When the Alamo Bowl passed on WVU’s football team, I must admit I was surprised. Bowl president Derrick Fox and staff passing on passing? They passed on pitting Washington State and standout quarterback Gardner Minshew against West Virginia and stud QB Will Grier (if, that is, the latter indeed decides to participate)? They decided to […]

Much is swirling around the WVU football program on this Monday. As expected, Mountaineer coach Dana Holgorsen’s name has been floated in regard to openings. Some have questioned whether Will Grier and others will participate in the upcoming bowl game. There is uncertainty over the bowl destination. (Does the College Football Playoff committee take Oklahoma […]

Maybe it was a pipe dream. Yet WVU fans were hoping. Had their Mountaineers finished the regular season with one loss and a Big 12 championship in hand, perhaps upsets elsewhere would have slipped WVU into the College Football Playoff. It seemed the year for the possibility. Will Grier, David Sills, Gary Jennings, etc., lead […]

It started as a simple tweet. While watching WVU dismantle TCU this past Saturday, I took to Twitter to proclaim that David Long is one of the Top 10 Mountaineer linebackers I’ve witnessed in 38 years. It sparked some fun discussion with, among others, John Antonik, the Director of Digital Media at WVU. Where exactly […]