OU in full damage control, "P12 flirt was all about leverage"

[30Something]

You had a king size bed for that rendezvous Junc... I hope?

Seriously guys, stay on topic here. You know how pissed 'Tini gets when you talk about his mom.

 

[Cal84]

Rumors are spin control. Just read what OU itself actually said about yesterday's events:

**David Boren's press release: "We were not surprised by the Pac 12's decision to not expand at this time even though we had decided not to apply for membership this year, we have developed a positive relationship with the leadership of the conference and we have kept them informed of the progress we've been making to gain agreement from the Big 12 for changes which will make the conference more stable in the future stability has been our first goal and we look forward to achieving that goal through continued membership in the Big 12 Conference."**

He goes out of his way to tout a "positive relationship" with the P12 leadership (i.e. Larry) and says he kept the P12 informed of attempts to make B12 changes. Direct refutation of the rumors in article linked to by OP. OP is 110% correct that article is just spin control. Unlike the OP however, I actually feel a bit sorry for the Okies. They are trapped in a jail cell watched over by a guard that enjoys prison sex. However much of that was directly or indirectly due to their own prior decisions I don't feel the need to pile on. I understand that the Big12 conference's culture is to rape someone after they've tripped over themselves. But rather than laugh at the hapless victim, it seems to me that there is an future opportunity here with someone who already has demonstrated that they want out. Would you prefer that the Pac simply act like others at laugh at hapless victims? Buff fans, you more than anyone should know what I am getting at here.

 

[GoBeers]

Good god they have bad PR people. I don't know what's worse? That someone in the dept would report all that in hopes of it making OU look better in the eyes of the general public and other B12 schools.... or that someone in the department is making all that up to make OU look better because the P12 just said no. Either way, it's a retarded move if they ever want to have options should the Big 12 ever have issues again. No the big 12 unstable again could never happen again could it?

 

[Buffnik]

Rumors are spin control. Just read what OU itself actually said about yesterday's events:

**David Boren's press release: "We were not surprised by the Pac 12's decision to not expand at this time even though we had decided not to apply for membership this year, we have developed a positive relationship with the leadership of the conference and we have kept them informed of the progress we've been making to gain agreement from the Big 12 for changes which will make the conference more stable in the future stability has been our first goal and we look forward to achieving that goal through continued membership in the Big 12 Conference."**

He goes out of his way to tout a "positive relationship" with the P12 leadership (i.e. Larry) and says he kept the P12 informed of attempts to make B12 changes. Direct refutation of the rumors in article linked to by OP. OP is 110% correct that article is just spin control. Unlike the OP however, I actually feel a bit sorry for the Okies. They are trapped in a jail cell watched over by a guard that enjoys prison sex. However much of that was directly or indirectly due to their own prior decisions I don't feel the need to pile on. I understand that the Big12 conference's culture is to rape someone after they've tripped over themselves. But rather than laugh at the hapless victim, it seems to me that there is an future opportunity here with someone who already has demonstrated that they want out. Would you prefer that the Pac simply act like others at laugh at hapless victims? Buff fans, you more than anyone should know what I am getting at here.

We left for a number of reasons, but getting out of that toxic environment was one of them.

I don't think that our partners in the Pac-12 fully appreciated how the folks in the Big 12 South see doing business within the conference.

The following clip pretty much sums it up:

[video=youtube;_VWNsfNlxj0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VWNsfNlxj0[/video]

 

[BuffWarHog]

Whatever happens, I hope MIZZOU gets fed a giant ***t sandwich.

 

[The Guest]

And, no, we don't accept Milkduds.

Speak for yourself pee wee.

 

[Junction]

Speak for yourself pee wee.

Now if you could just get a hotel to accept those milkduds you dropped on the lobby floor.... :lol: