Things to watch this week in the Big 12 Conference:

Game of the week

West Virginia (1-1) vs. Pittsburgh (2-0), Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)

Rich Rodriguez is part of the Backyard Brawl again for the first time since 2007, and the last one was a bitter outcome at home for the Mountaineers and the coach who left two weeks after that 13-9 loss to underdog Pitt that cost them a chance to advance to the BCS championship game. This meeting, with 80 newcomers on West Virginia’s roster and coming off a 17-10 loss at Ohio, is the last scheduled game between the former Big East foes until 2029.

Rodriguez went 4-3 against the Panthers during his first stint at WVU from 2001-07. The Mountaineers are also 4-3 in the seven games played since then, a span that included an 11-year hiatus before the s

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