Meanwhile, Dana Holgorsen understands that the only think West Virginia can’t do today that it could do before noon Saturday is finish undefeated. Pretty much everything else is still out there for the Mountaineers.

Since moving to a single-division format without a championship game in 2011, the Big 12 hasn’t had a team finish without a conference loss. A two-loss team has finished second in the standings three times. This is the first time since the league debuted in 1996 that it hasn’t had a team in the top 10 in the first weekend in November, so it’s not as though a WVU rally is out of the question.

“That was mentioned after the game — you lose one, you’re still in good shape,” Holgorsen said. “There have been years when you lose two and you’ve got a chance. It’s just the way the Big 12 is. The round-robin situation, everyone gets a crack at everybody else. Nobody gets any scheduling advantages. So, you’ve got to take that into consideration.

“The biggest thing is all nine games are going to be tough. That’s just the way it’s going to be. You’ve got to do your best each week. If you don’t, you’re going to put yourself in position to not be successful.”

Housekeeping: The past eight days caught up to me overnight. I’m underneath it right now, so G&B might be delayed tomorrow.