File this one under news that really doesn’t mean a thing, but Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield will start Saturday’s game against West Virginia on the sideline. Sooners head coach Lincoln Riley announced this afternoon that Mayfield will not serve as a team captain and, although he will play in the game, will not start against the Mountaineers because of his antics in Saturday’s game against the Kansas Jayhawks. Texas A&M transfer Kyler Murray, a former five-star recruit, will get the start for the Sooners.
West Virginia, of course, will rely on backup quarterback Chris Chugunov in Norman.