Boren Opens Up About SEC, Pac-10 Offers

The University of Oklahoma's president, David Boren, is beginning to openly discuss the other options his school had during the conference realignment.

Thursday, May 26th 2011, 11:48 am

By: News On 6

Originally Published: Jun 23, 2010 1:12 PM CDT

Oklahoma Sports Staff and Wire Reports

ARDMORE, Oklahoma -- University of Oklahoma’s president David Boren said Wednesday his school, along with Texas A&M, both received invitations to join the Southeastern Conference.

Once the whirlwind of conference realignment dwindled down a bit, OU chose to stay in the Big 12, turning down the SEC offer and a separate invite by the Pac-10.

Boren said the Pac-10 offer was for five Big 12 schools -- Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech -- to join as a group. He said the SEC extended offers only to Oklahoma and Texas A&M, both of which opted to stay in a slimmed-down Big 12 after Colorado left for the Pac-10 and Nebraska left for the Big Ten.

Boren said because the SEC offer didn't include Oklahoma State and Texas, he didn't consider it a good option.

SEC spokesman Craig Pinkerton said he "is not in a position to comment" on what Boren said.