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<blockquote data-quote="Mountaineer Steve" data-source="post: 129488159" data-attributes="member: 1495432">No Actually you are way off base here, the BIG does not want nor will they take OU as a non AAU school.&nbsp; Boren knows this and is why he is making in an aggressive plan to move the school in that direction.&nbsp;&nbsp; However OU, isn't even close to having the research grants needed to reach AAU status in the near future, and is estimated they can't reach it for 15+ years at bestAnd while OU has a fantastic program, common sense proves this isn't the driving factor for expansion.&nbsp; If it was the BIG would not have added pathetic, desperate, and broke programs like RU and Maryland.&nbsp;&nbsp; You and both agree that Future revenue is not&nbsp; coming from the likes of ESPN or Fox, but subscription based $$ from conference revenue.&nbsp; The population of OK is more than 1/2 that of schools on the eastern seaboard, that have schools with AAU status, (GA, VA, and NC) and is why they don't want or need OU.&nbsp; ND is the exception to the rule.&nbsp; They have such a large national following, that state population, or AAU, is not an issue.The SEC financially and perceptually is much stronger conference.&nbsp;&nbsp; The PAC on the other hand is only perceptually stronger.&nbsp; Both of these conferences would love to have OU in the mix, however OU is not desperate like WV was when they had to join the B10, and may not want to be an outlier program.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mountaineer Steve, post: 129488159, member: 1495432"] No Actually you are way off base here, the BIG does not want nor will they take OU as a non AAU school. Boren knows this and is why he is making in an aggressive plan to move the school in that direction. However OU, isn't even close to having the research grants needed to reach AAU status in the near future, and is estimated they can't reach it for 15+ years at best And while OU has a fantastic program, common sense proves this isn't the driving factor for expansion. If it was the BIG would not have added pathetic, desperate, and broke programs like RU and Maryland. You and both agree that Future revenue is not coming from the likes of ESPN or Fox, but subscription based $$ from conference revenue. The population of OK is more than 1/2 that of schools on the eastern seaboard, that have schools with AAU status, (GA, VA, and NC) and is why they don't want or need OU. ND is the exception to the rule. They have such a large national following, that state population, or AAU, is not an issue. The SEC financially and perceptually is much stronger conference. The PAC on the other hand is only perceptually stronger. Both of these conferences would love to have OU in the mix, however OU is not desperate like WV was when they had to join the B10, and may not want to be an outlier program. [/QUOTE]

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