When I sat down to write this blog, I looked at notes I’d scratched out. An idea was to examine the ongoing WVU basketball season. The one that has the Mountaineers 9-1. The one that has them ranked No. 25 in the latest Associated Press poll. Coach Bob Huggins has to be pleased, right? If […]

When shaping my final summation of WVU’s 2019 football season, I went old school. I researched. I looked at the big picture. What I found is Neal Brown and staff did a very nice job this past season. Let’s stop here though — because one could point to many numbers to dispute that. Like the […]

When a college football team is mostly without hope for a bowl bid, a teleconference with the head coach can go one of two ways. It can be useless. Or it can be interesting. On Monday, WVU’s Neal Brown filled his usual slot on the Big 12’s teleconference – and proved somewhat interesting. First, consider […]

For years names with West Virginia connections have dotted the NBA. From great players like Jerry West and Hal Greer to current Phoenix Sun Jevon Carter. There have been coaches from Fred Schaus to current Houston Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni. There have been executives like, well, West – even son Jonnie – to Chris Wallace […]

Of all that’s happened to WVU’s football team this season, the most surprising happened this past Saturday in Morgantown. In the first half, Texas Tech scored 35 points en route to a 38-17 win over the Mountaineers. Not to No. 10 Oklahoma. Nor to No. 12 Baylor. In fact, the Mountaineers seemingly took a step […]

Last week I tweeted it. So far, I’ve nailed every WVU football game via my annual preseason prediction – with the final record prognostication of 6-6. Yet can the Mountaineers really rally? Can they possibly win three of the last four to become bowl eligible? Let’s have a little fun to find out. Certainly, I […]