Mike Casazza: Confusing situation in Mountaineer Land
MORGANTOWN - What we know about West Virginia football is that Dana Holgorsen's fifth team is perfectly suited for the holiday. It's in disguise. Wearing a costume. Under a mask. Throw in your own...
View ArticleFrank Giardina: Miami vacancy, Rich Rod and other hot names
The college football coaching dominoes continue to fall. Now the Miami Hurricanes job is open after the dismissal of Al Golden.I worked with Golden when he was a student-athlete at Penn State, and he...
View ArticleChuck McGill: Hinton's Parry recounts 1937 championship season
Ernie Parry cradles a weathered and worn high school yearbook, flipping through memories from 78 years ago."I played for Hinton," he said as the pages turn. "We won the state championship one year and...
View ArticleNorman Chad: Integrity in the NFL is a real daily fantasy
Today we revisit the devilishly fascinating world of daily fantasy sports - Slogan: "Winners Get Paid Every Day, Twice a Day If You're a DFS Employee" - to examine the NFL's hilariously evolving...
View ArticleDoug Smock: Time for Herd offense to finish strong
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - One could make the case that Marshall's second-half problems are overblown.After all, the Thundering Herd has scored the first points after halftime in eight of nine games this...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: WVU's Gee comments on Holgorsen, Big 12 and Huggins
On Monday, WVU president E. Gordon Gee flew to The Greenbrier to give a speech.His schedule remains busy - even when his school's football program isn't flying so high.Yet he knows. That football...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: WVU defense taking a toll on Gibson
MORGANTOWN - WVU defensive coordinator Tony Gibson spoke in a low voice Tuesday afternoon.His defense, his secondary, has been getting torched of late.And Gibson, on this day, seemed tortured.It was a...
View ArticleMike Casazza: Shorthanded WVU defense needs aggressiveness to return
MORGANTOWN - The defense West Virginia has been forced to distance itself from this season first appeared against Texas Tech last season. Charged with keeping the score tied and getting the ball back...
View ArticleChuck McGill: Riverside coach restores belief during winless season
The field house office of Riverside High School football coach Zach Davis is ordinary - almost.There is a dry-erase board, computer, flat-screen television used to watch game film, weights and...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Could a 5-7 WVU team make a bowl?
MORGANTOWN - By the end of today, the proverbial skies could look brighter for WVU's football team.The Mountaineers are favored to defeat Texas Tech at home. A victory could move them within two steps...
View ArticleNorman Chad: Words of wisdom from The Players' Tribune
I had largely ignored The Players' Tribune, Derek Jeter's year-old website where athletes share first-person narratives. But while working out the other day at Muscle Beach along the famed Venice...
View ArticleDoug Smock: Marshall defense plagued by big plays
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - Marshall's defense has prided itself for its ability to limit long gains, among other things. That pride was wounded Saturday in the Thundering Herd's 27-24 triple-overtime loss...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: WVU bowls, signings and draft picks
By Mitch Vingle Ye olde notebook:nIt might be chilly now, but, for the WVU football team, the sun is shining a bit more. The Mountaineers are 4-4 and need two victories with four games remaining to be...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Game plan for beating Texas easy for WVU
MORGANTOWN - If you follow this column regularly, you know I like to cut to the chase, so here we go.If WVU's defenders can chase down Texas' runners Saturday, the Mountaineers should win.That's it....
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Melvin Walker, his story, won't soon be forgotten
The obit said that Melvin Alexander Walker, age 68, of Institute, passed away after a short illness in San Diego.Perhaps to the Millennials or Net Generation, that sentence meant little. But to the...
View ArticleMike Casazza: WVU defense adjusts, applies infrequent pressure
MORGANTOWN - For years and years now, West Virginia's defense has played and even prospered without banking quarterback sacks. It's an understood admission of the 3-3-5 defensive alignment that an...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Note to CFP committee: Please stop
The College Football Playoff rankings and shows are good for me.The reason: I'm a sports columnist. My job is to bring interesting and sometimes controversial topics and opinions to your eyes and...
View ArticleFrank Gardinia: Marshall people don't hang on crash, crash hangs on them
By By Frank Giardina Most people know that I went to school at Marshall and have been closely involved with the athletic program for many years.Over the years, I occasionally get comments like, "Isn't...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Holgorsen, special teams catch big wave in WVU win
By Mitch Vingle MORGANTOWN - Cowabunga, dude.After West Virginia handled Texas before 56,736 Saturday at Milan Puskar Stadium, there were happy faces on the winning Mountaineers. There were whoops of...
View ArticleNorman Chad: There's nothing entertaining about free throws
If I were running for president - nothing stopping me, actually, other than some outstanding student loans and an unwillingness to wake up before noon most weekdays - I believe my platform of "No More...
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