Not a lot of people realize how much money Bob Huggins has raised for cancer research over the years. And all his former players from Cincinnati & WVU love him. Obviously he is flawed, as we all are. But that doesn't take away the good he has done for the game of basketball.
If Oscar Tshiebwe ends up at a school that is sponsored by Adidas, somebody at WVU needs to call for an NCAA investigation. That scenario would point to tampering by AAU infuencers.
Can we all just take a moment to consider this man basically had his leg snapped in half on Nov 25 and yet...here he is! At the top of his game 2 months later. A total beast who will have a stellar NFL career for the team smart enough to draft him.
@NFLDraft
@zfrazier54
Outside of Rich Rodriguez 's exit from WVU, Dawn Plitzuweit's departure has been the worst handled by any coach at WVU in recent memory IMO. Even John Beilein and Dana Holgerson left on better terms. The ladies on the
@WVUWBB
squad deserved better.
This one has brought me to tears. Huggs was a second dad to Emmitt and so many other Mountaineer players these last few decades. Just a great guy and true West Virginian. A truly sad end to a historic career.
Truth or Fiction: WVU beating Penn State to open this season would be the biggest regular season upset victory since the Mountaineers beat Oklahoma in 1982.
I like WVU Professor Matty Staudt's suggestion: "Instead of firing him, I think the right thing to do is have him sit down with a group of LBGTQ students and listen to them so that he can truly understand why that word is never ok. Most people who use words like that do it...
Auburn's Bruce Pearl credits West Virginia coach Bob Huggins with helping him establish his team's defensive principles. Huggs' influence is wide and deep.
In my mind, this map represents everything that's wrong with college football. Seven schools. Five states. Four conferences. Geography does not matter one iota, when in reality it ought to be the most important consideration.
People can get sick of me beating this horse, but I do not care: Hudson Clement is a walk on from WEST VIRGINIA! Start recruiting these in-state kids harder and offer them some damn scholarships!
Sneaky huge development for WVU football: Neal recognized the offense needed a shot in the arm after the Duquesne rain delay so he relinquished play calling duties to Chad Scott. A real sign of growth & self awareness for the HBC. Interested to see if that becomes permanent.
I will never understand why Tavon Austin wasn't Tyreek Hill before Tyreek Hill. Similar size (Tavon is 5'8" 180lbs & Hill is 5'10" 185lbs), similar twitch/speed, similar skill set.
WVU has emerged as a potential landing spot for dismissed K-State forward Nae'Qwan Tomlin. He is due to graduate & be available to play for a new school immediately. Other schools involved: Gtown, Kansas, Miami, Oregon & Providence. (1/1)
@BlueGoldNews
@Nae_Ratty
Daryl Porter Jr. did a complete 180 in twenty days. He went from an anti-transfer portal stance to leaving a school where he was the starting CB. I don't know how else you can explain this without the word "tampering" entering into the conversation.
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WVU has possibly received a verbal commitment from CB Tavion Mayo of Lee County HS in Georgia. He is visiting this weekend and WVU coaches are tweeting about a lock down corner. The post below was from his first visit to Morgantown.
All the recent WVU QBs have been transfers: Clint Trickett, Skylar Howard, Will Grier, and Jarrett Doege. You can even go back to Jeff Hostetler and Jake Kelchner. Other than Pat White & Geno Smith, it's pretty much been all transfers.
The best season for West Virginia in the last 10 years was engineered by this guy in 2016. WVU went 9-3 and won the Cactus Bowl over Arizona State. Similar playing style, skill set & size as Garrett Greene. Fans are hoping for similar (or better) results.
@SkylerDonHoward
How ironic would it be if WVU's in-state kids helped bury Houston?
1-Clement scores on a pass & Fox returns a punt for a TD.
2-The trio of Frazier/Nestor/Milum to dominate the line of scrimmage on the OL.
3-Sean Martin sacks the QB & Caden Biser gets double digit tackles.
Condolences from the
@BlueGoldNews
on the untimely passing of Lamar Patterson, a
@WVUfootball
prospect from Kissimmee, FL who attended St. Frances Academy in Baltimore. Our thoughts are with his friends, family and teammates.💕🕊️
When all is said and done, I would argue that WVU comes out ahead in the transfer game.
