West Virginia & Big East Reach Settlement - Mountaineers Coming To BIG XII In 2012
by ccmachine on Feb 9, 2012 11:40 PM CST
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Road trip!!!! Oklahoma is about to take what I'm willing to bet is the longest road trip for a conference game in the one hundred plus years of Sooner football. The Big East Conference and the West Virginia Mountaineers reached a conditional settlement on Thursday that will set WVU free to join the Big XII this year. An official announcement could be made as early as Friday.
One of the major hangups in West Virginia's plight from the Big East to the Big XII was that Boise State may not be available until 2013. The Mountaineers found a solution to that in the sum of a $20 million buyout. Of that amount WVU will pay $11 million and the other members of the Big XII will pick up the remaining $9 million. The Mountaineers are paying the $5 million buyout for the Big East plus the $5 million buyout for Boise State from the Mountain West and are matching the $1 million that the other nine Big XII schools are paying.
The move could prompt the Big XII to release its conference schedule as early as Friday. Its expected that Oklahoma will have to travel to Morgantown to play the Mountaineers. West Virginia and TCU are replacing Missouri and Texas A&M. Both teams made trips to Norman to play the Sooners in 2011 which means Oklahoma would be playing them on the road in 2012. Looks like road trips to Ft. Worth and Morgantown are in the near future for OU.
The addition of West Virginia and TCU will boost the conference strength in football from 2011. There are also still rumors floating around that the Big XII is still interested in adding Louisville and possibly Cincinnati. That would equate to a pretty sick basketball conference as well.
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Playing at Morgantown has me a bit more worried than it did when rumor first started to circulate
WVU seemed to be an up and down team but really found their stride in the Orange Bowl. Clemson IMO was a solid team that beat preseason NCG hopeful Va Tech not once but twice. However, WVU put on a beat down clinic on against the Tigers. Returning most of their starters and their key players, OU could find a tough matchup in weather unfamiliar to this region.
by OnlyOneOU on Feb 10, 2012 12:09 AM CST via mobile reply actions
To be fair
Clemson had some major issues the day of the game. I think WVU would have won the game regardless, but there was some major communication problems between Clemson’s defense and Steele.
Glad to be in the conference with the likes of you guys, though. This can’t be anything but good for WVU and our tradition and legacy.
"that place laid the foundation for who I am. A lot of outsiders make fun of it and say negative things about West Virginia. Fuck them" - Jerry West
by MountaineerAirman on Feb 10, 2012 6:12 AM CST up reply actions
Anyone Care to Wager?
A friendly, intro wager takes place between Smoking Musket and CCM folks who attend that game (if any) … Six Pack of Yuengling to each victor from a corresponding loser? Of course, we’d have to come up with some kind of balance since there’s likely to be far less Sooner CCM folks there than Smoking Muskets … Maybe it’d be better to have the home folks buy the keg each year? I live in St. Louis and we don’t get that brew here (not sure about Norman), but I know plenty of folks here that love that stuff, including me. Yeah, it’s a longshot, but I’m likin’ this Home-and-Away thing coming up with WVU.
I see your Yuengling
and raise you mason jars of moonshine. hahaha
"that place laid the foundation for who I am. A lot of outsiders make fun of it and say negative things about West Virginia. Fuck them" - Jerry West
by MountaineerAirman on Feb 10, 2012 11:55 AM CST up reply actions
Welcome to the conference now officially
Something many of us saw coming from a distance. Much of my family hails from the area (even though many played ball at Marshall) and I must say, WVU is a welcomed addition to the conference. Quality far out does quantity!
Good news for the conference...
This will only help the conference in the long run, TCU&WVU are much stronger teams than mizzou or a&m…The conference will still be controlled by Texas&OU but I’ve been reading sites that say theres a strong possibility the big12 adds FSU& Clemson by 2013…who really knows??
I can't stand OU, but I HATE the $EC...BIG12 all day!!!
by okhornfan on Feb 10, 2012 12:45 AM CST via Android app reply actions
Travelling
to WVU scares me a lot more than College Station or Columbia. In that regard, it makes the conference better. Don’t care for the distance but it is going to happen so might as well get on board with it.
"Nonsense. By all means, move." Doc Holliday, the movie Tombstone.
The street runs both ways...
I am sure that traveling to Norman, Austin, Stillwater, etc are not exactly going to be like our trips to Piscataway, Pittsburgh and Tampa. We are really looking forward to the high quality of football that the Big XII is known for and just hope to compete with the best of you.
We're bound by a bond not completely understood by those outside, try as we might to explain it to them.
Oh good god, my sides hurt from laughing...
by OU JJ on Feb 10, 2012 11:44 AM CST via mobile up reply actions
Time borrows someone's old huge tank of a car and customize it,
I was hoping to get WVU at home for the ’12 season just because OU is OU. It will be a good test for the Sooners. I just hope the game happens after the RRS and before the end of Oct.
