Big 12 reprimands, suspends Texas Tech football radio announcers
The Big 12 on Wednesday issued a public reprimand of the Texas Tech radio booth football announcers, saying they violated the conference sportsmanship and ethical conduct policies during last week's 41-38 Red Raiders victory against Iowa State.
The conference also removed them from announcing Tech's home finale Saturday against No. 9 Oklahoma State.
The Big 12 statement did not name any member of the broadcast team. Tech senior associate athletics director Robert Giovannetti said those sanctioned were play-by-play man Brian Jensen and color commentator John Harris.
"I understand the roles of the play-by-play and color analyst," Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said in a statement. "However, as university representatives they also have an obligation to adhere to conference policy regarding comments about game officials.
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