It's Not Over Yet for the Mountaineers

How is it teams that ranked better than West Virginia and, according to some, are better than West Virginia lose to teams much worse than USF but yet those teams remain ranked ahead of West Virginia?



Don't get me wrong, Friday night's game was a nightmare, and in fact is one most fans - and coaches for that matter - would like to forget, but South Florida beat unranked Auburn who beat Florida, and unranked Colorado beat Oklahoma. South Florida was ranked #18 and West Virginia falls to #12 and both Florida and Oklahoma stay ahead of West Virginia. Who knows what would have happened to West Virginia had USF been unranked.

Before you go ranting about how those teams ARE better, I don't think it matters at this point of the season to begin arguing this point. There is still too much football to be played.


The Mountaineers just have to win and their fans have to be patient.



South Florida still has to play, Rutgers, Cincinnati, and Louisville

Rutgers still has to play, Cincinnati, South Florida, WVU, and Louisville

Louisville still has to play, Cincinnati, WVU, USF and Rutgers

WVU still has Cincinnati, Rutgers and Louisville


Plus, what's going to make things even more interesting is when Pitt or UConn sneak up and smack someone. Syracuse did it to Louisville so you know it can happen. It just doesn't bode well for the Big East as a conference, or does it? Can the national media criticize the Big East, or is the Big East improving so much that the teams at the bottom have enough to shake things up a little?



Add to all of this the fact that the big boys ahead of the Mountaineers in the rankings still have some big games to play. This weekend Florida visits LSU, and Oklahoma plays Texas in the Red River Rivalry.



Ohio State plays Purdue this weekend also, and still has to play Wisconsin on November 3, and then there's always the BIG GAME in the BIG HOUSE.



USC still has Oregon, Cal, and UCLA remaining on its schedule.


West Virginia just has to focus on winning their games which is all they should be doing anyway. Scoreboard watching doesn't matter at this point, winning out does and in the end, with a little help from a team here or there, everything will fall into place.



I still think WVU will get a BCS bid, if they win out.