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Coach Stew gets his poll wish. . . sort of

Little more than two months later, the voters listened to Bill Stewart. It was the Nov. 2 afternoon after The Associated Press pollsters restored Stew's West Virginia crew to the rankings, at No. 20, for the first time since a September free-fall...

Published Fri, Jan 01 2009 10:54 AM by Chuck Finder

Filed under: Bill Stewart, WVU football
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...

Published Wed, Dec 12 2008 9:29 AM by Chuck Finder

Filed under: WVU football, Rich Rodriguez
Bowl rundown for Pitt, WVU

Louisville-Rutgers on Thursday night will mark the first and possibly last exit on the long and winding road (see below) to a bowl desintation for Pitt and West Virginia. As of late yesterday, three bowls had both local Big East members high on their...

Published Thu, Dec 12 2008 11:31 AM by Chuck Finder

Filed under: pitt football, WVU football
Louisville slugfest

An updated version of the artistry previously known as: Two teams that really don't like each other LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- As part of the friendly rivals' fire that resurfaced in pregame warmups and lasted into the aftermath of this 35-21 West Virginia...

Published Sat, Nov 11 2008 11:25 AM by Chuck Finder

Filed under: Bill Stewart, Jeff Mullen, Patrick White, WVU football
Scratch Dent?

The second-best college football starter from Jeannette High may have taken his last Division I-A snap. West Virginia starting center Mike Dent on Tuesday night talked of having a doctor later this week re-evaluate the swollen pinched nerve in his neck...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2008 8:08 PM by Chuck Finder

Filed under: Bill Stewart, Mike Dent, Greg Isdaner, WVU football, Eric Jobe
Huggy Bearcat

He leads the Big East in touchdown receptions and kickoff returns, as West Virginia is about to find out Saturday. He leads the NCAA in the unofficial statistic: Most Nights Slept in Car Behind Drug Store While Trying to Get Scholarship Back. Yet what...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2008 7:11 AM by Chuck Finder

Filed under: WVU football
Of defense and outer space

The subject of the recently stout West Virginia defense -- with six sophomores and one freshman starting, salute -- will be scrutinized inside the inky pages of the PG in coming days. But, first, we wanted to run past you a couple or three innerestin'...

Published Wed, Nov 11 2008 10:49 AM by Chuck Finder

Filed under: Bill Stewart, Archie Sims, Penn State football, WVU football, Jim Lewis, Courtney Stuart
'Thoughts from a fat white guy'

No, not this fat white guy, but this one : Fellow blogger and starting Connecticut defensive tackle Rob Lunn, whose injured shoulder apparently hampers neither his typing nor his wit, posted about West Virginia tonight just a few hours before aligning...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2008 10:55 PM by Chuck Finder

Filed under: Patrick White, Noel Devine, WVU football, Rich Rodriguez
Take 5

Hate to get in the way of a Clint Eastwood-styled post that could really make. . . your . . .day, but let's quickly deal with a quizzical quintet of local and national questions: 1. To prepare for the World's Largest Cocktail Party, despite the...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2008 6:13 PM by Chuck Finder

Filed under: pitt football, WVU football, Jeff Casteel, Charlie Weis
Muntaineers have played 3rd-easiest schedule, and mre ffensive discussin

(Get it? No O, as discussed in today's story .) West Virginia crafted its 4-2 record against the third-easiest schedule in the BCS. Don't take my word for it, check out the NCAA's computations . Waaaaay down there . . . keep going. . . you'll...

Published Wed, Oct 10 2008 8:26 AM by Chuck Finder

Filed under: WVU football, Rich Rodriguez, schedule

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