Maybe it was the extra touch Basketball Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams added as a spectator to Tuesday’s WVU home game against Iowa State. After all, the man has three national championships from his days coaching North Carolina. “Roy’s my guy,” said Mountaineer coach Bob Huggins. “Roy always tells the story that we were […]

I remember when I was a bright-eyed 9-year-old boy, sitting on the floor of my room. It was a much quieter time back then. There were no cell phones effectively glued to our hands. There were no laptops or PCs. Instead, I sprawled out in my room and read a copy of Mr. Clutch: The […]

Let’s face it, fans are myopic while their favorite teams are playing. Every play is big. (“Yes!”) Every setback is a catastrophe. (“We suck!”) Every loss is the end of the world. (“We’re toast.”) And four-game losing streaks? Yes, it’s “Fire the coach!” Even if it’s a future Hall of Fame coach. Even if he’s […]

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 […]