NORMAN—University of Oklahoma President David Boren challenged the notion that OU was desperate to escape the Big 12 on Thursday but Boren said the school also wasn’t closed off to leaving the conference either.
“I think it’s very important for us to always have the possibility of making a move if we want to, but I assure you that we don’t have any plans to make a move,” Boren said Thursday following an OU Board of Regents meeting. “That’s just my responsibility to the institution not to get us into a position where we can’t make our own choice when the time comes.