[Husker] Texas Network an issue at Big 12 (-2) Media days

[Nick Chevance]

Interesting article that appears on the NCAA website concerning the reaction
to the Texas Network by the first 5 teams at Media Days.

http://www.ncaa.com/news/football/2011-07-25/all-eyes-still-longhorns-network

And as proof that Mack Brown just doesn't get it, here are two cuts from the
article.

*Brown said the network is a “real positive” for the Longhorns and credited
Texas administrators for the ESPN partnership.*
* *

* “It was available to everybody, and they pulled it off,” Brown said. “I
didn’t think they could do it. I kept hearing about it for the last couple
of years and I never dreamed that it would happen. … I’m glad we have that
advantage.”*
It was available to everybody?  Really?  In what alternative reality is he
living in?  Does the sun never set in Austin?  But note it is an
advantage!!  He's not totally stupid.  Then he later says:

*Brown doesn’t think showing high school games on the network would impact
recruiting for Texas. He said most of the 20-25 high school players the
Longhorns sign each year commit before their junior seasons.*
* *

* He believes instead that televising such games provides exposure to high
schools and gives players the chance to be seen by other programs.*
* *

* “I think the people that would be hurt if you don’t show high school games
will be the high school coach, the players who 99 percent will not even play
college football,” Brown said. “My gosh, the Big 12 is full of Texas high
school football players. So if you think about it, there would be a lot more
prospects from the other teams in the Big 12 on the network than the ones
from Texas.”*

Mack Brown, reality free for many years now.  So-o-o-o-o-o-o glad to be out
of that mess.

Nick
-- 
"If a million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."
Anatole France