(04-04-2016 04:17 PM)TodgeRodge Wrote: (04-04-2016 01:55 PM)SMUmustangs Wrote: (04-04-2016 10:05 AM)TodgeRodge Wrote: the Big 10 has never showed a bit of interest in OU I don't see why people think they would be a lock to get into the Big 10 if they wanted to
Some of the sports nation media....i.e. CBS sports etc., reported a couple of years ago that the Big10 had vetted five schools and OU and Kansas were two of the five.
exactly and they ended up adding Maryland and Rutgers instead
because they were not interested in OU
they could have had Missouri if they wanted which is at least the same academically as Rutgers and much better athletically and they went with Rutgers and MU is still in the AAU and MU touches the Big 10 states and Missouri has more population than Oklahoma as well
MU had everything the Big 10 would have looked for
OU does not.....never been in the AAU, not a research powerhouse, does not touch the big 10 states, smaller population and as of now an even bigger blabber mouth president of the university than MU
I have always felt the Big 10 blamed MU for letting the word get out to NU that the Big 10 was expanding and thus the word getting out to everyone and the Big 10 not being able to lock down UVA or others from the ACC before the ACC could act
and that is the reason that MU was frozen out of the Big 10 and the ability of NU to keep quiet won the Big 10 over
there is not a chance in hell that boren will shut up and the Big 10 is not going to deal with that and every time boren runs his mouth the Big 10 gets further and further away from the already LONG way off they are from considering OU
If they had no interest in OU, then why waste time and money vetting them?? You don't waste resources on schools you do not have any interest
Also, IIRC the vetting of OU and Kansas came after Maryland and Rutgers were admitted.
If OU and Kansas are admitted as a pair, then OU does touch the Big10 states.
As for being a smaller population state, that did not stop them from inviting Nebraska, so that argument does not hold water. OU like Nebraska is a brand name.
(As a side note on Missouri vs Nebraska, all the reports I read, said the Big wanted to invite only one team to get to 12, and they chose Nebraska over Missouri, because the Networks told them Nebraska was a much bigger TV draw. Evidently the Missouri President's mouth had nothing to do with it.)
You are correct OU is not an AAU school, but Nebraska no longer is an AAU school. So what is the big difference in having two instead of one.
OU and Kansas to the Big10 is not a slam dunk by any means. But to say there is absolutely no interest and never has been, does not appear to be correct.