MORGANTOWN, West Virginia. West Virginia’s bowl conversation has shifted after the loss at Texas Tech, with updated forecasts pointing toward Fort Worth and Shreveport. The Mountaineers remain one victory short of six wins, so every projected destination is still conditional on how they finish the regular season.
In his latest Week Eleven roundup for 247Sports, Chris Anderson reports that ESPN’s Kyle Bonagura now projects WVU against Washington in the Independence Bowl. Anderson lists Mark Schlabach’s ESPN forecast as West Virginia against Nebraska in the Armed Forces Bowl.
Those represent changes from the forecasts VOM covered last week. Anderson’s comparison identifies Bonagura’s previous pairing as WVU against UMass in the Puerto Rico Bowl, while Schlabach previously had the Mountaineers meeting Washington in the Independence Bowl. The new scenarios change both the possible opponents and the travel destinations under discussion…