OU Wants to Be the NCAA's Poster Child

[MrMustang1965]

...I thought S.M.U. already had that distinction sewn up!

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- University of Oklahoma President David Boren said it was a "matter of principle" that led him to file an appeal of recent sanctions levied by the NCAA against the Sooners' football program.

In an interview with The Associated Press, Boren gave the school a "50-50" chance of winning that appeal, which Oklahoma filed earlier this month. He said he'd like to see Oklahoma become a model for rules compliance within the NCAA.

"I truly think that overall, the relationship between OU and the NCAA right now is very good," Boren said. "...OU and the NCAA are not at war, at all. In fact, the goal, the hope of OU, is for us to become the poster child of the NCAA."

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[PlanoStang]

Did he say anything about WANTED being at the top of the
poster?

[MrMustang1965]

Did he say anything about WANTED being at the top of the
poster?

No...that distinction is reserved for the University of Texas.

[Sam I Am]

Post OU on their petard. The non-wins stand.

[Blue Horseshoe]

On an interesting side note, did any of you all see the Fox pregame this morning with Switzer and Jimmy Johsnon. Their segment was about cheating when they were coaches at the pro and college level. They both admitted to cheating using video when they were at OU and Miami.

[MrMustang1965]

More 'wisdom' from OU's president :

Boren said the NCAA offered the university a fair hearing but acknowledged frustration with the infraction committee's ruling in one area.

"The part of the appeal I felt obligated to make was the part that erased the records, because I felt that our coaches were not to blame and I felt that all those other players that were out there and played by the rules, it's kind of like group punishment," Boren said. "You don't punish a whole group for what one or two people do."

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