The Longhorn Network that launched in 2011 is coming to a close. The 20-year, $300 million partnership with ESPN was revolutionary and it sent shockwaves across college athletics.
When the Longhorn Network launched in 2011, the 20-year, $300 million partnership with ESPN set up Texas with its own 24-hour television showcase that sent shockwaves across college sports some say can still be felt today.
"Yeah, it was bold," said former Texas athletic director DeLoss Dodds, the architect of the idea for LHN. "We built something we can be proud of ... I think it’s a big loss for Texas to have to give it up." "We’re going to cover football like it’s never been covered before," Burke Magnus, then senior vice president of college sports programming for ESPN, declared when the deal for LHN was announced.
"That can’t happen ... Are you kidding me?" then-Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel said at the time.Some Texas Longhorn players and head coach Steve Sarkisian spoke at the BIG 12 media day in Arlington
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