Three takeaways from recent developments in college sports:
1. Boren responds
As a long-serving university president and a successful politician even before that, Oklahoma's David Boren can finesse topics whenever the mood strikes. So it's no surprise he didn't take the bait from Paul Finebaum's comments earlier this week. Boren was pretty well restrained with reporters after an OU regents meeting, as reported by Tulsa World columnist Guerin Emig and others. No, Oklahoma isn't desperate to see the Big 12 in its rearview mirror, he said. Yes, Oklahoma wants the conference to improve and succeed "at this point in time," according to Boren.