By John Wilson on Jul 24, 2008 in Football | 3 Comments
WVMountaineerSports.com officially endorse Parkersburg, WV for ESPN’s Titletown competition.
Parkersburg, WV, population: 33,000 - with three high schools and 192 state championships is the epitome of small town America’s love and dedication to high school sports.
WVMountaineerSports.com has selected Parkersburg not only due to its proximity to WVU, and all things Mountaineers, but because every athlete that [...]
By John Wilson on Jul 17, 2008 in Football | 2 Comments
Guaranteed not to get hurt in an NFL game this year!
By John Wilson on Jul 14, 2008 in Football | 0 Comments
I haven’t been posting much since football season and I’m super excited to get back in to things. I couldn’t resist re-posting this article I found this morning:
And the fact that the Athletic Department could get away with stealing a coach, dragging the University through an unnecessary ordeal and paying millions in the process [...]
By John Wilson on May 1, 2008 in Football, Humor, Rantings | 0 Comments
I probably don’t have to remind you how much everyone loves Notre Dame.
Though, Rudy is one of my favorite movies, it doesn’t take much press before I’m tired of hearing about the Irish. Hell, they have their own television station. At the end of the 2007 season, when Notre Dame was struggling to do [...]
By John Wilson on Apr 19, 2008 in Football, Humor, Preview | 0 Comments
A quick one from ESPN’s Big East Notebook:
West Virginia tailback Noel Devine, one of college football’s most fleet-footed players, didn’t have to see Florida freshman Chris Rainey run for 75 yards and catch a 65-yard touchdown pass in the Gators’ spring game to know Rainey was fast.
When Devine was still attending North Fort Myers High [...]
By John Wilson on Mar 9, 2008 in Coaching, Football, Humor | 1 Comment
Check this kid out: Future WVU Coach
By John Wilson on Feb 27, 2008 in Big East, Football, Predictions, Rankings/BCS/Polls | 3 Comments
Pat White makes the front page of the ESPN College Football site as WVU is named top team in the Big East going into Spring Football. See the article on ESPN.
2. USF
3. Louisville
4. Rutgers
5. Cincinnati
6. Pittsburgh
7. UConn
8. Syracuse
Does anyone else remember when Syracuse used to be at the top of the heap every year? You [...]
By John Wilson on Feb 4, 2008 in Coaching, Football, Preview, Rantings | 2 Comments
I’m not a huge NFL Football fan, but last night’s game reminded me of so many Mountaineer football games…
The whole world thinks you’re gonna lose, you’re undersized, undertalented, not enough media coverage, your coach threatened to be fired … the list goes on. How many times in the 28 year history of watching the Mountaineers [...]
By John Wilson on Jan 10, 2008 in Coaching, Football, Recruiting | 5 Comments
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 [...]
By John Wilson on Dec 22, 2007 in Coaching, Football | 44 Comments
A wvmountaineersports.com exclusive…
As of 7:30pm an inside source to the program tells me that when Terry Bowden lands in Morgantown he will be announced as the new Head Coach of the WVU Mountaineers. Stay tuned for more information.