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Mister Christian is on the way — I’m told it’s “overambitious” to expect a sixth year, but the pursuit is in the plans — and WVU has another post-graduate transfer and one it can plug into the secondary.

For a program with a lot of transfer players in its two-deep, a value for that influx of talent and a need for experience in the secondary, that’s good news.

It might also be one of the last such inclusions as Dana Holgorsen believes the suddenly active NCAA might soon seek to “get a handle on” the post-graduate practice.

“I’ve been very vocal about this,” Holgorsen said. “(Sims) left the University of Houston and had his degree from there, but being able to be in the Big 12 — and there’s been a lot of talk about the ‘Power Five’ conferences and a separation and a lot of that, and it’s not going to go away — that’s something that’s going to continue to exist. Kids want to play at the highest level possible and we’re probably going to gain an advantage in recruiting.”

The point? Players commit to a school and take advantage of all it offers to graduate early all so they can go to a bigger and better school that can do more for the player — that is, expose them to the NFL — than the original school can. That’s not exactly within the spirit of intercollegiate athletics, but it’s a part of the landscape and something schools do capitalize on every time it’s a worthwhile option.

And for that alone, the NCAA may indeed act.