It’s refreshing, isn’t it? For once, West Virginia is leading the pack instead of sniffing tails. I refer, you might have guessed, to the Country Roads Trust LLC group that will obtain contributions to create Name, Image and Likeness opportunities for WVU athletes. There’s not a like company set up for Pitt. Or Penn State. […]

You’ve heard of the big bang theory. What WVU’s athletic department did the other day, however, was a big bang necessity. Quite simply, something had to be done regarding the football program. The team has been floundering. It just got slapped around in a minor bowl by Minnesota. It’s gone from being a point of […]

The texts and Twitter messages came at a fast and furious pace after the WVU Mountaineers were stuffed by Minnesota 18-6 in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl late Tuesday and into Wednesday. Coach Neal Brown’s “trust the climb” mantra was especially taken to task. Mike J. Asti on Twitter: “There is no one who can convince […]

I’m a sucker for Christmas. Always have been. Perhaps it was my upbringing. Back when I was a child, my family would visit my great-grandmother, my great-grandparents, my Polish grandparents and my Italian grandparents. Each house was filled with laughter and love. There were toasts galore. There were songs. “Ave Maria” was a favorite late […]