(07-10-2017 04:26 PM)murrdcu Wrote:  https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college-sports/collegesports/2017/07/09/big-12-found-worst-enemy-time-leave-behind-move-forward

2) The law is the law
Eye on Oklahoma. Norman has been the center of Big 12 discontent among fans and even some regents recent. The Big 12's initial decision -- quickly reversed -- not to restore a year of eligibility for quarterback Baker Mayfield became a flashpoint, Boren said. Boren sounded conciliatory at Big 12 spring meetings invoking a seismic reference, saying "on the Richter scale, [fan sentiment] is more favorable than not."

Asked if Oklahoma's decision to stay or leave at some point could represent a Big 12 tipping point, the 75-year-old Boren said: "I understand that theory. Someone else will probably be the leader of the institution when that time comes. Certainly, nothing is happening in the short run. Obviously, we're committed to the conference. We're legally committed. We keep our word. We're not looking around to break our word."

https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college-sports/collegesports/2017/07/10/wait-oklahoma-wants-texas-win-10-games-season

Q: When you came in you had three priorities: a TV network, a championship game and expansion. One of those three got enacted. How do you feel about that?

Boren: "I think part of it is you have to deal with the world around you. One was taken off the table because of the marketplace and the dramatic shifts with cable and what's happening with the whole situation. It just wasn't a possibility anymore. In theory, I think, expansion should never be taken off the table as a possibility but finding the right place to expand, the right expansion candidates at the right time for various reasons, [last year] just didn't seem like the appropriate time to do that. There were various things that happened to various candidates but I would say kind of a perfect storm of events for various candidates that we were looking at it that made it better to continue where we are and build on the financial stability. ... I don't feel that I've been thwarted on any of those things or those things would have made me any more enthusiastic than I am about the Big 12. I'm well satisfied that all these things were considered carefully."