WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS RUMORS & GOSSIP
Tuberville surprised West Virginia made move to Big 12
Count former Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberville as one who was surprised when West Virginia joined the Big 12 to get the conference back to 10 members following Missouri's defection to the SEC. Dennis Dodd at CBS Sports had a good interview with Tuberville who has never been shy about sharing his thoughts on expansion or the Big 12's need for a championship game. “They ...
Florida State quarterback Clint Trickett transferring to West Virginia
Junior Paul Millard and redshirt freshman Ford Childress spent the spring in Morgantown fighting for the starting quarterback job at West Virginia. As expected, that battle will continue into fall camp with neither quarterback gaining a sizeable lead in the race throughout spring camp. That race will have a new participant when practice resumes this fall with Wednesday's announcement...
Draft of Thrones: The NFL Draft in ‘Game of Thrones’ terms? Sure, why not? (video)
Not much setup required on this one. Unless you happen to be one of those lost, unfortunate souls too stubborn, too clueless or just flat-out too stupid not to be religiously watching arguably the best series currently on television: “Game of Thrones,” HBO’s brilliant retelling of the George R.R. Martin epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire. In this video from NowThisNews...
Geno Smith lashes out at critics of 2013 QB class.
West Virginia Mountaineers quarterback Geno Smith is a special talent that should transform himself into a longterm starting quarterback within the NFL.
His work ethic has more times than not been lauded. Yet even he is getting tired of the disrespect that his class of quarterbacks has been subjected to.
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Video: Highlights From West Virginia’s Gold-Blue Spring Game
West Virginia fans around the country tuning in for Saturday’s Gold-Blue Spring Game were hoping to get an indication of who will be the starting quarterback for the Mountaineers next season.
Not so much. Redshirt freshman Ford Childress and junior Paul Millard didn’t really leave any fans in awe of their performances. Thankfully, with the whole summer camp still left for head...
West Virginia University unveils new football uniforms
Tweet The West Virginia Mountaineers roster will have a new look in 2013 as last season’s starting quarterback (Geno Smith) and top two receivers (Stedman Bailey & Tavon Austin) will be playing on Sundays later this year. Among those who will be back in Morgantown are safety Karl Joseph, defensive lineman Will Clarke and [...]
2013 NFL Draft: 5 Reasons Why Geno Smith Will Be A Bust
Many questions surrounding Geno Smith’s future in the NFL have risen since the college football season ended. The former West Virginia quarterback threw for 42 touchdowns and only 6 interceptions in the high-powered spread offense during his senior season. Smith showed glimpses of greatness with his passing attack in many games for the Mountaineers last season, but they faltered...
Video: Skip Bayless & Stephen A. Smith react to PFW's assessment of Geno Smith
Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless of ESPN, joined also by Todd McShay, react to Pro Football Weekly's Nolan Nawrocki's critical assessment of QB Geno Smith.
Smith is currently number 24 on Mel Kiper's big board, and ranked even lower than that by some. Among Nawrocki's comments were that Smith was "not a student of the game", had a "mild practice...
Photo: Can’t even blame this on autocorrect
We are going to assume that whoever was in charge of the graphic below was just trying to get a good laugh, because there is no way that this was an accident, especially since it was spelled correctly at the top of the graphic. We have all been victims of autocorrect while typing and especially texting. The most famous for sports fans might be trying to text second, we mean SEC....
Geno Smith: I believe that I can make an impact
Get used to hearing the name Geno Smith even more than you did during the 2012 college football season.
The West Virginia quarterback is currently considered the top quarterback in the current NFL draft class. He recently talked up his own ability.
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FREUDIAN SLIP?
West Virginia paper prints hilarious error
The Weirton Daily Times in Weirton, West Virginia didn’t mean for this typo to get into the Sunday paper. Or… perhaps they did. Either way, this “accidental” bit of word greatness accurately sums up the Pinstripe Bowl and the season half of West Virginia’s 2012 season as well. Graphic… but spot on. Please, someone get [...]
LOW BLOW
Orange Bowl Twitter account heckles WVU
The official Twitter account of the Orange Bowl took a shot at West Virginia over last year's game. See the clever joke here.
SOFA KING DUMB
WVU student gov't couch-burning PSA
Over the years, West Virginia’s football fans have garnered a bit of a reputation for being some of the craziest in college football. It’s a reputation that dates back many decades and was only heightened with the decision to sell alcohol inside Milan-Puskar Stadium for the first time last season. However above all, there is one thing that rabid West Virginia fans have...
West Virginia’s New Big 12 Logo is Wonderful and Depressing
Mountaineer Field is getting a Big 12 logo on it for the very first time. The logo itself isn’t necessarily what caught my attention (although damn it looks good), but instead I’m fixated on the fresh paint, green grass, pristine hash marks and Jesus I could just reach out and touch it. College football – [...]
HANG A 70
West Virginia billboard boasts about bowl win
Via Dominion Post
What’s worse than getting destroyed by West Virginia 70-33 in the Orange Bowl? Having West Virginia put up a sign of the score 70-33 for recruiting purposes on highway I-79. It just so happens that the highways speed limit is 70 miles per hour so of course they incorporated that into the billboard. It’s important to drive safe.
WVU spokeswoman Becky Lofstead...
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