WVU will open the 2014 season against the Towson / quick google search / TIGERS!

Towson, in Baltimore’s suburbs, has an NCAA Football Championship Subdivision program as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. The Tigers’ next five schedules include games at major foes Indiana, neighboring Maryland, Kent State, Connecticut and WVU. They faced Navy and Northwestern the past two seasons.

While there’s been no word from WVU on the game, the Towson news release on future scheduling says, “Dr. Clements played a key role in scheduling the Towson-West Virginia game.”

Towson was outscored 402-148 last year — and 267-76 in the first half, something not cured during the spring game — while being outgained on the ground and through the air. The Tigers committed 34 turnovers and lost 18 and finished, not surprisingly, 2-9. That said, they played a truly tough schedule in the CAA alone.

There’s a point here, honest, and it goes beyond me reeling in the Baltimore demographic. The Towson game leaves WVU with the following schedule openings.

2011: One home game (FBS, probably non-BCS league)
2012: One home (FCS), one road game (FBS, probably non-BCS)
2013: One home game (FBS, probably non BCS-league) 
2014: One home (FCS) and one road game (FBS, probably BCS league)
2015: Two home (FCS, FBS BCS league) and one road (FBS non-BCS league)

There’s a gigantic buffalo in the room, of course, and that school could fill a hole in 2013-15. This  is where I’d normally ask you to fill the vacancies, but it’s nearly impossible when you don’t know, for example, if Rutgers will be a part of the schedule as a regular Big East opponent or an option as a non-conference series.