Where is the woman now? Is she still a student or was she ever a student at OU? I'm wondering how she feels about all this backlash. Obviously, there wasn't evidence at the time for the state to press charges, but what about a civil case or even a restraining order against Mixon? Those steps would have continued to bring this incident to light and possibly resulted in harsher punishment. Is this a result of OU lawyers/bagmen settling outside the courtroom or did this woman go into hiding and leave the university?
If anyone deserves Monday Morning QB criticism, it should be David Boren. He sat in on the original decision making when the year suspension was handed down. At that moment David Boren said that violent acts committed by his students were OK and that the university would not punish them. I actually think Stoops deserves a slim amount of credit - he sat down with his bosses and came up with a disciplinary action that they signed off on, while also holding true to his commitment of standing by his players. Stoops is in a really tough spot, of his own doing, but he shouldn't shoulder a majority of the criticism he has received this week.
