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Message: [QUOTE="jostar1, post: 1693208, member: 1737"] Dennis Dodd ‏@dennisdoddcbs 2h2 hours ago It sure seemed like the B12’s biggest expansion proponent walked back the idea today. OU’s David Boren: [SIZE=4][URL='http://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/behind-the-hype-oklahoma-president-calms-down-big-12-expansion-talk']Behind the hype: Oklahoma president calms down Big 12 expansion talk - CBSSports.com[/URL] This was the powerful president's chance to stir the expansion pot further. On his turf. To send a message to the world. After that hour, it sounded a lot the Big 12 may just take a pass on the whole thing -- expansion, network, championship game. "I think we kind got out ahead of ourselves," Boren said. "Somehow, the speculation got out ahead of what the reality on the ground is." He added: "I personally do not have any candidates at this point." "If you're not going to have a network, you don't need to have an expansion," he said. And a network -- it should be stressed -- is the least likely outcome of this discussion. The demographics don't seem to be there. History may record the SEC and Big Ten networks as colossal successes -- and that's it. But now we're in a different economy. There's not as much money. ESPN and Fox already own the rights for most of the Big 12 expansion candidates you can name. Why would they want to pay more for those rights? [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]