Try as I might, getting a handle on WVU’s Thursday home game against 4-3 Baylor is difficult. Part of the reason, of course, is the way the Mountaineers have played of late. Yet the biggest part is the way BU has played. After a pair of wins over Abilene Christian and UTSA (come on, BU, […]

As WVU’s loss at Iowa State unfolded into certainty, I couldn’t help but flash back to January of 1989. And to dearly departed scribe Mickey Furfari. At the time, he was my boss as the sports editor at the Dominion Post in Morgantown. We, along with a few others from the newspaper, were sent to […]

West Virginia University’s football team is in some rarified air right now. Not like that of 2007, mind you, when the Mountaineers climbed to No. 1 in the coaches’ poll and No. 2 in the A.P. poll, but rarified nonetheless at No. 6 in both rankings. Yet I’m getting the feeling those in the Mountain […]

WVU fans might cringe when they see their Mountaineers are favored in Las Vegas by 29 points (and climbing) for Saturday’s home game with Kansas. Simply stirs up bad memories, this being-a-four-touchdown-fav business. There was that Backyard Brawl deal in 2007 that may never stop stinging. And last year, heavy underdog KU gave WVU fits […]

Something just wasn’t quite right on Monday’s Big 12 conference call. There was Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury talking about the Red Raiders’ defense. There was WVU’s Dana Holgorsen talking about the Mountaineers’ defense. In a good way. Odd, perhaps, considering the recent failures of both schools’ defense. Yet take a look at this Saturday’s […]

If you wondered what WVU football coach Dana Holgorsen was doing this past Saturday, well, it was probably the same thing as you – if you’re a sports fan. “I’m a college football fan, now,” Holgorsen told ESPN radio’s GameDay during the Oklahoma-Iowa State game. “At the end of the day, I like watching football […]