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Message: [QUOTE="Charley Horse, post: 1703980, member: 6990"] Maybe I'm putting too much stock in Berry Tramel's assessment of David Boren's motivations. In this article: [URL="http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/college-sports/collegesports/2016/05/18/oklahoma-columnist-know-texas-feels-like-important-save-big-12"]Oklahoma columnist: If Sooners were to leave the Big 12, they'd prefer one conference over the SEC | SportsDay[/URL] He says, [I]"I don't think that expansion is David Boren's ultimate goal. I don't think he thinks 12 is so much better than 10. I think he's trying to get a conference network and even more than that he's trying to eliminate the Longhorn Network..."[/I] Later in the same interview, he says: [I]Kevin Weiberg, almost 12 years ago, tried to put a Big 12 network together and he needed nine votes and he only got eight. The four he didn't get were the big boys -- OU, Texas, A&M, Nebraska. A&M and Nebraska have since flown the coop and now Oklahoma is here wanting to change the dynamics. But the Sooners were the ones who said, hey, we want the freedom to do our own network. What those schools didn't realize -- OU, Nebraska and A&M -- what they didn't realize the marketing power of Texas, that ESPN would give them such a bonanza. [/I] So is it all about resentment and remorse and not about expansion? If so, it may be why others seem to be backing away from OU. [/QUOTE]