A decade ago, driven by madness, greed and an unhealthy need to keep up with mythical Joneses, the major conferences kicked off a series of domino moves that rebuilt the college sports world. Those same forces have now driven Oklahoma and Texas — two of the richest program in sports — to destroy yet another conference and once more unmoor the known order.
West Virginia fans are, of course, intimately familiar with conference realignment. This is, technically, our third round of it after all. Our first experience dates back to the mid-2000s when we watched helplessly as Miami, Virginia Tech and Boston College were given their golden tickets to the ACC.