“West Virginia University’s top priority continues to be our student-athletes. “We are disappointed that two of our Big 12 institutions have indicated their intent not to extend their media rights beyond 2025. We have valued the partnership with the other nine members and have served the league as a prestigious academic institution and a nationally recognized athletics program,” Lyons said in a statement.

“For the past nine years, West Virginia University has been a loyal member of the Big 12 Conference. AD Shane Lyons’ statement on West Virginia and the future of the Big 12 Still, he did touch on the Mountaineers position going forward in a statement released to the school’s website. Texas and Oklahoma moving forward with their plan to join the SEC have the Big 12 in a state of emergency.Įvery other Big 12 program is scrambling to make sense of the conference’s future while also setting itself up to land in the best spot.įor West Virginia, reports have already indicated a move to the ACC would be desirable.Īthletic director Shane Lyons didn’t address that specific possibility in his statement on the imminent departure of the Longhorns and Sooners. In the short term I like the direction and think we have some unique opportunities.West Virginia athletic director Shane Lyons addressed the uncertain future of the Big 12 and his school’s reaction to conference realignment. “From a long-term perspective, I have great faith that West Virginia is going to be just fine. “West Virginia football has always been successful and always figured out a way to make it work,” he said. That’s because over the past 75-years, the football program has played in multiple leagues and even been an independent but still has managed to find success on the field. “For us in the Big 12 I think it’s a great opportunity,” he said.īrown has great confidence in new commissioner Brett Yormark and how he will lead the league moving forward which makes him excited about the direction of the conference as a whole.īut regardless, Brown believes that West Virginia has always found a way to end up alright in these situations. It remains unclear what the next steps will be for either the Big 12 or other leagues but Brown believes that is has opened up an opportunity for the conference that wasn’t there before. “USC and UCLA for the traditionalists that really caught you off guard, but for those that are in the business I don’t think it necessarily did.” “The one change in college football over the next three or five years is there is going to be constant change. However, the move isn’t likely to be the last. The Pac-12 which is dealing with a similar blindside to the one experienced by the Big 12 a season ago has left the league in a precarious situation.īoth USC and UCLA will be exiting the league to join the Big 10 in 2024 similar in a move that mirrors the decision of Texas and Oklahoma last season to join the SEC. The league, which will add Cincinnati, BYU, Central Florida and Houston in 2023 before losing Texas and Oklahoma in 2025, has moved to a position of strength after barely surviving last season’s upheaval. West Virginia head coach Neal Brown acknowledges that conference realignment decisions are above his paygrade, but he can’t help but see opportunities for the Big 12.

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