In the first Backyard Brawl ever, West Virginia drew first blood with an 8-0 win in 1895. West Virginia would dominate the adolescent years of the rivalry by winning five of the first six Brawls over Pitt. A new era in college football history was carved when the 1921 Backyard Brawl became the first college football game broadcast over the radio, brought to folks that day by KDKA. West Virginia broke out of the funk that allowed Pitt to take control of the Brawl...
Jet engines, power saws, lion roars, concert sound systems, fire engine sirens, and gun blasts. Those all compose a list of loud noises. Notice Milan Puskar stadium during the Louisville game is not on the list. That’s because a person holding a polite conversation with their bleacher mate could have been overheard three rows back. Needless to say, it was good day for eavesdropping on gossip. It was a bad day for producing energy on which the Mountaineer players could feed. It was silent...
The task of herding quarterbacks is a major priority as West Virginia needs to finish the season with two more wins for any chance to claim the Big East title. Only Pitt and USF remain from the roller coaster schedule the Mountaineers played in 2011. Both programs have mobile quarterbacks in Tino Sunseri and BJ Daniels with the ability to extend drives and punish defenses with their legs. The Mountaineer defense must do the punishing first, namely at defensive end. Bruce Irvin, Julian Miller,...
Like a spider on the windshield, West Virginia clings to Big East title hopes with their triumph over #23 Cincinnati. The victory was the Mountaineers biggest 2011 win from a prestige perspective and may be a pivotal tie-breaking decision if West Virginia can win out. Cincinnati must drop another game and WVU must win out before the season wraps up for West Virginia to get the nod on the automatic qualifier. There’s two ways to spin it; it’s either impressive or disheartening that the...
Morgantown, West Virginia will be the home for yet another Miramar Patriot now that wide receiver Devonte Mathis has verbally committed. Mathis is a 6’2, 205 pound wide out who holds offers from Florida State, North Carolina, Louisville, Ole Miss, Ohio State, South Florida, Central Florida, and Wake Forest. He has also received heavy interest from Florida, UCLA, and Wisconsin. The fact that there are familiar faces around the WVU program was a big factor for Mathis. He was able to reach out to...
The similarities in national coverage between ABC’s broadcast of West Virginia at Cincinnati and a low-cut string bikini are striking. One might feel slightly naughtier looking at ABC’s coverage map of the football game, and for good reason. The game was once touted as ‘national coverage’, but now has been reduced to just three full states (West Virginia, Ohio, and Connecticut) and seven partials in the surrounding area. If you’re a Mountaineer fan exploring the national landscape, all I can say is “Good Luck!”...
For West Virginia fans, every season begins with high expectations, but at the end of the year we are left with the bitter taste of disappointment. Those double digit win seasons, Big East Championships, and BCS Bowl wins seem like ancient history. The only thing fresh in the minds of most Mountaineer fans are embarrassing losses over the years to huge underdogs like East Carolina, Colorado, Connecticut, Syracuse, and now Louisville. A proud and passionate fanbase is forced to sit back and watch programs like Cincinnati and Connecticut while they...
West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith has been named the Big East Offensive Player of the Week. Smith had his third 400-yard passing game of the season Saturday in a loss against Louisville. Smith was 31-44 for 410 yards, 3 touchdowns, and 0 interceptions. The yardage total ranks fifth on West Virginia’s single-game chart, and it gives Smith 6,197 career passing yards, good enough for second all time in school history. Geno has thrown for at least one touchdown in 12 consecutive games. He leads...
Note to Louisville: West Virginia will do its talking on the football field. Watcha’ gonna say when the flying WV is running loose on the field, takin’ it to the house, generating all kinds of mayhem for the Cardinals? But just in case that’s not enough to keep your trap from flapping, here are some things to consider. Ten to two – that’s the record the Mountaineers hold over the Cardinals. Before you go spouting off about the strength of your program compared to...
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