MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The importance of West Virginia’s regular-season finale cannot be overstated. Win and the Mountaineers use one stone to kill two vultures that have loomed over them for seven years: an inability to beat Oklahoma, and a failure to play for a Big 12 championship.
“Obviously when this schedule came out over a year ago, our hopes were for this game to mean something,” said WVU coach Dana Holgorsen, who is 0-6 against the Sooners. “This is the first time in our Big 12 tenure that this game means something.”
For some Mountaineers, it doesn’t just mean something.