WVU won’t come out and say these kinds of things because, as is its practice, nothing is official until it’s official. That said, a little bit of hustling and some well-placed connections can fill in the blanks when it comes to finding out who WVU football will play in the future.

Sources say West Virginia has talked with at least two of Marshall’s league brethren (besides ECU) in Central Florida and Southern Mississippi. The UCF possibility is much more likely on WVU’s docket (2011 and ’12 or 2012 and ’13, perhaps?).

As for the Herd and WVU continuing the Coal Bowl after 2012, Pastilong said the seven-year series Gov. Joe Manchin helped push through the rapids isn’t getting an extension … yet.

“There’s nothing beyond what we already have in the existing contract,” Pastilong said. “For the time being, we’re going to leave it as such.”