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And given history there is some reason for that due to how many times that the Mountaineers have been on shaky ground when it comes to their conference affiliation.
There were plenty of questions and concerns at the time about the future of the football program, a reoccurring theme in many of the realignment situations the program has found itself facing. This time after turning down a potential television deal to keep the league together that would have paid $11 million per team in May of 2011, longtime rivals Pittsburgh and Syracuse were off to the ACC that September. Again it left the Mountaineers in a difficult position with plenty of concerns over what would come next when it came to their future and without their two key rivals.
West Virginia needed a home and the Big 12 needed a football brand to round out its membership. At the time it seemed like a marriage of convenience, at least in the sense of the word. As for the Big East, it would cease to exist following the 2013 season with the football and basketball schools splitting.
It was déjà vu for the Mountaineers as they were left with seven other schools in Baylor, TCU, Kansas State, Texas Tech, Iowa State, Kansas and Oklahoma State with again a very muddied future. Many were already piling dirt on the grave of the conference given the loss of the two major brands and there was uncertainty and concerns abound across the league’s membership.
The objective was never going to be easy, but instead of West Virginia being in a league that was getting poached, the Mountaineers were on the other side of the coin.
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