Oklahoma president David Boren, who just last year was out in front, leading the charge toward Big 12 expansion possibilities, apparently is now putting on the brakes and, some are saying, has changed his mind regarding the need for expansion.
A year ago, when there was widespread talk about the need for a conference championship in football to be on equal footing with the other Power Five conferences, Boren, who serves a chairman of the Big 12 board of directors, said at that time he believed the Big 12 was “psychologically disadvantaged” by having just 10 member institutions.