It has been three months since West Virginia head football coach Bill Stewart's controversial comments about the future of the Big East Conference.
After more than a week of chaos in college football, as schools and conferences went in limbo, Stewart called himself a prophet.
"They said I was crazy then," Stewart said with a laugh. "Now they are calling me a prophet. I don't think I'm prophetic, and I don't think I'm crazy. I'm somewhere in between."
In March, Stewart told a Parkersburg, W.Va., TV station he saw college football with no Big East Conference, and that WVU could end up in the SEC. He added conference realignment would happen to all of the BCS conferences.
Stewart said he hasn't followed conference expansion talks because he has too much on his plate. He added he would leave it up to University President James P. Clements, outgoing Athletic Director Ed Pastilong and incoming Athletic Director Oliver Luck.
"If they have something to tell me, they will, and we will go from there," Stewart said. "We have great leadership. They all know which direction to go, and I'm just going to take my marching orders and go and win as many football games as I can."
The chaos that surrounded college football didn't seem to take effect inside West Virginia's program last week, either.
Last week, several WVU football players were asked if they thought about what WVU football would be like without the Big East.
"I think it would be hard. You can't really do it just because of football. Big East basketball is the highest arena for basketball," said wide receiver Jock Sanders. "You can't just move football and not move basketball, but it will be interesting to see what happens down the line."
WVU redshirt freshman linebacker Tyler Anderson had a similar feeling about West Virginia leaving the Big East.
Stewart said discussion of conference expansion has not hurt recruiting.
"No," Stewart said firmly. "It hasn't yet."
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