re: Hate to say it, but West Virginia might be a diamond in the rough in the future.

Brass = higher ups, officials

I said nothing about Texas A&M being God's gift to humanity .

Of course there are those who didn't welcome our university to the SEC.
Trust me when I say, the same can very much be said about many of our folks who wanted nothing to do with the SEC.
Change is hard.
It's one of the reasons why sometimes it's best to keep emotions out of big business decisions.