Weitzenhoffer professed doubt over the benefits of expansion, from both a monetary and public perception standpoint. With OU’s next regents meeting scheduled for Thursday, he was quoted as saying “We’re going to force the president to tell us where we stand.”

By Monday evening, here was where Weitzenhoffer stood …

“I first want to make it clear that I have complete confidence in the leadership of the University of Oklahoma,” Weitzenhoffer’s statement read. “President Boren has proven to be a visionary and effective leader of the university. I am confident that our President will lead the university in the right direction on matters related to the Big 12 Conference. He has and will continue to have my full support.”

Big 12 coaches and athletic directors convened for annual meetings last week, in which conference commissioner Bob Bowlsby presented them data from an analytics firm. That data showed the league has a 10- to 15-percent better chance to make the four-team College Football Playoff with 12 teams and a conference championship game.

Bowlsby has also been insistent that the Big 12 must act or risk falling behind Power 5 Conference goliaths the SEC and the Big Ten in terms of monetary value.

Boren has spoken about that gap, and about the competitive football playoff imbalance he fears if the Big 12 stands pat.

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