Yes, by now, you've probably heard that the WVU Mountaineers have been offered an invitation to join the Big 12 Conference and leave the beleaguered Big East. I won't discuss the ups and downs of arriving at the final decision, but I will point out two articles I read which document the refusal of two more prestigious conferences to offer similiar proposals. Those two conferences are the ACC and SEC and the reason for their position on ignoring WVU as a potential member of their respective conferences was academic ranking. Yes, academics!!
The articles referenced the U.S. News and World Reports' National University Rankings 2012 in which West Virginia University ranked #164 out of 200 national universities. 164 . . . that's impossible. I thought!!
Being the ultimate skeptic, I had to check it out! And much to my surprise and disgust, the facts cited were accurate . . . 164 ranking!
So for those fans, alumni and current students that are "giddy" about joining the Big 12, consider more that your University ranks #164. I know I'm appalled!!
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