WVU 1981: Don Nehlen Takes The Mountaineers To The National Stage
Published on: 28th July, 2009
Something changed. The expectation of winning crept into the West Virginia psyche. Players, coaches, students, and fans alike slowly bought into Don Nehlen’s philosophy. Belief was gradual, however. Even after victories over Virginia, Maryland, Colorado State, Boston College, Virginia Tech, East Carolina, and Temple, West Virginia fans were stung by the ...WVU and My Out-of-Conference Pastries: What I’ve Learned
Published on: 27th July, 2009
If I had to explain my article in the comments, I didn’t explain my article well in my article. Not much more to be said about that. Stick to my positions with confidence and humility. Even after all the comments, I still believe West Virginia has to step up its out-of-conference ...WVU Football 1980: Don Nehlen Brings Back The Culture Of Winning
Published on: 24th July, 2009
(Note: as with the previous West Virginia football history piece, this article is written from memory. Please feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.) Soon after Pittsburgh’s QB Dan Marino sliced and diced West Virginia, the school named Don Nehlen as head football coach. Coach Nehlen came from Bo Schembechler’s ...What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been: WVU Football Before 1980
Published on: 23rd July, 2009
West Virginia football has a storied past. Trouble is, few folks outside Almost Heaven know the story. Well, I’m here to tell you about the years before 1980 in an abbreviated fashion. Those years are the old Mountaineer Field years, with the 35,000 seats and The Bowl and the Frisbee Dog. To ...Pour Some Sugar on Me: West Virginia and Its Out-of-Conference Pastries
Published on: 22nd July, 2009
West Virginia’s out-of-conference schedule in the recent past has been stacked with Hostess Twinkies and Krispy Kreme German chocolate donuts, all topped off with Cool-Whip and sparkles. For example: The OOC in 2007 was Maryland auguring in, Mississippi State drafting Maryland, East Carolina in a down year, Marshall always in a ...I Hope I’m Wrong: WVU O-Line, Sam Bradford, and Notre Dame
Published on: 21st July, 2009
I hope I’m wrong about the West Virginia offensive line. The Mountaineers return two starters, center Eric Jobe and right tackle Selvish Capers. The new guys are mostly sophomores with one junior starting. Two freshmen are in the two-deep. Not good. These neophytes must learn quickly as there is no time for ...BCS Shake-Up: The 2009 McGintey Very Dangerous People Slingshot Award Nominees
Published on: 20th July, 2009
The McGintey Very Dangerous People Award is the statuette of a slingshot (reference: David and Goliath) given to the non-BCS team that does the best at making life miserable for a BCS team. The award is named for Jimmy McGintey, the head coach played by actor Gene Hackman in the motion ...West Virginia 2009 Predictions: Wins and Toss-Ups
Published on: 16th July, 2009
West Virginia in 2009 faces an interesting season. The Mountaineers could go 6-7 or finish in the Top Five or anywhere in between and I would not be surprised. Others seem to agree. Some magazines are looking for West Virginia to finish first in the Big East (Lindy’s), second (USA Today ...Final BCS Computer Rankings for 2008 Season
Published on: 12th July, 2009
Here are the final computer rankings for each of the six services as of Thursday Jan. 8, 2009 (after the bowl games were over). The source is Ken Massey of Massey Ratings. The Harris Poll and the USA Today Poll are included for comparison. The Bowl Championship series uses six computer ...Do the BCS Computers Add Value? A Nerd’s Perspective
Published on: 10th July, 2009
Wolfe, Colley, Saragin, Billingsley, Massey, Anderson, and Hester is not a law firm. They are the seven gentlemen who provide computer analyses to the Bowl Championship Series. Just how relevant are they? To research for this article, I Googled with dogged persistence the six services and the services’ Web sites. The ...Featured Sponsors
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