ADDED:
QB Jack Allison Miami
WR T.J. Simmons Alabama
TE Jovani Haskins Miami
DL Kenny Bigelow USC
DL Jabril Robinson Clem
DB Josh Norwood Oh St
DB Keith Washington Mich
DB Denzel Fisher UCLA
Do I have this right: WVU's $28M baseball park is a result of a tax increment financing (TIF) project between WVU & Monongalia County. Meanwhile, the cost of Marshall's new $20M baseball stadium will be financed by federal Covid Relief funds & the State Water Development fund?
Hearing Oregon State and San Diego State have had very preliminary talks with the Big 12 over the last 48 hours. Key word is preliminary and it would be at discounted rates.
WVU is winning with defense, running game & converting scoring opportunities when they get in the red zone. The Mountaineers are also showing discipline, committing the fewest penalties in the Big 12 thus far. Not a lot of offensive pizzaz, but bottom line is they are winning.
WVU
@WVUhoops
has offered transfer RJ Sunahara
@rsunahara23
. He's a 6-8 forward from Nova Southeastern, this year's D2 National Champion. Named D2 POY. All-time leader in blocks (172) & second leading scorer in school history (1,579). Son of
@WVUVolleyball
coach
@ReedSunahara
.
These lists people are posting about "who WVU should keep" from the basketball team are insulting. Any eligible guy who stuck this season out and played with heart & grit should be welcomed by the new coach with open arms.
My boy Caleb made my day 💙💛😭😭😭 Told him he had to stop crying to get a picture though lol , this is what I do it for 💙💛 “ you’re like my favorite mountaineer” 😭
#HailWV
Fun fact! Morgantown High School could conceivably have the daughters of both basketball coaches playing for the Mohigans. DeVries' daughter Tatum is a 9th grader just like Kayli Kellogg.
@KelloggTrisha
@AshDeVries
The last SEC invite during the first round of CFB expansion came down to Missouri or the Mountaineers. Tigers got the bid while WVU landed in the Big 12. Except for WVU's 5-0 start in 2012, both have been nationally irrelevant ever since. Mizzou is West Virginia's doppelganger.
NEWS: 2024 four-star SG Liam Campbell has requested a release from his National Letter of Intent to USC and will reopen his recruitment, he tells
@On3Recruits
.
Story:
Unpopular opinion: West Virginia should offer scholarships to the Kennedy Award & Huff Award winners every year. That would be Judah Price and Mondrell Dean this year.
@judah_price
@DeanMondrell
@WVUFBRecruiting
Just my opinion, but I would rather see WVU in the Alamo Bowl versus a Pac-12 opponent than I would an ACC matchup in the Camping World Bowl. WVU plays NC State next year. And Syracuse? Bleh. The two have played a million times. Give me Holgorsen vs. Leach any day!
Isn't it about time Mountaineer fans give
@SkylerDonHoward
his damn dues? Top 5 all-time passing yards (ahead of Pat White) and the only 10 win season in recent history.
🚨TRUCK TRACKER🚨 Yea, after 32 hours we are finally at our hotel in West Virginia. All is not well. Bad news we hit a deer. Good news, it didn’t damage the tractor. That makes 3 deer I have hit with the BYU tractors over the years. It is cold in West Virginia. Hal
Was listening to
@DustyDvoracek
on OU QB Caleb Williams.
He said teams were “coming after him hard.”
I’m not naive, I realize there's roster tampering. But we REALLY need to end it. Should be highly illegal to recruit guys on other rosters. Drop the 🔨 on schools that do.
I am 110% locked in! I am a full believer in Coach Brown, Coach Moore, and the rest of the WVU football staff! Stop asking me if I am going to decommit!
#LetsGo
Mountaineer fans, how do you feel about WVU being called the Iowa or Minn of the Big 12? Trading air raid for dirt raid, WVU has become the antithesis of their former selves. Becoming something different in a pass happy league, they might have carved out a winning niche.
With WVU perhaps trying to line up an ACC invite, the academic snobbery from opposing fans has predictably reared its ugly head. Doesn't matter that it's short sighted & inaccurate. Also hypocritical considering the cheating scandal that went on at UNC. But not unexpected.
