During the weekly teleconference, the Big 12 announced that West Virginia’s conference opener against Kansas State will kickoff at 3:30 p.m. ET on either ABC, ESPN or ESPN2. This will be the (hopefully) third nationally-televised game for the Mountaineers that avoids the early time slot.
As has become customary, the first home conference game asks fans to “Stripe the Stadium, ” with odd-numbered sections wearing blue and even-numbered sections wearing gold. This is the earliest date the Mountaineers have opened the conference season at home since playing OU on Sept. 20, 2014.