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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick speaks during the Texas delegates breakfast on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on Thursday, July 21, 2016. (Vernon Bryant/The Dallas Morning News)
Before he became a politician, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick was a sportscaster and talk show host.
As this week showed, old habits are hard to break.
Patrick spiced up the Big 12 expansion discussion with a couple quotes to Mark Berman of Houston's Fox 26, continuing his strong public backing of Texas schools Houston and SMU.
"They [Big 12 schools] have to vote," Patrick told Berman, the station's sports director.