STILLWATER — The head of Big 12 football officials called Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy to apologize for a botched call on the decisive touchdown in OSU’s 41-36 loss to Texas Saturday night, two OSU sources told The Oklahoman.

Walt Anderson “apologized profusely” while admitting to Gundy that UT running back Joe Bergeron did indeed fumble before crossing the goal line and the touchdown call on the field was incorrect, one source said.

The source said Anderson told Gundy the call was botched by head linesman Brad Edwards, who signaled touchdown too soon without a proper view of the ball, which was fumbled before it broke the plane of the end zone. Edwards was originally positioned on the goal line on the UT sideline, then sprinted toward the pile and put his arms in the air. A second source added umpire Scott Teifer, who was watching the play from the end zone, also did not communicate properly with Edwards by telling him the ball was on the ground before it crossed the goal line.

Big 12 Associate Commissioner-Communications Bob Burda said in an email Wednesday evening that per the conference’s officiating program protocol, dialogue regularly occurs between coaches/administrators and conference staff. But the conference used its official Twitter account to refute that it acknowledged a blown call and issued an apology to OSU.