I haven't seen anything that suggests this is true. No offense, but OU probably doesn't care about Sonny Galloway's opinion on this. Boren said himself that the two most important people that helped him in this process were Joe C and Bob Stoops. That is straight out of Boren's mouth. Might he have had talks with other coaches out of courtesy? Probably. Doesn't mean they had much, if any, pull though.