WVU joins Conference USA!

“&$@#”

Today it’s true for the women’s rowing team. It’s minor stuff, for us, but it matters to the rowers. The Big 12 championship does not award an automatic bid to the NCAA championship. CUSA does. WVU will remain a Big 12 member and do it’s regular regular-season stuff and even do the Big 12 championship. But it will also do the CUSA championship.

Meantime, welcome WVU football back to the top 10. The Mountaineers are tied for No. 9 in the Associated Press poll with South Carolina … which is the fifth team from the SEC. WVU is the second Big 12 team, behind only No. 5 Oklahoma.

I’ll provide you the ability to resist the temptation by not linking schedules, but if you want to, do look at who the top 10 teams play these next three weeks. At the same time, WVU will be off and shouldn’t have any trouble with JMU and Maryland. It’s really — fine, I’ll stop.

How about I just lay this out there for you: WVU’s last day in the top 10 was Sept. 6, 2008, the day it lost to East Carolina. Cue the Grateful Dead…