 UT fans were unhappy with ABC 's television coverage of the event . The network elected to stick with the Oklahoma vs. Texas A & M game instead of switching to the Kansas vs. Texas game . ABC stayed with the Oklahoma vs. A & M game through the final down and then ran three full minutes of commercials while the Texas vs. Kansas game continued . By the time they switched over Texas was already leading 14 – 0 . The ABC announcers started their coverage saying " And now , we 'll join the game you 've been waiting for all week , which has pretty much already been decided . " ABC then broke away from their coverage at halftime to broadcast other events . This left thousands of UT fans who assembled to watch the game in Darrell K. Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium stranded without coverage for much of the game . 
