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Oklahoma President Boren Says Decision On Big 12 Expansion Could Come By Summer

Oklahoma President David Boren yesterday said that Big 12 presidents have "agreed that they need to make a decision, perhaps by this summer, on the reforms Boren has championed: expansion, a football championship game and implementation of a conference network," according to Berry Tramel of the OKLAHOMAN. Boren: "We've sort of said to ourselves, come this summer, we're going to have to finally make a decision about what we do. We cannot indefinitely postpone decisions. That's what I had gotten frustrated about. I thought we were spinning our wheels.” But Boren said that the presidents "have agreed to research the numbers and let the data decide." Boren said that in the "same way he favors letting the data determine whether the Big 12 adds new members, a title game and network, he favors letting the data determine who the new members would be." Boren: "People are being very sincere about trying to look at the figures and the facts. Not be emotional about it or ‘I want this school' or ‘I want that.' Well, what are their academics? What's their research base? How well do they fit our academic profile? How well do they fit our fan base profile? How many dollars in their market do they bring to the table? We're looking at all that. In terms of the network and those dollars, we're looking with our TV consultants to tell us" (OKLAHOMAN, 2/17).

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