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Message: [QUOTE="jostar1, post: 1601167, member: 1737"] [URL='https://twitter.com/kbohls'][B]Kirk BohlsVerified account [/B]‏@[B]kbohls[/B] [/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/kbohls/status/704825295841456133']2h2 hours ago[/URL] Bohls: On Texas basketball recruitingl, the NFL Draft and the Big 12’s future [URL]http://www.mystatesman.com/news/sports/bohls-on-texas-basketball-the-nfl-draft-and-the-bi/nqbjk/[/URL] 5. Joe Castiglione said there is “no perfect solution” for the Big 12 and looks forward to the May/June meetings that could determine whether the league adopts a conference football title game and chooses to expand. “Some years it could be really good, some years it could not,” the Oklahoma athletic director said. “We know it would have to be a rematch.” Texas’ stance on these issues remain a mystery although it’s safe to assume it doesn’t want to give up its lucrative Longhorn Network. There is one theory that ESPN would like the Big 12 to force its hand and pressure/entice Texas to abandon the LHN in favor of a league-wide network. Castiglione declined to address the idea. “Texas is like us. We’re all examining everything that could strengthen the league.” What troubles OU’s outspoken president, David Boren, is the fact that the league has only three recognizable, strong brands — Oklahoma football, Kansas basketball and Texas football, which at the moment is on the decline — and that doesn’t speak well to ticket sales. TCU, for instance, only sold 2,000 of its ticket allotments for the road football game in Norman last year. [B]That’s a big reason Boren wants OU to join the SEC or the Big Ten.[/B] [SIZE=6][B]Kirk Bohls[URL='https://twitter.com/help/verified']Verified account[/URL] [/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=5][B][URL='https://twitter.com/kbohls']@kbohls[/URL] [/B][/SIZE] Austin American-Statesman sports columnist Kirk Bohls. Austin, TX [/QUOTE]

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