Many have compared new WVU football coach Neal Brown’s persona to that of College Hall of Fame coach Don Nehlen. Personally, I think he reminds me more of the cerebral John Beilein, now the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, albeit in different sports. Yet on Saturday, Brown’s coaching reminded me of another basketball coach: […]

The email hit my inbox mid-spoon of my hot-and-sour soup at lunch today, Monday, Sept. 9. The missive said WVU’s football game against Kansas in Lawrence on Sept. 21 will be aired on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. It didn’t take long for a question after I tweeted the news. “I didn’t think that would […]

After news broke that four-star small forward Jalen Bridges had not only committed to WVU but signed and enrolled, Mountaineer coach Bob Huggins was understandably in a good mood. How, he was asked, did he land the national Top 100 player? “My effervescent charm,” Huggins deadpanned. Whatever the strategy, life is suddenly very good for […]

Call it precognition if you wish. Or prescience. The psychic ability, that is, to see into the future. Simply because I moved to Wheelhouse Creative, it has not left me, my friends. Oh no, no, no. In fact, just the opposite. My oracle-ness has only gotten stronger. I’ve gone from being a seer to being […]

Ah, the old days. Or, rather, last August. It was then – and the August before and the August before, etc. – I’d piece together my preseason Associated Press Top 25 list. Many have screamed about such preseason polls. They’ve called it folly. And, to some degree, yeah, OK… But, man, they are also great […]

Neal Brown has already done what Dana Holgorsen could not. At least indirectly. At least in the last five years. The new WVU football coach has stopped the downward trend in regard to Mountaineer season football tickets. “We’ve sold approximately 25,000 season tickets,” said WVU senior associate athletic director Matt Wells on Monday. “It looks […]