Deep beneath an revelation from Oliver Luck that circumstances have conspired to push back the completion date of the basketball practice facility is an admission Big East scheduling will make it hard to play seven home games every season.

There goes a $2 million payday, but here comes the possibility for another cash grab. The Mountaineers will be paid $2.25 million for their 2016 game against BYU at FedEx Field. Similar overtures are out there.

“What’s interesting to me,” the West Virginia AD said, “is that the number of proposals that have come our way recently, according to people who have been here like (Deputy AD) Mike Parsons, the number has really ratcheted up. It’s more active than it’s ever been.”

Luck mentioned that WVU has had contact from the Redskins for additional dates at FedEx, and most of the proposed foes have been from the ACC.

“The Ravens also are active in Baltimore, the Cincinnati Bengals (against a Big Ten or SEC opponent, perhaps?),” Luck said. “Cincinnati and Pittsburgh are a bit different dynamic because we have (Big East) brethren schools there. Charlotte (Carolina Panthers) is now more active than it’s ever been, too.

“I think part of it – in places like D.C., Baltimore and Charlotte – is a lot of respect for the Mountaineer fan base and what we can bring. Ultimately in that regard, we’ll do what’s needed to do to replace a home game, if the economics work.”