BENNETT: What’s in a number?

September 22, 2022

1984 anyone? George Orwell. I’m not sure how many people who might see this have read or done a term paper on the aforementioned novel, but the book written in 1949 might seem like a guide to the future for some. Back into reality, the Ritchie County Rebels are currently the most dangerous 0-3 team in the Little Kanawha Conference in my opinion. Rick Haught’s troops have nothing to lose going into Friday’s game in Ellenboro against Doddridge County, which is seeking program victory No. 500. Should the current No. 6 Bulldogs of boss Bobby Burnside improve to 4-0 they will have ...

MYERS: WVU Looks Ahead

September 21, 2022

There is always one game on the schedule against an FCS opponent which afford Mountaineer football fans a relaxing afternoon and enable players who normally don’t see game action to get playing time. Saturday was no exception as West Virginia easily dispatched Towson State 65-7. The offense piled up 624 total yards, almost evenly balanced between running and passing. Four quarterbacks saw action, and the second half saw mostly players two and three deep on the depth chart on the field. Running backs Tony Mathis and CJ Donaldson both gained over 100 yards and tallied five touchdowns ...

MYERS: WVU outplayed by KU

September 12, 2022

WVU Mountaineer fans traveled to the home opener with cautious optimism after a close loss the previous week at Pittsburgh. They left in a sour, despondent mood after a 55-42 overtime loss to what was previously the weakest team in the Big 12 Conference. They were witnesses to one of the worst defensive performances by a West Virginia squad in recent memory. There was a lack of intensity and apparently no one on the defensive staff gave any consideration to what they would do if their original game plan didn’t work. Despite being shredded with three touchdown drives in the second ...

MYERS: This WVU team can compete

September 5, 2022

The return of the Pitt-West Virginia rivalry before a record Pittsburgh sports crowd was certainly one of the classics in the long history of the series. The two teams battled back and forth throughout the evening, but unfortunately the Panthers made one more play on an interception touchdown return of 56 yards with 2:58 remaining to secure the 38-31 win. The pick six was a deflection off the hands of Bryce Ford-Wheaton, WVU’s best receiver who otherwise had an outstanding game with two TD receptions. The Mountaineers fought back twice when every indication on both occasions was that ...

MYERS: WVU ready in 2022

August 29, 2022

Summer is winding down and another college football season is upon us. That also means it is time for your Monday Morning Quarterback to make an appearance for the 35th year. The West Virginia Mountaineers enter the 2022 season with little notoriety and modest expectations. Nearly every publication or analysis one can find pegs WVU at 8th or 9th in the Big 12. The over/under in Vegas is 5 ¢ wins. During the two years preceding the hiring of Neal Brown West Virginia averaged 37 points and 486 yards of total offense per game. During Brown’s three year tenure the Mountaineers have ...

Back at it again

August 25, 2022

The calendar is about ready to hit September, but we aren’t finished with the month of August just yet. I for one am definitely not quite ready for next month because once all the fall sports get going in earnest it will be full steam ahead until June. With school starting across the Mountain State and athletics picking back up it’s once again quite busy here in the office. Of course, for the scribes at the paper we’ve been out and about already both in West Virginia and Ohio trying to get everything prepared for football season. In today’s edition the 96-page Pigskin ...