Here on the eve of the greatest day of the year – College Football Day – rumors have started to spread that Oklahoma University is starting to shop around for a new conference of their own.
David Boren, the President of OU, has been widely reported as having said, “The Big 12 is not the same Big 12, I was extremely disappointed when Nebraska departed. Disappointed when Colorado departed.” The future of the Big 12-2-1 is clearly looking bleak, which could be a great thing for us Aggies. With no conference to pay, we could be able to jump to the SEC free and clear of the hefty exit fees that many have projected.
Mr. Boren has also set up a fairly quick time frame for any move or announcements to be made by OU, saying, “My experience is that, in these kinds of things, it might be a matter of 72 hours, it might be a matter of two weeks, I don’t really think this is something that’s going to linger on beyond two or three weeks, from the outside.”
This is some big news from the giant that has been lurking in the shadows of TU, and should be a very interesting story to watch unfold in the next couple of weeks as we may be finally seeing the crumbling of the Big 12.
For more of what Mr. Boren had to say…Boren on Big 12, OU’s future in it.
Today, Monday Sept 5th, I was tuned to the local ESPN radio show that featured the Arizona State AD. He surmised that due to the point in negotiations between t.u. / OU and the PAC-12 that their negotiations have been underway for at least 4 months, minimum! That means that all this retoric about how A&M is the root cause of the failing BIG-12 is nothing more than hard mflattened cow-chips! The fact is, t.u. and the PAC-10 started this ball rolling two years ago. All this noise about litigation against A&M or the SEC is t.u. driven hogwash… unbelievable!
Today, Monday Sept 5th, I was tuned to the local ESPN radio show that featured the Arizona State AD. He surmised that due to the point in negotiations between t.u. / OU and the PAC-12 that their negotiations have been underway for at least 4 months, minimum! That means that all this retoric about how A&M is the root cause of the failing BIG-12 is nothing more than hard flattened cow-chips! The fact is, t.u. and the PAC-10 started this ball rolling two years ago. All this noise about litigation against A&M or the SEC is t.u. driven hogwash… unbelievable!