Archive for January, 2008

WVU sends a solid message to Pittsburgh recruits »

This morning I opened up the Post Gazette (I live behind enemy lines in Pittsburgh) and on the back of the Sports section there is a huge half page ad for the Mountaineers! Good way to remind some of the recruits in the WPIAL that WVU is a team that can get you to the [...]

WVU women square off against the Irish Sunday. »

Sure we’re excited that the Mountaineer men’s basketball team is facing the Orange of Syracuse Sunday afternoon but it is in your best interest to come to the Coliseum early.  At high noon, the West Virginia women’s basketball team will face 14th ranked Fighting Irish of Notre Dame.  WVU hopefully has licked all wounds of a [...]

A Juiced-Up Preview: Syracuse @ WV, Sunday Jan 13th »

We have been talking with fellow bloggers over at CuseAdelphia.com and thought it would be cool to get their perspective of the basketball  matchup Sunday. Here is what the Orangmen have to say.
by: Jameson @ www.cuseadelphia.com
Meet the Orange:

Point Guard Jonny Flynn is a freshman averaging 14 points a game and [...]

WVU falls to the Louisville D in the Bluegrass State. »

In the battle of two coaching titans Rick Pitino got the better of Bob Huggins tonight with their strong frontcourt play and an even stronger full-court pressing half-court zone stifling D as the Louisville Cardinals defeat the West Virginia Mountaineers 63-54. Joe Alexander scored a team-high 22 points in a losing effort. He was [...]

Two coaching icons faceoff tonight at Louisville. »

Two of the greatest college coaches in recent history will square off tonight as WVU men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins face the Louisville Cardinals and their head coach Rick Pitino. These two men have combined 56 years of head coaching experience while accounting for a combined 1,096 wins.  These coaching legends will square off at 7:30 pm [...]

Stewart Names Assistant Coaches »

This just in, Coach Stewart names assistant coaches:

Steven Dunlap - Marshall Defensive Coordinator - will be Asst. Head Coach and Safeties Coach
John “Doc” Holiday - Assistant Head Coach at Florida - will be recruiting coordinator and tight ends, full backs
Charlie Taafe - Maryland Offensive Coordinator - OC and QB Coach
David Lockwood -Kentucky secondary coach

For [...]

Rumor mill, Polls, and other randomness »

The dust is settling on the 2007-08 football season and the end of season rankings, 2008 preseason polls, and year in review articles are out and our Mountaineers are all over the place. Also, in the middle of all this “year end hoopla” is the seemingly never ending WV coaching carousel. I’ve tried to absorb [...]

WVU women get their teeth kicked in at Number 1 UCONN »

The game was scoreless after the first minute. A few missed shots and a couple of Meg Bulger fouls later they were down 13 - 0 with 15 minutes remaining in the first half and that was all she wrote.  The WVU women’s basketball team got their arses handed to against the Number 1 ranked [...]

WVU women have come a long way »

Here at wvmountaineersports.com I have the privilege to type blogs in relation to the WVU basketball program in particular Huggstown. It is an honor to present my message to you the reader to describe the excellent happenings on the program. I want to devote this space today to the WVU women’s basketball team. They will [...]

Exclusive: Ohio State announces it is moving to the MAC »

Well, not really, but they sure are playing like it.
Tonight marks the end of the craziest season ever in the history of college football. I’m sad to see it go.
Congratulations to the LSU Tigers for stomping on tOSU BuckNuts.
LSU is the first 2 time winner of the BCS Championship. Also, LSU is the first team [...]