Oliver Luck’s Wednesday statement

“President Clements and I represented West Virginia University at last night’s BIG EAST meeting in New York. The group concluded the meeting with a strategy to recruit top level BCS-caliber institutions that match the league’s strong athletic and academic histories and traditions.

“As I stated before, WVU is an excellent flagship, land-grant University, with national-caliber athletic and academic programs. We are, and will remain, a national player in college athletics.
“The conference office will coordinate any further discussion on this issue.”

Oliver Luck’s Sunday statement

“There is no question that the landscape of college athletics is once again changing. West Virginia University has great tradition as the state’s flagship land-grant institution, and we will continue working to do what’s best for our University and its athletic teams. No matter how the college athletic landscape changes, there is no doubt WVU is and will remain a national player.”

I don’t know, maybe it’s unfair. Maybe it’s the fourth day of this nonsense and I’m losing it. Still, when and how the word “we” is and is not used …

(Also, I’d file this under “surprise” in that I’m surprised it came up at all, but I’m told there was a suggestion to raise the Big East exit fee at the meeting, but it wasn’t considered.)