Patton's shelf life has expired, Big-12 scores

79-65, Missouri.

Not much else matters. The game wasn't as close as the score indicates.

The time has come.

Ricardo Patton should be forced to step down.

Losing to Texas A & M and Texas is one thing. Getting bounced by the likes of Nebraska and Missouri -- disgraceful. CU is getting used by every bum named Joe, and with all due respect, the Huskers and Tigers are hardly March Madness-teams.

Athletic director Mike Bohn will likely not replace Patton during the season. Financially, from all we have long known, that is not possible. It is not out of the question that by allowing Patton to continue he becomes a bigger public-relations' nightmare, at which point it either becomes incumbent on Patton to turn the reigns over to someone Bohn would appoint upon Patton resigning (unlikely), effective immediately, and his staff being broomed if they refused to work with Bohn's selection, or Bohn doing what he doesn't want to do -- force an in-season change the hard way if Patton refuses and find someone, anyone, to coach on the cheap.

Regardless of how it's done, it is in the best interest of not only this program but this school to change course. Retaining the status quo is not harmless. At this point, Patton is not serving the program in a beneficial manner. He is, on the contrary, doing it great disservice.

It says here, with the way the snowball is getting bigger, Patton will not coach through the season, that something, on one side or the other, is going to break.

No one expected it to end this way, despite the preseason prognosis for struggle. Whether it likes it or not, CU has become an annual soap opera in the Rockies for the nation. Is that how it wants to be viewed and laughed at any longer?

There is action that can be taken to stop the bleeding.

Is Texas Tech really this good? Beating Kansas and now Texas A & M?

Not that Bob Knight was having any difficulty in having the people of Lubbock drink the Kool-Aid but after those two impressive wins, he is likely seen as he sees himself, all knowing.

The Red Raiders hosted and stunned the sixth-ranked Aggies 70-68 as Martin Zeno led the way with 22 points. Some imposter named Jon Plefka added 17 and the more well-known Jarrius Jackson scored 13.

Acie Law scored 26 in the loss.

BGT: Texas A & M went on the road, shot 53 percent from the floor -- and lost. Missing eight of 21 free throws didn't help but neither did allowing the home team to shoot 50 percent from the field. Where was that vaunted Aggies' defense? The Red Raiders even hit 53 percent from 3-point range (10-of-19). Sorry, this just wasn't a case of the Knight riders shooting out the lights. It was poor defense. A & M will survive. They are good. Barring a complete collapse or some off-the-wall scandal, Tech likely just made the NCAA tournament.

No. 8 Kansas routed slumping Baylor, 82-56, getting a combined 34 points from the inconsistent duo of Brandon Rush and Julian Wright. Freshman point guard Sherron Collins added 13.

BGT: Baylor is proving to be a pretender. The preseason allowed them to look superior to what they were. The offense has disappeared the defense is weak. The Jayhawks, meanwhile, look great, don't look great, look great. Who can figure them out. This team needs assertiveness and leadership on the floor and so far, no one wants that job. The talent is there. The competitiveness is not.

Texas eases by Nebraska, 62-61, in Lincoln behind Kevin Durant's 26 points and 15 rebounds. Durant: first-team All-American, national freshman-of-the-year, and an NBA All-Star within three years. I've read of him that Durant is a bigger, more skilled, athletic version of Carmelo Anthony.

BGT: The Longhorns are not fully developed but they are going to be dangerous in this conference, this season. The Huskers, while not lacking talent, are, however, still in need of another talented player or two to be on the level of UT. Interesting note in this game -- standout freshman point guard D.J. Augustin went 0-for-10 from the field. As is the mark of a good player, Augustin found other ways to contribute -- 10 assists.

Why the Rockies are becoming the Cubs

Jim Callis is a writer for Baseball America who seemingly knows his "stuff." He just got done with an interesting list, breaking down the best pitching prospects in the minor leagues and amongst them are three arms in the Colorado Rockies organization -- towering Jason Hirsch, acquired in the Jason Jennings trade, lefthander Franklin Morales and righty Ubaldo Jimenez.

Intriguing players all, and all with question marks.

One would have to follow the franchises closely and be honest about it all to notice the unspoken from Callis' list, which is the fact that three names in the top-10 could have been had by the Rockies, yet were passed on for Stanford righthander Greg Reynolds, a signability pick if there ever was one -- Andrew Miller of North Carolina who went to Detroit only because of concerns about his price tag, high schooler Clayton Kershaw, who ended up with the Los Angeles Dodgers and Washington's Tim Lincecum, who ended up in the San Francisco Giants organization.

If Colorado says their budget can't handle a talent like Miller, you grumble, doubting it all and move on. Kershaw, however, was a known commodity as far as high school pitchers can be, a lefty and while more underdeveloped by being a prep, surely a superior talent to Reynolds. With Lincecum, it was concerns over his durability, being small in stature, you know, like Pedro Martinez.

Colorado simply continues to try to win in the court of its' fans with weak presentations, expecting their transparent excuses to convince the jury. Sad really, and why the club will struggle to win. The leadership at the top doesn't recognize the winning model for success.