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Vernon, ? on the new financial optimism..

Encouraged that you are hearing things that make you feel better about our financial approach.. Would seem we need to be in top 25% of B12 for NIL, Rev Share, etc. in order to compete at the top of conference on regular basis..

Questions.. 1) are you hearing this primarily from large donors who are making commitments specific to current staff buyout and new staff salaries/NIL needs and/or 2) are you hearing there is a more comprehensive plan that has been laid out by Wren that is sustainable and has commitments over multiple years?

If Wren is what I think/hope he is in terms of financial and strategic thinker, then I would imagine he has laid out a more comprehensive plan to both the donor community but also the U's admin as well as corporate sponsor community... Is there a path to really putting us on better footing for the forseeable future? Appreciate any add'l insights or opinions you can share

So what really was Neal's best win during his tenure?

I've been thinking about this ever since word of his demise came down. He obviously never really got a signature win during his 6 year tenure at WVU. I thought I'd look at Massey ratings and see what the best win for each season was based on the end of season rating for all the schools.

2024 - #49 Kansas
2023 - #30 Texas Tech
2022 - #28 Oklahoma State
2021 - #18 Iowa State
2020 - #21 TCU
2019 - #30 Kansas State

So there you have it. Neal's greatest triumph at WVU was in 2021 against Iowa State.

Relive the glory:

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Why are ASU, Iowa State playing for the Big 12 title, not CU, BYU?

The reason to not have 16 teams in a conference.

All of those first-place teams `ISU, BYU, ASU and Colorado` have not played each other this season and none of them defeated all the other tied teams. According to Big 12 rules, the next tiebreaker is their records against common conference opponents.

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