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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 129479272" data-attributes="member: 1428007"><p>Oklahoma's president--David Boren wants expansion IMMEDIATELY:</p><p></p><p>excerpt:</p><p><em>Boren says the best way for the Big 12 to proceed is to first invite two schools and raise membership to 12.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“We have been, as a group, looking at expansion, discussing expansion, and we have had outside consultants helping us look at what schools are the possible best fit,” Boren said. “So there are more than two out there that could be a good fit. There may be six or seven, and we could pick from that group the right two. We have to be very careful. We don’t want to go out and get Okefenokee A&M or something just to have a name.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“We’ll look at the fan base, we’ll look at the size of their programs, we’ll look at the academics of the institutions. We’ll look at them comprehensively as to which is the best fit. And also we’ll consider geography to a certain degree.”</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>On this matter, Boren wants to be heard. This is a key point.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“You know, I was for adding Louisville (when the Big 12 instead added West Virginia and TCU in 2012),” he said. “I obviously did not prevail, and they have now gone into another conference and they’re not available now. But they’d have been a good fit.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“… Boy, I was very frustrated, for example, that we let Louisville get away and we let other schools get away. We had opportunities at one time several years ago before all these schools gave up their rights, their legal rights and their financial rights, we had a real opportunity, I think back then, to even snag some of the bigger-name programs in the country, and we let the opportunity pass us by -- in spite of some of us expressing our frustrations.”</em></p><p><a href="http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/osusportsextra/john-e--hoover--david-boren-tired-of-big-12-s--little-brother--sta/article_cd7816c7-5571-5ebe-9392-3911e9337f83.html">http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/osusportsextra/john-e--hoover--david-boren-tired-of-big-12-s--little-brother--sta/article_cd7816c7-5571-5ebe-9392-3911e9337f83.html</a></p><p><em><a href="http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/osusportsextra/john-e--hoover--david-boren-tired-of-big-12-s--little-brother--sta/article_cd7816c7-5571-5ebe-9392-3911e9337f83.html">http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/osusportsextra/john-e--hoover--david-boren-tired-of-big-12-s--little-brother--sta/article_cd7816c7-5571-5ebe-9392-3911e9337f83.html</a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 129479272, member: 1428007"] Oklahoma's president--David Boren wants expansion IMMEDIATELY: excerpt: [I]Boren says the best way for the Big 12 to proceed is to first invite two schools and raise membership to 12. “We have been, as a group, looking at expansion, discussing expansion, and we have had outside consultants helping us look at what schools are the possible best fit,” Boren said. “So there are more than two out there that could be a good fit. There may be six or seven, and we could pick from that group the right two. We have to be very careful. We don’t want to go out and get Okefenokee A&M or something just to have a name. “We’ll look at the fan base, we’ll look at the size of their programs, we’ll look at the academics of the institutions. We’ll look at them comprehensively as to which is the best fit. And also we’ll consider geography to a certain degree.” On this matter, Boren wants to be heard. This is a key point. “You know, I was for adding Louisville (when the Big 12 instead added West Virginia and TCU in 2012),” he said. “I obviously did not prevail, and they have now gone into another conference and they’re not available now. But they’d have been a good fit. “… Boy, I was very frustrated, for example, that we let Louisville get away and we let other schools get away. We had opportunities at one time several years ago before all these schools gave up their rights, their legal rights and their financial rights, we had a real opportunity, I think back then, to even snag some of the bigger-name programs in the country, and we let the opportunity pass us by -- in spite of some of us expressing our frustrations.”[/I] [URL='http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/osusportsextra/john-e--hoover--david-boren-tired-of-big-12-s--little-brother--sta/article_cd7816c7-5571-5ebe-9392-3911e9337f83.html'][/URL] [I][URL]http://www.tulsaworld.com/sportsextra/osusportsextra/john-e--hoover--david-boren-tired-of-big-12-s--little-brother--sta/article_cd7816c7-5571-5ebe-9392-3911e9337f83.html[/URL][/I] [/QUOTE]
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