Monday Media Melee
By MountaineerBob on Apr 7, 2008 in Featured, Football, News
WVU is being mentioned in the main stream media more than ever before. It’s one of the true signs that WVU has finally become a national contender year in and year out. Monday Media Melee’s is our new weekly feature that breaks down the past week(end) or so of media hype for WVU sports.
CBS Sports
Whether or not you think the pre-season ranking actually mean anything or not, every site out there has ‘em. Even after kicking Oklahoma’s ass last year, with the return of Senior Pat White and one of the best coaching staffs in the country, WVU’s pre-season rankings aren’t as high as one would expect. This is probably the highest I’ve seen.
We also have 2 players in CBS Sports early Heisman picks. Devine and White:
CollegeFootballNews.com
Interesting breakdowns galore on this site, one of my favs. They take a look at our schedule and here is their early ass prediction:
Realistic best case record with this schedule: 11-1
Barring total disaster worst case record: 7-5
Realistic record: 10-2The schedule looks harder than it actually should be. The Big East slate isn’t bad early and gets tough late with road trips to Louisville and Pitt in the span of six days, but remember, those two didn’t go to a bowl last year. South Florida comes to Morgantown on December 6th; a perfect time to catch the warm-weather team. After a warm-up against Villanova to kick things off, the non-conference schedule gets nasty the rest of the way with trips to East Carolina and Colorado along with the mid-season showdown against Auburn. Win those three and a national title shot will likely be there for the taking.
Earlier this year they broke down the Big East teams, it’s a good read. Check it out here.
ESPN.com
Totally useless right now on the College Football news front unless you want to read about Coach Rod and the Administration fighting over 4 mil. Personally that bores me. They consistently love Rod and hate WVU.
Register-Herald
The Beckley paper has a cool article about freshman Brandon Hogan, a possible new star for the WVU offense. Read article here.
That’s about it for this past week or so. Things are a little slow but I’m sure they will pick up as the Spring Game is almost here! I can’t wait to get back to the stadium and
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jwilson | Apr 7, 2008 | Reply
Great Feature. WVU is still suffering from the 2nd class discrimination that keeps teams like OSU and even Notre Dame in the top 10 every year, regardless of their team’s makeup.
If the entire NE Patriot roster transferred to WVU, we would be ranked no higher than 4th.