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<blockquote data-quote="Mountaineer Steve" data-source="post: 129488690" data-attributes="member: 1495432">From Barry<a href="http://newsok.com/article/5472760">http://newsok.com/article/5472760</a>From Barry Tramel, who is a lot closer to the situation than you or me&quot;WOULD OU BE INTERESTED IN THE BIG TEN AND VICE VERSA?The Big Ten would love to add OU. But there’s a huge catch. The Big Ten only admits schools who are in the Association of American Universities. The AAU is a prestigious group of schools that was founded by 14 universities and now numbers 60. The organization’s goal is to develop institutional and national policies that promote strong academic research and scholarship. In other words, it’s a Superiority Complex Club. But it’s incredibly prestigious, and Boren has worked for years, long before conference realignment was a gleam in anyone’s eye, to get OU admitted to the AAU.It’s difficult to see OU invited to the Big Ten without AAU membership. Nebraska was an AAU member when invited to the Big Ten but was recently voted out of the AAU because of some research issue I didn’t really understand.If OU ever was invited to the Big Ten, the answer would almost surely be yes, even if the Big 12 was shining like the sun. Big Ten admission if an academic boon to any university, athletics completely aside.<a href="http://newsok.com/article/5472760">http://newsok.com/article/5472760</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mountaineer Steve, post: 129488690, member: 1495432"] From Barry [URL]http://newsok.com/article/5472760[/URL] From Barry Tramel, who is a lot closer to the situation than you or me " [B][I]WOULD OU BE INTERESTED IN THE BIG TEN AND VICE VERSA?[/I][/B] [I] The Big Ten would love to add OU. But there’s a huge catch. [B]The Big Ten only admits schools who are in the Association of American Universities.[/B] The AAU is a prestigious group of schools that was founded by 14 universities and now numbers 60. The organization’s goal is to develop institutional and national policies that promote strong academic research and scholarship. [B]In other words, it’s a Superiority Complex Club[/B]. But it’s incredibly prestigious, and Boren has worked for years, long before conference realignment was a gleam in anyone’s eye, to get OU admitted to the AAU. I[B]t’s difficult to see OU invited to the Big Ten without AAU membership[/B]. Nebraska was an AAU member when invited to the Big Ten but was recently voted out of the AAU because of some research issue I didn’t really understand. If OU ever was invited to the Big Ten, the answer would almost surely be yes, even if the Big 12 was shining like the sun. Big Ten admission if an academic boon to any university, athletics completely aside.[/I] [URL]http://newsok.com/article/5472760[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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