What do you expect when you 1. Go public with your desires to expand 2. Leaks of candidates who applied and those who have been cut 3. Don't deny any of the rampant speculative reports so you've got multiple people with "sources" until they with finality say something after their Oct. meeting or a university president speaks publicly the spculative reporting is going to continue Boren, Bowls and company shouldn't be surprised because of how they've handled things from a media perspective.