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Oklahoma president says ‘I’m not out to get Texas’
Posted May 12th, 2016
Oklahoma president David Boren met with members of the media Thursday afternoon in Norman after the school’s regents met to discuss a variety of issues.
Boren has pushed for the Big 12 to expand, add a conference network and a football championship game.
But he knows that for part of his plans to happen, Texas would need to give up the Longhorn Network, which gives the Longhorns an extra $15 million a year.
Boren said he does not expect a decision on expansion to come later this month when the Big 12 presidents and athletic directors gather in Dallas. Rather, he said he expects a decision, which he indicated might need to be unanimous, could come by the end of the year.
He also told reporters that he’d received pitches from 25 schools seeking to join the Big 12.
And, he also said:
.@UofOklahoma's David Boren: “We’re a member of the Big 12. We don’t plan on going anywhere…We want to help strengthen this whatever way."
— George Schroeder (@GeorgeSchroeder) May 12, 2016
David Boren on Big 12: "We’re on a path toward eventual consensus. The consensus could be 'do nothing.'"
— Guerin Emig (@GuerinEmig) May 12, 2016
Boren: “They think I’m out to get Texas. I’m not out to get Texas.”
— Dennis Dodd (@dennisdoddcbs) May 12, 2016
Boren: "You’ve got to make Texas financially whole. You can’t expect them to give up $15 million.” Well, there it is.
— Dennis Dodd (@dennisdoddcbs) May 12, 2016
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