The Friday night clash between Oklahoma and West Virginia is literally for all the marbles — or half of them, anyway. The winner of the game will punch its ticket to the Big 12 Championship game a week from this Saturday in Arlington, Texas. The loser will be sent home as an also-ran and forced to wait until Dec. 2 and Selection Sunday to find out where it will go bowling over the holiday season and against whom?
Think of Friday’s Big 12 showdown between the sixth-ranked Sooners and the 12th-ranked Mountaineers as the Big 12 Championship semifinal.