Irony or coincidence with WVU?

For the one-year anniversary of the date the plaintiff filed the infamous West Virginia University v. Richard Rodriguez lawsuit, the Mountaineers will spend Dec. 27 playing in the Meineke Car Care Bowl.

It's the very bowl, then known as the Continental Tire Bowl, that the Mountaineers inaugurated in 2002 while beginning their program's unprecedented seven-year post-season run -- all starting with this Charlotte, N.C., game under the aforementioned then-second-year coach.

Also interesting to note: These Mountaineers, favorites in each and every one of their 12 games this season, have been installed as a Pick-'Em against North Carolina. 

12/11 update: That's changed already, with North Carolina moving to a 1-point favorite.