Key tweets, and it's all gone to Hell.

[huskyrob1]

Paul Finebaum: "The Big 12 is the Titanic, and you can see the iceberg in sight"

Only way the Big 12 implodes is if Texas leaves. That would start the dominos. Highly unlikely the Big 10 or PAC 12 grabs Oklahoma by itself.

 

[upstater]

Only way the Big 12 implodes is if Texas leaves. That would start the dominos. Highly unlikely the Big 10 or PAC 12 grabs Oklahoma by itself.

Agree with the 3rd sentence, but if the unlikely ever were to happen, Texas would have no choice. They'd leave.

 

[huskyrob1]

Agree with the 3rd sentence, but if the unlikely ever were to happen, Texas would have no choice. They'd leave.

What's more likely is the AAC is raided by the Big 12, probably taking Houston and Cinncinatti which gives them 12 teams.

 

[upstater]

What's more likely is the AAC is raided by the Big 12, probably taking Houston and Cinncinatti which gives them 12 teams.

Texas and the 11 dwarfs? I don't see it. Texas is gone if Oklahoma leaves. Texas isn't sticking around to subsidize Cincy and Houston.

 

[CL82]

Texas and the 11 dwarfs? I don't see it. Texas is gone if Oklahoma leaves. Texas isn't sticking around to subsidize Cincy and Houston.

They will so long as the LHN money keeps rolling in.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

What's more likely is the AAC is raided by the Big 12, probably taking Houston and Cinncinatti which gives them 12 teams.

Did we time travel back to 2016?

 

[huskyrob1]

Did we time travel back to 2016?

Still can and probably will happen.

 

[huskyrob1]

Texas and the 11 dwarfs? I don't see it. Texas is gone if Oklahoma leaves. Texas isn't sticking around to subsidize Cincy and Houston.

Oklahoma isn't going anywhere until Texas says it's time.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Still can and probably will happen.

Let's see how appealing UH is without their stud coach.

 

[huskymedic]

Tulsa World sports columnist - interesting comment on AAU

Guerin Emig‏ @GuerinEmig 52m 52 minutes ago
"David Boren responds to Paul Finebaum declarations" tweets coming up... #Sooners

Guerin Emig‏ @GuerinEmig 52m 52 minutes ago
Boren: "I think we're really looking ahead at a whole wave of realignment as these (TV) contracts come to an end.. 4 or 5 years away from it

Guerin Emig‏ @GuerinEmig 50m 50 minutes ago
Boren: "I haven't wanted us to extend our grant of rights by 20 years or something like that so that OU would have no choices."

Guerin Emig ‏@GuerinEmig 50m 50 minutes ago
Boren: "Very important to always have the possibility of making a move if we want to, but assure you we don't have any plans to make a move"

Guerin Emig @GuerinEmig 49m 49 minutes ago
Boren: "I don't disagree with the thought that it's in our interest that the Big 12 succeed. So no, we're not desperate to go anywhere else"

Guerin Emig‏@GuerinEmig 48m 48 minutes ago
Boren: "Question is are you in a conference that's going to have a chance to play for national championships and going to be in playoffs?"

Guerin Emig @GuerinEmig 46m 46 minutes ago
Boren on Big 12: "Financially, it's not a great hardship, frankly... What we're getting per school is not really out of line with others"

Guerin Emig @GuerinEmig 45m 45 minutes ago
Boren: "We’re in pretty stable position w/ the Big 12, and I don’t look till 4 or 5 yrs from now for all these things to become fluid again"

Guerin Emig‏ @GuerinEmig 45m 45 minutes ago
Boren on Big Ten: "I would say AAU membership itself might not be what decides (OU isn't AAU), but your academic reputation matters."

 

[junglehusky]

 

[huskymedic]

They all seem consistent for the most part in what he (Boren) said

Soonerscoop.com:

John Shinn‏ @john_shinn 1h 1 hour ago
Boren said it was in OU's best interest for the Big 12 to succeed. But he refuses to close the door on other options. [URL='https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sooners?src=hash']#Sooners[/URL]

John Shinn‏ @john_shinn 1h 1 hour ago
Boren believes major conference realignment discussion coming in the next 3-5 years. (That coincides with the Big Ten's rights deal).

John Shinn‏ @john_shinn 1h 1 hour ago
Boren said OU has had discussions with the Pac-12, Big Ten and the SEC in the past. "We don’t have any plans to right now," Boren said.

John Shinn‏ @john_shinn 1h 1 hour ago
More Boren on other conference options: "We’re glad to be wanted. We’re always open to nice comments and people opening the door to us."

