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Big 12 stresses one public voice, but battle in boardroom is ahead

IRVING, Texas -- Last week’s Big 12 meetings delivered less action than a Woody Allen film.

Over more than eight meeting hours covering two days, the league’s presidents and athletic directors didn’t vote on a conference championship game. They didn’t even set a date on when they might vote on a conference championship. And, sorry BYU or Cincinnati, they didn’t compare individual expansion candidates, either.

In fact, the only “news” to come out of the conference office was the league’s newfound so-called public “unanimity” among the leadership.

No longer would Oklahoma president David Boren be sounding off about the conference being “psychologically disadvantaged,” they said.