You are looking live at FedEx Field, site of today’s football game. You’ll note your team’s name and colors in the near end zone here. The nickname is in the same colors in the opposite end zone.

The West Virginia Mountaineers are the home team, so they get special end zone treatment. Contracts!

This is our last September game, and Dana Holgorsen has been quite good in the ninth month, winning 16 of 20 games with a 15-2 record in non-conference play. He’s also 5-0 in the third game of the season. With a win today, the Mountaineers would have a seven-game non-conference winning streak. That’s the best at WVU since a 14-game run from the 2005 Sugar Bowl to the 2008 season-opening win against Villanova and Dear Friend Andy Talley.

And if BYU wins, well, the Cougars are automatically in the Big 12. You hadn’t heard?

No? That’s because it’s a non-starter. This isn’t Oklahoma v. Houston — or Memphis v. Kansas! — and BYU isn’t in need of a marquee win against a Power 5 opponent. It’s beaten a Power 5 team in 11 straight seasons, including Arizona this year. And if BYU wins today, it matches Navy for the most win against Power 5 teams since 2003. The Midshipmen currently lead 22-21.

That said, BYU does want in the Big 12, and a showcase game in the shadow of the Nation’s Capital on national television against one of the league’s two unbeaten teams is, if nothing else, an opportunity to pop pecs.

“No secret that they’re trying to get into the Big 12, which is probably going to give them a little extra motivation to be able to play this game,” WVU coach Dana Holgorsen said.

His players, who know very little about expansion and seem content with that, aren’t convinced.

“Those guys show up every game, no matter who they play,” said linebacker Al-Rasheed Benton. “Pac-12, Big 12, those guys show up. This may be something the fans are feeling, but I don’t really think it’s [BYU’s] motivation as much as it is an opportunity to play another opponent.

“I don’t think BYU came in and circled West Virginia and said, ‘This game is more important than Utah or UCLA.’ I think anytime they play, they come prepared each game equally and put their best foot forward.”

Let’s put one foot ahead of the other, starting now.