 

[Jimdish255]

John Shinn‏ @john_shinn 1h 1 hour ago
More Boren on other conference options: "We’re glad to be wanted. We’re always open to nice comments and people opening the door to us."

The open door is his.

 

[huskymedic]

Tulsa World sports columnist - interesting comment on AAU

Guerin Emig‏ @GuerinEmig 52m 52 minutes ago
"David Boren responds to Paul Finebaum declarations" tweets coming up... #Sooners

Guerin Emig‏ @GuerinEmig 52m 52 minutes ago
Boren: "I think we're really looking ahead at a whole wave of realignment as these (TV) contracts come to an end.. 4 or 5 years away from it

Guerin Emig‏ @GuerinEmig 50m 50 minutes ago
Boren: "I haven't wanted us to extend our grant of rights by 20 years or something like that so that OU would have no choices."

Guerin Emig ‏@GuerinEmig 50m 50 minutes ago
Boren: "Very important to always have the possibility of making a move if we want to, but assure you we don't have any plans to make a move"

Guerin Emig @GuerinEmig 49m 49 minutes ago
Boren: "I don't disagree with the thought that it's in our interest that the Big 12 succeed. So no, we're not desperate to go anywhere else"

Guerin Emig‏@GuerinEmig 48m 48 minutes ago
Boren: "Question is are you in a conference that's going to have a chance to play for national championships and going to be in playoffs?"

Guerin Emig @GuerinEmig 46m 46 minutes ago
Boren on Big 12: "Financially, it's not a great hardship, frankly... What we're getting per school is not really out of line with others"

Guerin Emig @GuerinEmig 45m 45 minutes ago
Boren: "We’re in pretty stable position w/ the Big 12, and I don’t look till 4 or 5 yrs from now for all these things to become fluid again"

Guerin Emig‏ @GuerinEmig 45m 45 minutes ago
Boren on Big Ten: "I would say AAU membership itself might not be what decides (OU isn't AAU), but your academic reputation matters."

New article that goes w/ Tweets: David Boren commits to Big 12 ... 'at this point in time'

 

[upstater]

Oklahoma isn't going anywhere until Texas says it's time.

As I wrote above, it's highly unlikely.

 

[whaler11]

Actual key tweet

 

[whaler11]

Nobody is going anywhere for years. There isn't a cable network on the planet that can provide 9 figures for anyone's move.

The conferences are completely at the mercy of Amazon. If Amazon doesn't get involved in live sports their next deals are lower and your Purdues and Wakes sleep with one eye open.

 

[billybud]

Sometimes tradition and rivalry may trump a few dollars....(see what I did, there?)

I find it interesting that Wake and North Carolina are meeting in OOC games in 2019 and 2021 (years they don't play each other in conference).

 

[SAMCRO]

the B12 should invite all the G5 schools to come one by one and make a 1 hour sales pitch on why they'd be the best choice to join the B12. There could be videos, a deck, celebrity endorsements...

 

[billybud]

the B12 should invite all the G5 schools to come one by one and make a 1 hour sales pitch on why they'd be the best choice to join the B12. There could be videos, a deck, celebrity endorsements...

I envision the B12 Commissioner ensconced on a raised throne like a medieval king, while emissaries from foreign lands line up to present themselves and their lavish gifts.

If an emissary is rewarded and his land is adjoined to the kingdom, the emissary is draped in a burnt orange stole...representing the yoke...a symbol of subservience and serving.

 

[The Funster]

I envision the B12 Commissioner ensconced on a raised throne like a medieval king, while emissaries from foreign lands line up to present themselves and their lavish gifts.

If an emissary is rewarded and his land is adjoined to the kingdom, the emissary is draped in a burnt orange stole...representing the yoke...a symbol of subservience and serving.

Except the throne is just an old toilet and the burnt oange thing isn't a stole, it's stuck to the bottom of their shoe.

 

[billybud]

Except the throne is just an old toilet and the burnt orange thing isn't a stole, it's stuck to the bottom of their shoe.

Yet still would come the kings from the east, following yonder star.....that star in the sky would compel them forward......

Like the flash of a lighthouse denoting safe harbor draws a sailor from stormy sea.

 

[mavblues]

I don't know about you guys, but I really like Boren.

The more he talks = the more he riles everyone up.

The more everyone gets riled up = the more unstable things become.

The more unstable things become = the better for UConn.

I don't think anything is going to happen anytime soon, but I'd prefer lots of drama to everyone quietly accepting the status quo.

 

[junglehusky]

 

[junglehusky]

Must be a key tweet because it contains the word "key"