Good afternoon from sunny Austin, where WVU and Texas are set to tangle with a winner gaining a leg up in the race for a spot in the Big 12 championship game.

Looking at the provided two-deep rosters, it appears WVU is getting some players back from injury for this game while others still need some time. Dylan Tonkery, out in each of the Mountaineers’ last two games, is the listed starter at middle linebacker with Shea Campbell listed as the backup. Derrek Pitts, the former Gazette-Mail Kanawha Valley Player of the Year at South Charleston High, is on the two-deep as the backup to Josh Norwood at cornerback. Pitts left the Iowa State game two weeks after tweaking his knee and did not play last week against Baylor. Nothing else especially jumps out.

I’ve been writing about it all week, so I won’t hit it to hard here now — this is a *massive* game for both WVU and Texas. The Mountaineers still control their own destiny in the Big 12, and a win here today would go a long way toward locking down a spot in the conference title game. For Texas, a win would get the Longhorns back on track after getting knocked off last week at Oklahoma State. Whichever teams leaves DKR today with a second loss in the league is going to need some help to get to Jerryworld.

How about we use screen shots from King of the Hill — the best TV show about Texas ever made — to better illustrate what will happen here today.

If Texas wins:

If WVU wins:

…and when Nebraska is beating Ohio State at halftime:

Kickoff should be coming up here in about an hour. Follow me on Twitter (@TomBraggSports) for live updates during the game.