Since the end of WVU’s 59-20 loss at Oklahoma much has been made of the Mountaineers’ head coaching job. Will Neal Brown be retained? Is this an opportunity to bring in state native Jimbo Fisher, who, yes, was spectacularly axed by Texas A&M, but also has a national championship on his resume? The feedback I’ve […]

On Monday, WVU basketball royalty made his way to the Coliseum in Morgantown for the Mountaineers’ season opener. Dale Blaney played for West Virginia back in 1983-86 and was a star in the Atlantic 10 Conference. He was first-team all-league, an all-tournament selection twice, averaged 17 points his senior season and in 124 career games […]

I’m not a sports historian and I don’t play one on television. Yet I can unequivocally state this is a special week for West Virginia University athletics. The traditionally strong Mountaineer rifle team is back at No. 1 nationally in the Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association poll. But that’s not the only WVU team sitting at […]

There’s a projected NFL starting quarterback this Sunday from West Virginia. Yes, yes, Geno Smith will start for the Seattle Seahawks against the Arizona Cardinals. But there’s another that not only played in the Mountain State – as Smith did at WVU – but went to high school in Almost Heaven. His name is Tyson […]

At one time, the Big East was cool, not only in basketball, but football. WVU featured Jake “The Snake” Kelchner and Darren Studstill in 1993, losing only in the Sugar Bowl. Later, of course, there was WVU’s Pat White and Steve Slaton and later yet Geno Smith and Tavon Austin. Virginia Tech’s Michael Vick was […]

Before joining Wheelhouse Creative, I covered college football, among other sports, for 38 years in the Mountain State. I saw highs like WVU’s national championship appearance in the Fiesta Bowl. I watched Bob Pruett’s teams at Marshall dominate. I was in the locker rooms of some of the great University of Miami teams back in […]