.
    The spread of that network does exactly that.
    Every red raider fan or Sooner fan or (insert rival school here), who gets goat-roped into paying a dime for a sportspackage that includes the LHN....is directly funding the longhorn athletic department.

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    Re: The Longhorn Network and this season's WAC schedule . . .

    Quote Originally Posted by Cal&Ken View Post
    Do any on you want to play of the tigger channel? Unless we are playing lsu I certainly wouldn't want it to be shown there.
    Some of our fans want us to join the LSU System, so playing on the tigger network when lsu has nothing to do with our game/opponent is a foregone conclusion to them. Personally, that thought makes me want to vomit.

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    Re: The Longhorn Network and this season's WAC schedule . . .

    Quote Originally Posted by DogsWin View Post
    Some of our fans want us to join the LSU System, so playing on the tigger network when lsu has nothing to do with our game/opponent is a foregone conclusion to them. Personally, that thought makes me want to vomit.
    No, I just want Cox Sports to start the Tech network . . . .
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    Re: The Longhorn Network and this season's WAC schedule . . .

    Quote Originally Posted by Dawgpix View Post
    No, I just want Cox Sports to start the Tech network . . . .
    Now we're talkin! Then Texas and LSU can play their football games on the LA Tech Network.

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