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Live blog: West Virginia hosts Sooners for Big 12 title bid

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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — One half of the Big 12 championship game belongs to Texas, and tonight No. 6 Oklahoma and No. 13 West Virginia are fighting for the other slot.

We’ll have live updates from throughout the night:

Pregame notes

— After OU opened as a one-point favorite, the line has grown to three. The over/under has ballooned to 86 points.

— The press box is packed with NFL general managers and scouts, so there could be draft money on the line.

— My pregame Five Questions column, including the most offensive line-sounding quote ever, courtesy of Oklahoma’s Ben Powers:

“What gets me going is I love to take a grown man’s dreams, and I love to crush his dreams,” said guard Ben Powers, who started the previous two wins vs.