The Charleston Gazette's Mitch Vingle reports the West Virginia Mountaineers have "indeed turned to the Southeastern Conference," and are now waiting to hear back. Essentially, they haven't been told, "No," they've been told, "Hang on."
When you look at it, this lines up with what was reported within the past few days. Colin Dunlap reported the Eers had applied to the SEC, which it appears they have. Andy Staples reported the SEC would prefer to wait and take the Missouri Tigers once the Big 12 falls apart -- that could happen pretty soon, as both the Oklahoma Sooners and Texas Longhorns have taken significant steps towards the Pac-12.
Even if the SEC does pick up Mizzou, that wouldn't rule out West Virginia. While Mike Slive insists he's cool with remaining at 13 teams, nobody really wants to remain at 13 teams. If 16 is the magic number, that would leave plenty of room for WVU.
For more on the story, vist West Virginia blog The Smoking Musket and SEC blog Team Speed Kills.
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WVA to SEC
I don’t see any reason that the SEC would take on WVA. No market draw, lacking in academic acolades, out of the way geographically, etc. SEC can take their time and wait to see how all of the other conferences realign. I don’t mean that the SEC can wait years but a couple of months doesn’t appear to hurt anything. I think that some big team involved in all of the realignment hype is not going to like what is going on and personalities and tempers will flair. SEC will benefit by not making a hasty decision.
by strickinms on Sep 20, 2011 11:15 AM EDT reply actions
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