There’s something very cool happening within WVU athletics these days. It’s the sizzle around the Mountaineer baseball program. In case you haven’t noticed, former WVU pitcher Alek Manoah is an absolute star pitching for MLB’s Toronto Blue Jays. He’s third in American League earned run average at 1.62. He’s fourth in WAR (wins above replacement) […]

I was thrown for the proverbial loop the other day. See, I pay attention to social media and I see such rancor, such spite and divisiveness, I forgot something. As Luke Bryan once sang, most people are good. I guess I needed a jolt of goodness. And, boy, did I receive one. But a little […]

Back on Sept. 10, 2021, the Big 12 announced it was adding four members: Brigham Young, Central Florida, Cincinnati and Houston. The release said the schools would be joining no later than the 2024-25 athletic year. It was the second time in the conference’s 26-year history that new members were added. Of course, WVU and […]

Former WVU quarterback and athletic director Oliver Luck has been rumored to be in the running to take over the NCAA. The problem, of course, is defining what Luck’s charge would be. Would it be to steer the ship as is? Would it be to deconstruct it? Would it be to reconstruct it? That would […]

Ah, the good ol’ days for WVU and the NFL draft. There were those first-round picks like Karl Joseph, Kevin White, Tavon Austin, Bruce Irvin, Adam “Pac-Man” Jones and Anthony Becht. Heck, I remember Jerry Porter and Barrett Green being taken in the second round AFTER Becht in 2000. My favorite WVU draft class, though, […]

I was scrolling through social media the other day when my eyes stopped on an opinion. WVU landing Georgia transfer JT Daniels through the portal, said the writer, isn’t as big as when Will Grier left Florida for Morgantown. And he’s correct. Landing Daniels isn’t as big. It’s bigger. I know, I know. When Grier […]