Oct 5, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min · 12 segments
The 9th season of the #CRW podcast continues with our game review and reaction episode for the disappointing #wvufootball loss in game 5 of the 2026 season! Join us as we as go through the game…
So not only is this loss a rough one for now, as we thought West Virginia could be a competitor in the Big 12, but I think it just really kind of dampens our spirits of where we've been throughout our time in the Big 12 Conference, Steven, as, you know, we can kind of look back and kind of take this through year by year with kind of our struggles throughout this conference thus far, as we're in our 15th year.
Yep.
Mm-hmm.
Mm.
But then we bounce back four straight Ws.
We're 6-2, and 4-1 in the conference.
I mean, Clint Trickett, and, you know, cause a concussion, and he was never the same the rest of that game.
Yeah.
Game day was in town for that one.
Yep.
I think, to me, this is probably the closest we've been to a Big 12 Championship, even including that 2016 season-
Mm
... prior to 2018 because if Clint Trickett doesn't get his head ripped off, we probably beat TCU, and we're sitting at 7-2, 4-1 in the conference with Texas, Kansas State, Iowa State left in that one.
And, and that's an eventual Clint Trickett career ender, uh, you know?
Yes.
That, that literally...
He played one more game against Texas, played half of this game, and then Howard came in, and then Howard played the final two ga- two and a half games, then played the next season, uh, which of course was a pretty good season in 2016-
85 and then went to-
So not only is this loss a rough one for now, as we thought West Virginia could be a competitor in the Big 12, but I think it just really kind of dampens our spirits of where we've been throughout our time in the Big 12 Conference, Steven, as, you know, we can kind of look back and kind of take this through year by year with kind of our struggles throughout this conference thus far, as we're in our 15th year.
Yep.
Mm-hmm.
Mm.
But then we bounce back four straight Ws.
We're 6-2, and 4-1 in the conference.
I mean, Clint Trickett, and, you know, cause a concussion, and he was never the same the rest of that game.
Yeah.
Game day was in town for that one.
Yep.
I think, to me, this is probably the closest we've been to a Big 12 Championship, even including that 2016 season-
Mm
... prior to 2018 because if Clint Trickett doesn't get his head ripped off, we probably beat TCU, and we're sitting at 7-2, 4-1 in the conference with Texas, Kansas State, Iowa State left in that one.
And, and that's an eventual Clint Trickett career ender, uh, you know?
Yes.
That, that literally...
He played one more game against Texas, played half of this game, and then Howard came in, and then Howard played the final two ga- two and a half games, then played the next season, uh, which of course was a pretty good season in 2016-
85 and then went to-
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