From the opening kickoff Saturday, West Virginia looked nothing like the team which had struggled over the last several weeks. Beginning with the first series on offense the Mountaineers were able to control the line of scrimmage and successfully run the ball. With four minutes remaining in the ...

The West Virginia football team emerged from six weeks of futility by playing its best game since the overtime win over Pittsburgh back in mid September. The effort wasn’t enough for the win, but at least the Mountaineers were competitive and kept fans in the stands until the end. On the ...

Shortly after the 45-13 drubbing West Virginia suffered at the hands of UCF, a good friend Mountaineer fan texted me that WVU had hit “rock bottom”. Unfortunately, I felt compelled to temper his optimism. To say that things are as bad as they could get implies that it will at least get a ...

In just the span of the last few years the landscape of college athletics has dramatically changed, impacting football more than any other sport. Letter of intent day for high school recruits once was the most significant milestone of the year when it came to building a football program. The ...

Observers who chose not to stay up until past 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning to watch West Virginia lose to BYU 38-24 might have looked at the final score Saturday morning and concluded that the Mountaineers had at least shown improvement and were competitive. They would be sadly mistaken. Neither ...

West Virginia wore their 1965 throwback uniforms Saturday. That 1965 squad had a respectable 6-4 record, beat Pitt and Virginia Tech and averaged 28 points per game. So to those from that team who are still with us an apology is to be extended for their legacy having been besmirched by the ...