The Shotgun/Throwdown: Labor Day (9/7/09) Edition

Welcome By-Godders to the Labor Day Edition of the Shotgun/Throwdown, the best daily WVU sports news link source.  Today we're sponsored by Excedrin.

Excedrin:  for the post-game hangover (either from drinking or from beating your head against the wall with disappointment or from arguing with those who are disappointed) or post-holiday weekend party hangover.  It's multifunctional!!  Sorry for the delay, but I wasn't setting an alarm clock on a rare day off.  Try and enjoy the rest of the long weekend today, while it lasts.  The tipline is open for requests and suggestions for any and all content, even for new features.

In case you were living under a rock somewhere, WVU won (YES!!!), but they didn't impress (Oh NO!!), so there's lots of articles and opinions out there.  Here are a few to get you through the day:

What you may have missed:

Liberty Flames vs. West Virginia Mountaineers Box Score, September 5 2009 - ESPN

Beating back the Flames - Martinsburg Journal

Photo Gallery IV: WVU - Liberty - BlueGoldNews.com
A few images from the game.

Liberty Notes - MSNsportsNET.Com
Pravda gives us the fun facts.

Big East helmet stickers: Week 1 - Big East - ESPN

What we learned in the Big East, Week 1 - Big East - ESPN

Stew's Views: Week 1 Sunday Teleconference - BlueGoldNews.com

WVU win wasn't exactly satisfying  - The Charleston Gazette
The article mentioned by roolgol90 in the comments over the weekend.

Mountaineers still have a few questions after win in opener - Charleston Daily Mail

O-Line a Bright Spot in Week One - eersports.com
Personally, I thought they looked just slightly above average, for the most part.

Women's Soccer: Boston U Hangs On For Draw - MSNsportsNET.Com

Men's Soccer: Doue Lifts WVU in 2OT - MSNsportsNET.Com
The men rebound after a season opening loss.

News of Note:

Stewart seeking improvement - MSNsportsNET.Com
No shit.

Advice From The Godfather - MSNsportsNET.Com
Caridi on Beano...I have to agree with this article.

Mountaineers aim to improve struggling kickoff coverage unit - PPG
Captain obvious here.

Mountaineers' inability to slow down Brown a concern - The Charleston Gazette
Hickman's notebook

Virginia has FCS team for WVU to play in '13 - Charleston Daily Mail

The memory remains  - The Charleston Gazette

Stewart: Players know ECU game is big -The Times West Virginian

East Carolina serves as WVU’s barometer - Parkersburg News and Sentinel

Dunlap puzzles over ‘D’ - Martinsburg Journal
MIckey F talks to Coach Dunlap

A Kicking Discovery - MSNsportsNET.Com

Memories from the WVU Sideline - wvillustrated.com
Former manager's memories....actually not a bad read.

Ohio LB Snow Has A Flurry of Interest in WVU - eersports.com
Some recruiting news.

Around the league (and beyond):

It’s A Win and Little Else - Pitt Blather
At least their score was more lop-sided.

Syracuse-Minnesota OrangeTube - Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician
Videos from the Syracuse-Minnesota game.

My ridiculously wordy post-game thoughts - Card Chronicle
Not MINE (WVUIE97) but the Card Chronicles words.

UConn 23, Ohio 16: Just enough to win - TheUConnBlog.com
"A win is always 100 percent better than not-a-win, so in that sense UConn's season-opening 23-16 victory over Ohio Saturday night was good." You guys see a recurring theme around the league this weekend?

Keys to the Game: What Rutgers Must do to Win - Protect R Turf

College GameDay Final - ESPN
ESPN's weekend recap.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL OVERTIME - Stewart Mandel - SI.com
Mandel does his weekend recap thing.

What's on Tap:

We got more college football today/tonight.

Cincinnati vs. Rutgers - September 7, 2009 - SI.com
Today on ESPN at 4pm

Miami (FL) Hurricanes vs. Florida State Seminoles Preview, September 7 2009 - ESPN
Tonight on ESPN at 8pm

Miss Throwdown:

Today's Miss Throwdown hails from the land of Hugo Chavez...Venezuela.  Her name is Gaby Espino (no word if her parents named her after the "World Wide Leader."  As always, the picture links to a gallery:

via image.hotdog.hu

Excedrin image via i.bnet.com