We are now living in a world where West Virginia can be outgained, miss out on several red zone opportunities, drop four interceptions (including a pick six) and still find a way to gut out a win on the road against last year's national championship runner up. Chew on that.
Hot Take: Parkersburg's Brenton Strange might be the biggest in-state miss by West Virginia in recent memory. Holgorsen refused to recruit him as a TE, only wanted him as a DE. Strange ends up at Penn State where he is starting. Had a long TD against Purdue in opening weekend.
A lot of national media now starting to include
@hudsonclement3
in the same breath as Garrett Green & Jaheim White when discussing optimism for next year.
I know it was anonymous, but I would love to know the identity of the Big 12 coach who said WVU had "MAC level talent." It sounds like something Holgerson would say, but I hold out hope that whoever it was got smoked by the Mountaineers.
@DanWetzel
Wondering where all this national pundit hand wringing was last year when the Big 12 was on the verge of collapse? I seem to remember reactions ranging from total ambivalence to "good riddance."
I don't think that Tony Gibson will be elevated to head coach, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if the new guy retains him for continuity purposes. Gibson is important to recruiting and many fans love him because he's a native West Virginia.
Heard Coach Kelsey was looking for an outside fiery assistant or two w/ ample energy (that want to be here).
My top 3 sleeper additions:
1. Brian Michelson
2. Jay Kuntz
3. Nolan Smith
'24 Parkersburg WV kicker Casey Anthony has committed to WVU as PWO. Outstanding all-around athlete who also played WR and S for the Big Reds.
@BlueGoldNews
@caseystanley_4
Wright lost the punting job mid-game to Esdale after making a bad decision leading to a fumble. Yet Doege was not replaced after throwing two INTs. Conclusion? Either the backup QBs are very bad or the WVU coaches do not apply standards & expectations evenly across positions.
Certainly don't want to take away from the great season
@WVUBaseball
has had but I also understand the frustration from fans. On the doorstep of 40 wins and clinching an outright Big 12 title & West Virginia is laying one of the biggest eggs of all time in this Texas series.
'23 legacy commit Tory Johnson Jr. on his OV to West Virginia. His dad was a Mountaineer and his mom graduated from WVU as well.
@ToryJohnsonJr7
@BlueGoldNews
Emilie Charles of Cabell Midland HS picks
@wvuwomenssoccer
over offers from Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, Pepperdine, Wake Forest, Purdue and others. Charles is the all-time leading scorer in West Virginia HS girl's soccer history.
Rising 8th grader
@ChrisHenryJr
, son of the late WVU WR Chris Henry who played for the Bengals. Now being raised by his godfather, Adam "Pacman" Jones.
WVU visitors tomorrow:
‘23 QB Sean Boyle - Charlotte NC
‘24 ATH Joshua Clarke - Oakton VA
‘24 LB Matt Harper - Oakton VA
‘24 RB Andrew King - Vienna VA
‘24 ATH Victor McNeal - Herndon VA
‘24 ATH Manoli Karageorgos - Oakton VA
‘24 ATH Sirod Musgrove - Martinsburg WV
(1/2)
This sort of block triggers Mountaineer fans. WVU got a penalty when WR TJ Simmons was flagged for blocking out of bounds vs. Oklahoma that likely cost them a spot in the Big 12 title game.
WVU offered six transfers yesterday & last night:
CB T.J. Crandall - Colorado State
CB Ethan Robinson - Bucknell
CB Syeed Gibbs - Rhode Island
LB Alex Howard - Youngstown State
S Cameron Martinez - Ohio State
TE Joncarlos Miller - Elon
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@WVUFBRecruiting
@gibbs_syeed
With 4 scholarships, the Portal is open for business in Morgantown. WVU interests:
•Chris Ledlum - Tenn
•Malcolm Dandridge - Memphis
•Mac Etienne - UCLA
•DeMarr Langford - BC
•Abdullah Ahmed - Egypt
•Victory Onuetu - Spain
•Ibrahim Mohamed - Egypt
•Ofri Naveh - Israel
West Virginia offers legacy '26 prospect Carter Emanuel. He's a 6-foot-1, 185-pound QB from Lake Nona HS in Orlando FL. Carter is the son of former Mountaineer DB Charles Emanuel, a standout on WVU's late 90s defense under Don Nehlen. West Virginia is Carter's first P5 offer.