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<blockquote data-quote="Samuel S" data-source="post: 129429981" data-attributes="member: 1754664">The Big 12 is far from ideal for us. The best situation for WVU would be one that never existed-- a conference including all of the East Coast major schools. Of the existing conferences, the Big 10, SEC and ACC would all be better for WVU athletics than the Big 12, but those are&nbsp; not&nbsp;&nbsp; actual options we had.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The difference between being in the Big 12, with all its drawbacks, and being in the AAC is many times greater than the difference between being in one of the other Power conferences as opposed to the Big 12. The bottom line is we avoided a disaster and ought to count our blessings because it could have been far worse. We could have got stuck in the AAC or a league with the other less prominent&nbsp;&nbsp; Big 12 schools but without OU and Texas.&nbsp; Down the road, there may be further realignment. There is nothing we can do about the reality that for a number of reasons we are near the &quot;border,&quot; so to speak. We are not a shoo-in for inclusion if the Power5 contracts. If the realignment involves the snatching away of&nbsp; the biggest Big 12 schools and their being absorbed by the 4 left standing, we will again&nbsp; be in a precarious situation. We might also be accepted into the new Power 4 but that would be far from a certainty.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Samuel S, post: 129429981, member: 1754664"] The Big 12 is far from ideal for us. The best situation for WVU would be one that never existed-- a conference including all of the East Coast major schools. Of the existing conferences, the Big 10, SEC and ACC would all be better for WVU athletics than the Big 12, but those are not actual options we had. The difference between being in the Big 12, with all its drawbacks, and being in the AAC is many times greater than the difference between being in one of the other Power conferences as opposed to the Big 12. The bottom line is we avoided a disaster and ought to count our blessings because it could have been far worse. We could have got stuck in the AAC or a league with the other less prominent Big 12 schools but without OU and Texas. Down the road, there may be further realignment. There is nothing we can do about the reality that for a number of reasons we are near the "border," so to speak. We are not a shoo-in for inclusion if the Power5 contracts. If the realignment involves the snatching away of the biggest Big 12 schools and their being absorbed by the 4 left standing, we will again be in a precarious situation. We might also be accepted into the new Power 4 but that would be far from a certainty. [/QUOTE]

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