The summer is fun for reasons like this: The college games are in their offseasons and reporters are freed from the routines of their beats. The time can be — and actually sometimes is — devoted to enterprise stories.

And for that reason, we now know 31 of the 66 BCS football programs spend more money on football than does WVU. The Mountaineers devote $15.9 million annually to football, which ranks third in the Big East. With low expenses and healthy income ($28.95 million, No. 26 in the nation, No. 1 in the Big East), WVU is No. 28 nationally and No. 1 in the conference with $13.05 million in net revenue (revenue less expenses).

So the Mountaineers are pretty good with their bottom line. They don’t have the best budget, of course, but they’ve been the best against teams with larger budgets.

Meanwhile, West Virginia has been the nation’s most successful school when playing against teams with bigger budgets. The Mountaineers’ success rate against schools with a greater financial commitment is unprecedented.

In the past five seasons, the Mountaineers played 17 games against schools that they were outspent by and West Virginia was an impressive 14-3 in those contests.

In fact, West Virginia actually fared better in games against schools that spent more than money (.823 percent) than against schools that spent less money (33-10, .767) than the Mountaineers.