MAC Presentation and Scrimmage Photos
by WVUIE97 on Aug 21, 2010 7:15 PM EDT
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PrintTo thank the supporters of the Mountaineer Athletic Club, donors of all levels were invited to attend a presentation Saturday morning by several head coaches, new Assoc. A.D. Keli Cunningham and new Athletic Director Oliver Luck. The presentation was followed by the final football scrimmage of fall camp before the beginning of classes on Monday. The offense had the upper hand early, but the defense clamped it down during the second half of action. Here are some photos:
Athletic Director Oliver Luck
New Associate Athletic Director for Compliance Keli Cunningham
Coach Bill Stewart
Coach Bob Huggins
Donnie Young and former Head Coach Don Nehlen
The former pupil listens intently to his former teacher
Stretching it out
The mass of humanity that is Freshman Quinton Spain (#67)
The Offensive Line getting loose
Noel and Geno, with Coach Casteel giving instructions in the background
Circle it up, it's time to get things cracking. "GO HARD!!"
Victory Drill
Jock Sanders works on keeping the ball secure as Noel Devine tries to yank it out, with Coach Beatty looking on
Coach Beatty having a toss in the heat while wearing his traditional long sleeve sweats
Geno prepares to hand off to Noel
DE Will Clarke on the rush
Freshman QB Barry Brunetti prepares to let one fly (one that was acrobatically caught by Coley White, I should add)
Brunetti lets another one rip
Geno barks the cadence
...and again from under center
Freshman QB Jeremy Johnson rolls out for a pass
Struggling for more yardage and a gang tackle
Hobbled LB Pat Lazear watches from behind the end zone
Offense working to get off their own goal line (That's Ryan Clarke under the pile)
A lonely Ryan Clarke runs the stairs as punishment from an upset Bill Stewart
"The Predator" Robert Sands gets a breather as the 2's and 3's get some work in
...as does JC transfer LB/DE Bruce Irvin
Time to shake hands after some hard work in the heat
The lads take a knee and listen to some parting words from Coach Stew
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Neild started something a bit new today, at least to me
when the players finished the circle around the seniors at the end of stretching, he started yelling “GO HARD!!” which was then echoed back to him from the rest of the team. Personally, I think the whole stadium should echo him if he does this before games.
on a side note
traffic was surprisingly pleasant, at least on the Evansdale side of town (didn’t venture downtown)
I should also mention
I missed getting a pic of Track/CC coach Cleary (dressed rather dapper), who also spoke and gave really impressive stats on his athletes, in the classroom and on the track.
Huggs and Stew were their usual selves, nothing really newsworthy, although Huggs had his usual dry anecdotes that had everyone laughing. He could have been a comedian if coaching hadn’t worked out.
Ollie basically served notice that just coasting along isn’t going to cut it. All 17 sports must be as good as possible. He made mention of the conference re-alignment situation and even though we like and support the Big East, that WVU is like the girl at the dance showing herself off, somewhat auditioning to other conferences if changes are to come down the line.
That is a change in philosophy
from the AD position. Ed Pastilong was always sure to make it perfectly clear that WVU is “committed to the Big East Conference for years to come” and NEVER mentioned the possibility of future conference change. It was as if WVU owed the Big East which was absurd.
I don’t have a problem for Pastilong to say that we’re committed but to explicitly state such, as if to give notice to potential suitors that we have no interest, didn’t make sense.
Oliver Luck is a progressive, forward thinking AD and I feel his youth, experience and fresh ideas will be a blessing for the department.
Don Nehlen’s looking good. Retirement appears to agree with him.
"I like the taste of danger most of all." - Jonatha Brooke
something tells me he takes good care of himself
Players who should be in the Hall of Fame: Pat TIllman, Dwight White, Donnie Shell, L.C. Greenwood, Ray Guy, Steve Tasker, Greg Llyod, Andy Russel, Cris Carter, Kevin Greene and Jerry Kramer
"Don't wory, I'm an untrained professional" WVPF
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by WVPiratesfan on Aug 22, 2010 3:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Good pictures.
My concern with our team can be summed up in the pictures captioned, “geno barks the cadence,” and “…and again from under center.” In the first, why is one of the best running backs in the country lined up in the slot and not in the backfield? In the second, why are we running out of the ace formation?
The 5 wide set is okay if it was a third and 6+. The ace…well i never liked that, not even in the VT ’03 game.
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