Saturday was a day of backtracking for West Virginia football coach Bill Stewart.
Two days after he told a local television station that it was inevitable that West Virginia would leave the Big East Conference, Stewart did an about face.
“I’m a Big East coach at heart and want to make it clear that I believe the Big East is the best conference for our program,” Stewart said in a statement. “It is unwarranted for our fans or others to consider my comments an indication of anything more than a coach thinking out loud.
“WVU’s commitment to the Big East is as deep as can be.”
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