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07 July 2010
In the winter of 2008, Mountaineer fans everywhere were livid over the loss of potential star QB recruit Terrelle Pryor, along with a certain head coach. Pryor ended up signing with The Ohio State Buckeyes.
The Mountaineers went searching for a replacement and found Tajh Boyd, another potential top QB recruit. Eventually, Boyd decided WVU’s offense was not good enough. He and his father went south, literally, to Clemson.
Finally, Eugene Smith signed on and accepted the challenge of carrying the torch that is WVU football’s quest for a national title.
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04 July 2010
MORGANTOWN — Two for the price of one.
That’s how it was for West Virginia University as it hit the jackpot in recruiting the Washington, D.C., area.
The Mountaineers landed the Roberts twins — Vance and Vernard — out of Dunbar High, according to their coach, Craig Jefferies.
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02 July 2010
MORGANTOWN - Former West Virginia University president Mike Garrison has had time to reflect on his brief term at the school and the perceived heavy-handed way some feel he performed his duties.
The partner at Spillman, Thomas & Battle - the law firm where he was employed before taking the WVU position in September 2007 and where he returned in September 2008 after resigning his post that June - said his term may have been mischaracterized.
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29 June 2010
MORGANTOWN - Kevin Noreen, the 6-foot-10 Mr. Basketball for Minnesota's Class 1A state champion this past season, signed with West Virginia Monday night, according to Mountaineers Coach Bob Huggins.
Noreen visited over the past weekend. His decision finalizes the 2010 recruiting class and gives WVU the nation's 2009 high school scoring champion.
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28 June 2010
Several factors have combined to help shorten this year’s off-season for fans of the Mountaineer football team.
The first was an injury to Eugene Smith’s foot that prompted Coach Bill Stewart to move spring drills into April. A move that turned out to be a windfall for attendance at the annual spring game, it is believed this year’s spring game had the highest attendance ever.
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25 June 2010
EVEN THE spaciousness of Whitey Gwynne's Buick did not offer much comfort on those long West Virginia University road trips in the 1950s.
Pete White, a 6-foot-5 center, still remembers sitting in the backseat, his knees pressed against the seat in front of him, as Gwynne, WVU's athletic trainer, negotiated the 10-hour drive from Morgantown to Durham, N.C., for a basketball game against the Duke Blue Devils.
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23 June 2010
Consider the recent financial developments with the Atlantic Coast Conference's announced TV deal. It was predicted by most that the ACC - something of a football disappointment after its expansion with three former Big East members - would not improve significantly on its TV dollars.
That crystal ball effort couldn't have been more wrong.
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23 June 2010
What exactly is the Big East doing when it comes to expansion and ensuring its long-term viability on the football side?
"There is no simple answer to your question," commissioner John Marinatto told The Courant last week. "As you know, we've always been at eight [teams]. There are issues associated with [eight] that are both positive and negative, but we do want to strengthen ourselves."
"There are no specific answers to share with anybody right now."
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23 June 2010
VIENNA-Spring drills are over - ditto for the annual summer camps - but recruiting has become a full-time job for West Virginia University head football coach Bill Stewart and his assistants.
The third-year leader of the Mountaineers was back in Wood County Tuesday playing golf and talking football with members of the local chapter of the 1100 Club at the Parkersburg Country Club
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20 June 2010
“I would never do anything like that,” an irate Holliday said. “West Virginia is my alma mater, remember. I spent a long time there. I have roots there.”
