The season has not been kind to West Virginia. Plagued by injuries and poor performance, the Mountaineers sit 15th in the Big 12 heading into a pivotal matchup against TCU. With so much already going on around the program, an unexpected problem arrived. A crisis so big that it could’ve derailed the program internally, until Pat McAfee stepped in.

During ESPN’s College GameDay , the former WVU punter and sports analyst revealed that a major donor had abruptly pulled funding from the program. Head coach Rich Rodriguez called McAfee for help, and with a net worth of $60 million, McAfee agreed to cover the shortfall himself.

“There was a Wednesday that I got a call from Rich Rodriguez that one of our biggest donors decided he was not going to give the amount of money that we thought he was

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