Update: Putting this at the top for emphasis. A later post from ESPN reporter Jake Trotter indicates that Stoops was, in his words, "playing cards" with his comments regarding the future of the OU-Texas game. While Stoops said he wouldn't be in favor of adding a prospective out-of-conference Texas to new, future conference schedules, he did suggest that Oklahoma would likely seek to get out of upcoming games against Ohio State and Notre Dame (among others) to preserve the Texas matchup.
In short, this is appearing more and more to be an offhanded comment that was only slightly conveying a degree of brinksmanship that has been blown just a bit out of proportion. Stoops recognizes the important of the OU-Texas weekend in Dallas for non-football purposes and was not seriously suggesting the series would end.
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Possible Shocker: During his Monday morning press conference, Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said he could see the OU-Texas rivalry stopping, and said that "proximity" to Texas is more important than "playing" in Texas.
Wow. Just plain wow.
Update: I believe this may indicate part of the "intense talks" Chip Brown mentioned last night, wherein I speculated that UT would put RRR on the chopping block (at least as a threat) to prevent OU from going west. I think OU is calling UT's bluff. Hard to fathom OU-Texas ending. We'll see.
Update: Some local OKC media types insist that Stoops is bluffing due to Texas' ambivalence re Pac 12, that OU-TX not really thought to be in danger at the moment.
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