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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 129512194" data-attributes="member: 1428007">More from Boren on OU's relationship with Texas:Starting with the OU/Texas relationship. Boren said the entire demeanor of the Big 12 board room has improved.“Every year, since what we went through not too long ago, the Pac-12 and all the things that happened, the turmoil of other schools leaving the conference, it’s taken awhile for things to kind of settle down,” Boren said. “For people to feel comfortable around the table. I think we’re really getting there. For all the rumors, are we knocking heads with Texas or somebody, I have a very cordial relationship with the president of Texas, the new president (Gregory Fenves), relatively new president, very sharp individual. They have a new athletics director (Mike Perrin). It’s kind of a new regime, although probably my past spats with them have been exaggerated.“It’s very interesting. A lot of times, the issues are semi-academic. Oklahoma and Texas more often than not are alike in the Big 12. We’re not always at opposite ends of things. We more than likely are in agreement. But I think the cordiality of all of it is getting better. Trust, confidence in each other is getting better.”<a href="http://newsok.com/how-david-boren-feels-about-texas/article/5479437?custom_click=rss&amp;utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter">http://newsok.com/how-david-boren-feels-about-texas/article/5479437?custom_click=rss&amp;utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter</a>The article goes into detail on what the conference is looking at now.&nbsp; Very good info.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 129512194, member: 1428007"] More from Boren on OU's relationship with Texas: Starting with the OU/Texas relationship. Boren said the entire demeanor of the Big 12 board room has improved. “Every year, since what we went through not too long ago, the Pac-12 and all the things that happened, the turmoil of other schools leaving the conference, it’s taken awhile for things to kind of settle down,” Boren said. “For people to feel comfortable around the table. I think we’re really getting there. For all the rumors, are we knocking heads with Texas or somebody, I have a very cordial relationship with the president of Texas, the new president (Gregory Fenves), relatively new president, very sharp individual. They have a new athletics director (Mike Perrin). It’s kind of a new regime, although probably my past spats with them have been exaggerated. “It’s very interesting. A lot of times, the issues are semi-academic. Oklahoma and Texas more often than not are alike in the Big 12. We’re not always at opposite ends of things. We more than likely are in agreement. But I think the cordiality of all of it is getting better. Trust, confidence in each other is getting better.” [URL]http://newsok.com/how-david-boren-feels-about-texas/article/5479437?custom_click=rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter[/URL] The article goes into detail on what the conference is looking at now. Very good info. [/QUOTE]

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