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West Virginia travelblog: A whirlwind trip for a whirlwind game

My trips to West Virginia, via Pittsburgh, have become my favorite in the Big 12. Love both places. But this one was different. It was Thanksgiving weekend.

I love Thanksgiving. It’s Christmas without the commerce. With the advent of the Big 12 Championship Game, the conference scrapped Bedlam as a regular-season finale and for 2018 not only scheduled OU-West Virginia – risking an immediate rematch in the title game – but did so for a Friday. Which meant traveling on Thursday.

Except I love Thanksgiving. So I risked it. I booked an early-morning Friday flight. With an 8 p.