The one thing being a lot older has going for it, most of us older have seen more CFB than most younger people have seen web pages.
I'm happy WVU is in the league. That said...
I live around Louisville and have talked to many Uof L fans who refuse to make the trip to Morgantown because of how nasty they get treated there. I hope that’s not the experience of Sooner fans.
Don't put much into what
Louisville fans say about coming to Morgantown. Go ask the LSU faithful how they liked it.
by ShadyMountaineer on Feb 10, 2012 9:31 AM CST up reply actions
I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt. Really looking forward to it.
This is going to be one heckuva football conference.
What Shady said
There are asshole fans, I’m not gonna lie. But every school has them. I have Maryland friends that love coming to Morgantown, my Uncle is a Louisville fan and he loves coming to Morgantown. It’s a great enviornment if you don’t take things too seriously.
Besides, WVU is too excited to be here to alienate you guys
"that place laid the foundation for who I am. A lot of outsiders make fun of it and say negative things about West Virginia. Fuck them" - Jerry West
by MountaineerAirman on Feb 10, 2012 10:22 AM CST up reply actions
Lville fans are just bitter
They didnt get invited to the league and now just say anything nasty that they can about WVU and Morgantown. I wouldn’t take them at their word.
There is a reson people don't like coming to Morgantown
I have been a WVU fan my entire life, and I have seen the good, the bad and the ugly. What I can tell you with the utmost confidence, is that on the whole Mountaineer fans are absolutely respectful, and accomidating. This is a sporting event, so there will always be playful trash talk, here and there, and Mountaineers can dish it and take it, (Hell we were in the Big East for 22 years, most of which with Miami fans, who are the most obnoxious people in the world).
I will not lie though, for every 500 fans, there will always be 2-3 Jabroni’s who’s take things too far, and they are not true fans. You shouldn’t go to sporting events looking for a fight, but in the same reguard, every fan base has those. As far as Louisville fan’s go, and anyone in the Big East for that matter, they don’t respect or like us, because we’re always good, and towards the top of the pack. If they didn’t “hate” us their games against us wouldn’t matter to them. They don’t care about Uconn, they care about WVU. So they hate going to Morgantown, cause we’re loud, we’re drunk, we’re rowdy and have a good time and usually win against them. Then every other year, we’d waltz into their stadium and do the same thing. We don’t alter our passion or cheering whether we’re home or away, so if you don’t like visiting teams being loud and cheering for their team, we may not be your favorite team to have visit.
But the long and short of it, is we love our Mountaineers, and will cheer for them as hard and loud as we can, because people tell us we’re no good, and we’ll always lose. You guys love your Sooners, so just like with LSU, we’ll all get drunk, eat BBQ in Norman, or grill out after a delicious breakfast at Tudor’s Biscuit World in Morgantown, and when it’s done, laugh and shake hands and say, “Damn I can’t wait for next year.” We really respect you guys, and look forward to playing all in the Big XII.
Believe me, I have the utmost respect for WVU and their sports teams
I have witnessed first hand two butt kickins from the Mountaineers in my lifetime and know for a fact they ‘bring it’ when it’s time to play. The first in Norman at the hands of a big guy named Hostetler. OUCH!
I look forward to WVU being in the Almost B12 conference. WVU fans are just as passionate as Sooner fans and are definitely LOUD when cheering for the Mountaineers.
Proud member of the 1%Club and the HODC.
The one thing being a lot older has going for it, most of us older have seen more CFB than most younger people have seen web pages.
Maybe I will have to swing the trip (if it is this fall)
Problem will be convincing someone to go with me.
by OU JJ on Feb 10, 2012 11:47 AM CST via mobile reply actions
I have read a lot of comments in WV articles and here in Oklahoma,
and I haven’t yet seen a comment that is negative about WV becoming a part of the Big XII. I am glad there is such widespread support for the move and we certainly look forward to having them in the conference. We make trips out of town for a lot of games, and I will be glad to see the new schedule and start making plans for this fall.
LXXIV
We're more than glad to have WV!
I’m just stoked to see that the WV fans are classy people (unlike the crowd in Stoolwater). I look forward to trading punches w/you guys. It’s gonna make for some great games for sure! Welcome to the Big XII!!
"I don't believe in the moon. I think it's just the back of the sun"-Jan Itor
by ToatsMcGoats on Feb 10, 2012 10:09 PM CST up reply actions
It's a positive feeling from both sides
It’s a huge win win for both sides i think. We Eers fans are obviously EXTREMELY pleased too be out of the Big East, which has been run horribly and utterly disregarded the interests of the football schools. Not to mention the fact that WVU has had to carry the water for the football conference since 2005.
I think we’ll bring a lot of excitement and energy to the Big 12, improve the compete level for both football and basketball, and hopefully build some quality rivalries.
Looking forward to it. /cheers.
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