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They are in a bad place

Geographically speaking, they are waaaaaaay out of their conference's footprint, recruiting against the SEC, ACC & B1X schools that surround them.

The best thing that could happen to WVU is to get an invitation to one of the other P5 conferences, and I just don't see any more expansion unless (a) the Big-12 implodes, or (b) ND decides to join the ACC in football (which would require an additional school to balance the divisions).

Unfortunately WVU is in a sparsely populated state, with a fan base perception problem. But if MDU was attractive enough for the B1X, the latter must not be a big deal. (Everyone knows MDU was "the WVU of the ACC.")

In response to this post by SoCloseHokie

Posted: 02/05/2017 at 09:52AM

The eers. Dying brand? -- SoCloseHokie 02/05/2017 06:48AM

WVU signed pretty much the same caliber of class it always signs -- Tailgate Guru 02/06/2017 1:00PM

Also, WVU does not have to worry much about academics -- RJHokie 02/06/2017 10:06PM

The whole B12 sucked in recruiting this year, outside of OK... -- Mr. Touchdown 02/06/2017 09:34AM

Sigh. So about West Virginia... -- gman86 02/05/2017 5:00PM

West Va took a bad situation and made it work. They took -- RJHokie 02/05/2017 6:20PM

They are in a bad place -- EDGEMAN 02/05/2017 09:52AM

Re: They are in a bad place -- SoCloseHokie 02/05/2017 10:06AM

4-8 Notre Dame had a better class than the whole conference, -- goldendomer 02/05/2017 09:09AM

The team that went 4-8 came from high ranked classes -- Vienna_Hokie 02/06/2017 9:51PM

True to a point, but look at the past champions and see where they rank. -- goldendomer 02/07/2017 08:46AM

The Big 12 as a whole had a bad recruiting year ** -- VaTechHokiesACC 02/05/2017 07:55AM

Re: The Big 12 as a whole had a bad recruiting year -- SoCloseHokie 02/05/2017 09:19AM

They are in a bad place

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