(05-23-2019 08:13 PM)AllTideUp Wrote:  

(05-23-2019 07:25 PM)OdinFrigg Wrote:  Reportedly, Oklahoma acknowledged providing intentional false information for years to US News to boost their rankings. This pertained essentially to alumni giving. Then there is publicity about sexual harassment allegations involving former top administrators.

It may not be any deal breaker per expansion contemplations, but doubtful the BIG and the SEC would overlook this matter in their discussions. It may be old news in three years, but these scandals can dampen enthusiasm.

From an academic, endowment, and market perspective, Texas is the better one to pursue. Of course there are touchy issues involved, but the quality of the product is not one of them.

Article from Inside Higher Ed

They knowingly did it since 1999. It happened under Boren who is now in the crosshairs of a sexual harassment investigation.

Also, Gallogly resigned this month although I don't know if it has to do with this series of events or not.

Just got back from a trip where I ran into a Big 12 guy (academics) who is familiar with the Oklahoma situation. Gallogly has just run into entrenched Boren supporters and figures he's begun a clean up that another will finish, which is essentially what he was tasked with doing, but since some of this goes deeper into OU administration other than Boren, that's where the internal rancor exists. It seems that things have been so entrenched there for so long that a general cleaning out may be in order. Gallogly is okay and it's his decision to pass it to another to finish it.