Doug Smock: After bye, business picks up for Herd
By Doug Smock HUNTINGTON - On the 12th week, the Marshall football team rested.Take a deep breath. The Herd could, should be playing its two or three most compelling games of the season. On Nov. 27,...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: WVU had to work for win against James Madison
By Mitch Vingle WVU's basketball team wasn't exactly at its best Monday night at the Charleston Civic Center.Playing a Colonial Athletic Conference team, the Mountaineers, ranked No. 22 in the most...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Sparring with Huggins over Charleston jab
By Mitch Vingle The nice thing about WVU basketball coach Bob Huggins is he can take criticism.He'll grumble about it in the short term. (Oh, how he can grumble about it in the short term.) But in the...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: UC men's soccer - a study in excellence
Sometimes it gets a little depressing in the Mountain State.Google West Virginia and you'll see stories saying we're last or in the bottom tier of well-being, education systems, drug overdose...
View ArticleMike Casazza: Bad taste remains from WVU's 2013 loss at Kansas
MORGANTOWN - Nick Kwiatkoski was a redshirt freshman in 2012 and he played in the 49-14 loss at Texas Tech, the one that began with West Virginia ranked No. 5 with a 5-0 record and ended with the...
View ArticleChuck McGill: Plenty of optimism around WVU's hot hoops start
By Chuck McGill MORGANTOWN - How about a heaping helping of Huggins and hoops? It'll warm your soul - and perhaps elevate expectations - as West Virginia heads into its home basketball game against...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: WVU getting to the meat of schedule
By Mitch Vingle MORGANTOWN - It was a Monday night game, much like that in Charleston a week prior. WVU, now ranked No. 22 in the USA Today coaches poll, drew but 6,196 to the Coliseum to play and,...
View ArticleMike Casazza: WVU's change in style was about mentality
MORGANTOWN - What's most unusual about the current state of West Virginia's offense is that it looks only a little like past products under Dana Holgorsen. What's most overlooked is that it functions...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Game, class symbolic of WVU's status
MORGANTOWN - On Saturday, the college football spotlight shined brightly on games like Stanford-Notre Dame, Ohio State-Michigan and Oklahoma-Oklahoma State.At Milan Puskar Stadium, well, not so much...
View ArticleNorman Chad: No polite way to say it: the 76ers stink
By the time you read this, it is possible the Philadelphia 76ers might've won a game.It's also possible you might look out the window and see pigs flying first-class on a Virgin Atlantic flight.Sure,...
View ArticleDoug Smock: For Herd, bowl offers chance for redemption
IT SEEMS fitting that the weekend after Marshall's 49-28 loss to Western Kentucky was dreary and rainy. It matched the mood among Thundering Herd followers.Marshall has nine wins to its credit this...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Holgorsen's job, Herd's RPI and Mountaineer hoops
By Mitch Vingle The views from here:When WVU's football team was on its four-game losing streak, howls were loud across the Mountain State for Dana Holgorsen's job. His signature Orange Bowl win of...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Sack attack helping get WVU back
By Mitch Vingle MORGANTOWN - Call it the Magic Eight game.WVU's football team travels to Manhattan, Kansas, and a Mountaineer victory over Kansas State on Saturday would be the eighth of the...
View ArticleMike Casazza: Tyler's error-free play a boost for WVU defense
MORGANTOWN - Make no mistake, West Virginia's defense has figured out how to play without Karl Joseph. One reason? Jeremy Tyler isn't making mistakes. He's an asset now for a defense that's shutting...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Tackling Heisman, Big 12 and Kennedy voting
Sometimes I amuse myself.Each year I receive notices that it's time to vote on honors like the Heisman Trophy, Kennedy Award and Associated Press All-Big 12 football team. And, lo and behold, each...
View ArticleChuck McGill: Barry Switzer takes a special interest in former George...
Former George Washington High School football star and two-time Kennedy Award winner Ryan Switzer will be on a national stage tonight when North Carolina faces top-ranked Clemson for the Atlantic...
View ArticleNorman Chad: Warriors worth price of admission - and League Pass
By the time you read this, it is possible the Golden State Warriors might've lost a game.It's also possible you might look out the window and see pigs flying first-class on a Virgin Atlantic...
View ArticleDoug Smock: Did Marshall deserve better than date with Huskies?
AFTER MARSHALL made its point against the Mid-American Conference champion in the Boca Raton Bowl last December, it was time to go toe-to-toe with a team from the American Athletic Conference.You...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: Wheels churning over Holgorsen's status
An 8-4 record would have made everything OK.A WVU victory last Saturday against an outmanned Kansas State team would have done the trick. All coach Dana Holgorsen had to do was give the ball to...
View ArticleMitch Vingle: So far, two contenders for Super Six games
In one corner stands the reigning Super Six champ, weighing in with a population of 27,790 and owner of 22 straight victories.In the other corner stands the challenger, with a population of 50,404 and...
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