Yeah, Bohls from the Austin-American statesman is SUCH a rumormonger :rolleyes:

UT was not given what OU received. OU's president has the green-light to do anything, he no longer has to come back to the board.

UT's board gave UT the permission to do only two things: publicly reaffirm that UT is staying in the Big 12, or say nothing and keep talking to schools and conferences behind closed doors. They decided not to give UT's president the freedom to change conferences without coming back again later to ask for permission.

Said here on the sports animal that ou / osu are pretty much a done deal to the pac 16.

Everything is rumor and/or speculation at this point, or was there something decisive in your post that clears up all of the conference questions?

Big 12 schools going to the ACC doesn't make sense from a geographic or rivalry standpoint. The Big East/Big 12 combo would make an effective basketball conference even without Pitt and Syracuse. They would still trump the ACC in football. It will be a pretty spread out conference though.

Granted, Boren has absolute power,but UT regents will follow along with Powers if he sees fit in moving to a new conference.

Maybe, maybe not. If they were going to follow Bowen blindly, why didn't they give him the authority to make the move? The fact that he has to come back and ask the regents to approve a move means the regents are expecting any conference deal that Texas makes to be lopsided in the Longhorns favor. I think they might have a tough time finding a better deal than what they have now.

Per Gabe Dearmond, the Rivals WVU guy is saying that he also is hearing WVU was declined, but he can't confirm it.

*awkward*

In this case, it is not a rumor because it is a freaking public meeting. They can meet in executive session all they want which leads us to wonder what they discussed, but Bohls only reported what they officially empowered Texas to do. Or, rather, what they did NOT empower Texas to do.

So no, it is not a rumor. Sometimes you have real hard news in this mess.

Lol

convincing post

Sorry, Boren, typo, and Powers, both schools know they need each other and will either stay or go to the Pac-12 together. Both schools would rather stay in the Big 12 but changes have to be made. Pac 12 wont turn down the Texas TV market. Longwhorn Network will morph into the Pac 12 tv deal and UT wont lose money. UT does not want an OU less Big 12.

Garcia Bronco is a Virginia Tech fan, if y'all didn't know.

But that does not fit in with OU wanting to leave because they are pissed at Texas. Why bother moving if Texas is just coming along with ya?

I am not a Fan. I am a Hokie. I am a part of the Alumni.