Posted: May 11th, 2009 - by: MountaineerBob

Wes Lyons, WVU Preview and Early Bowl Projections

I can’t believe I missed this last week but Wes Lyons made an ESPN list last week.

ESPN’s Bruce Feldman put together a “10 breakout players from spring practices”

Here is what he says about Wes Lyons:

It’s always fun to see which players show that they are ready to blossom in the spring, and every year we see a bunch of new guys emerge. Here are the Top 10 revelation guys who will make the biggest impact in the fall.

No. 6: Wes Lyons, WVU, WR: The 6-8, 220-pound senior hasn’t been much of a factor in the WVU offense in his career, catching just 22 passes and zero TDs. However, after sliding the towering receiver into the slot, Lyons — 100 percent injury-free for really the first time in his career — responded with a huge spring, catching eight TDs passes.

CollegeFootballNews.com, probably one of the best college football sites out there for years, has released their WVU preview. This is one of the more comprehensive previews you’ll be able to find and they break down both sides of the ball. Here is the opening:

West Virginia has gotten to the point where 9-4 isn’t good enough, but this year’s team is good enough to get back to the BCS if Jarrett Brown can be an adequate fill-in for Pat White. Check out the CFN Preview for another strong West Virginia Mountaineer team.

CFN also put out a “Way To Early BCS Bowl Prediction” and guess who lands in the Sugar Bowl this year? Check it out:

Allstate Sugar Bowl
Jan. 1 New Orleans, La. FOX
*BCS vs. BCS (SEC Champion, if available)
Way Too Early Projection: Ole Miss vs. West Virginia
Top 5 Others Considered: 1) LSU, 2) Georgia, 3) Florida, 4) Alabama, 5) Boise State

Assuming the SEC champion is No. 1 and off to the national championship, the Sugar Bowl will get the first choice of teams and it’ll most certainly take the second best SEC team. Ole Miss, Alabama, LSU, Georgia or even Florida; throw a dart and you might have the right SEC representative. Boise State might be the call if the Fiesta doesn’t have an interest, but geographically is makes more sense for the Broncos to go to Glendale and the Big East champion, possibly West Virginia, to go to New Orleans. The Mountaineers stunned Georgia the last time they were in the Sugar, played in Atlanta in 2006.

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