The Shotgun/Throwdown: Wednesday (10/26/11) Edition
by WVUIE97 on Oct 26, 2011 9:20 AM EDT
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Welcome, By-Godders, to the Shotgun/Throwdown, WVU's nationally recognized best place for sports links, information, sophomoric humor and daily distractions. We're being brought to you today by Leinenkugel's Oktoberfest Lager.
So much for the gut wrenching to be over as it seems, thanks in no small part to alleged meddling of Kentucky (Louisville) politicians, that WVU's impending move has caught it's foot on a nail in the floor:
Big 12 Move Hits Snag - WVMETRONEWS.COM
But sources say the process hit a “bump in the road” last night. WVU was apparently notified by the Big 12 that it needed “more information” from WVU and that there would be a vote by the Big 12 Board, perhaps on Monday
Feel free to call Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell and voice your displeasure of him possibly meddling in college athletics when there are more important issues a U.S. Senator should be concerned with. Here is his office phone number and email link:
(502) 582-6304 or EMAIL LINK HERE
So, take all articles regarding the Big XII with a giant salt lick. I wanna throw up.
And this just in...RIP to Jack's former wingman:
@HoppyKercheval - Twitter
Woody O'Hara has died from complications following surgery last Friday. He was 70.
What You May Have Missed:
Football: Coach Holgorsen News Conference - MSNsportsNET.Com
Transcript, video embedded below
Gold And Blue Now: Wednesday - WVMETRONEWS.COM
Tony Caridi and Hoppy Kercheval break down West Virginia's decision to join the Big 12 Conference
Practice Facility Photos 10-25-2011 - Facebook
Basketball Practice Facilities Gallery - WOW!!!
Women's Soccer: WVU Climbs To No. 13 - MSNsportsNET.Com
No. 13 in this week’s National Soccer Coaches Association of America poll and No. 14 in Soccer America’s Top 25.
Rifle: WVU Reclaims No. 1 Ranking - MSNsportsNET.Com
After two brief weeks, the West Virginia rifle team has reclaimed the nation’s No. 1 ranking
No. 18 West Virginia ready to get back to winning ways against Seton Hall - Daily Athenaeum
It has been an unpredictable ride for the No. 24 West Virginia men's soccer team this season.
Realignment:
West Virginia To Big 12? Mountaineers Fans Hope For 'Relief' - SBNation.com
Includes some quotes from yours truly
As a goodwill offering to West Virginia, we present you this microfiber couch. We believe you know... - Wide Right & Natty Lite
From our new friends at the Iowa St. blog
Big 12 Realignment: West Virginia Officially Joins Big 12 Conference - SB Nation Kansas City
Not so fast my friend....DAMMIT
HERTZEL COLUMN: Good and bad come with WVU move to Big 12 - Times West Virginian
There was a wise man who once said, “Be careful, you might get what you wish for.”
Mountaineers won’t be out of their league in new Big 12 - Charleston Gazette
there aren't many in West Virginia's athletic department who have enough relatively fresh information to be able to draw comparisons between the league West Virginia is leaving, the Big East, and the one it now seems certain to enter, the Big 12.
WVU football: Garrison, Spavital discuss recruiting and joining Big 12 - Charleston Daily Mail
"right now, we want to take care of the Big East before we go so we can come out on top. If we do leave, we want to leave as champions."
In a good deal, WVU trades the Big Apple for the Little Apple - Charleston Daily Mail
Say what you will about Luck, but the second-year WVU athletic chief does what he says he is going to do, damn the consequences.
Oklahoma's View on WVU to the Big 12 - WVillustrated
"I think it is going to be well received," Rowand said. "Of all the schools that have been talked about, West Virginia has been the most highly regarded."
West Virginia to the Big 12? Yes please... - Big 12 Hoops
News of Note:
Blitzes deliver crushing blows to West Virginia offense - PPG
"Blitzing 75 percent of the time is a lot, and I haven't faced that personally," Holgorsen said.
WVU football: No. 25 Mountaineers need to do better job at handling adversity - Charleston Daily Mail
West Virginia has faced hardships in all seven of its football games this season, which Coach Dana Holgorsen said is impossible to avoid.
Holgorsen focused on Rutgers, not the Big 12 - Bluefield Daily Telegraph
If I called Oliver Luck and Dr. (James) Clements, they’d probably laugh at me and say, ‘You need to worry about Rutgers’.
WVU linemen outplayed against Syracuse, ready to bounce back - Daily Athenaeum
So, when the WVU offensive line struggled to protect junior quarterback Geno Smith in the pocket against Syracuse, the whole offense failed to produce.
Coach likens Rutgers to Syracuse - Register-Herald
No. 25 West Virginia takes on Scarlet Knights Saturday
Rutgers hopes to duplicate ’Cuse success against WVU - Times West Virginian
“They effectively put pressure on Smith,” he said, referring to quarterback Geno Smith. “They hit him a lot.”
Video: Football Interviews 10/25 - BGN
Coaches Bedenbaugh, Gillespie, Dawson and Casteel, Sticks and Geno
VIDEO: Mountaineer Player Interviews - WVMETRONEWS.COM
Coaches Dawson, Spavital, Gillespie, Bedenbaugh and Casteel, Sticks, Garrison, Barclay, Bruce, Garvin and Tandy
WVU Football Interviews: Rutgers Week - WVillustrated
Garvin, Sticks, Julian, Tandy, Bruce, Geno and Coaches Gillespie and Casteel
Around the League (and Beyond):
Rutgers' Savon Huggins continues to put maturity on display - Star Ledger
Pitt Vs. UConn: Keys to Victory - Cardiac Hill
Charlie Strong finds some stand-up guys on his Louisville football team - Courier-Journal
Young receivers catch on quickly - Tampa Tribune
Missouri AD Mike Alden on Whit Babcock - Cincinnati Enquirer
BMOC salutes Michigan State Spartans, Texas Tech Red Raiders for Week 8 performances - ESPN
Wojo has resurrected the Big Man On Campus weekly column
College Football Power Rankings - Andy Staples - SI.com
WVU has dropped out of this week's superhero themed rankings
What's On Tap:
Connecticut Huskies vs. Pittsburgh Panthers - ESPN
8 pm tonight from the Ketchup Pit on ESPN/ESPN3. Pitt is giving 10.
West Virginia fans' goal: 'Occupy Heinz Field' - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
There seems to be a crowd meeting at Tilted Kilt & Bettis' beforehand
Video of Interest:
Part II is linked HERE
Video of (Dis)Interest:
Guy on a Buffalo...the final finale
Hump Day Video of the Week:
Miss Throwdown:
Today's Miss Throwdown is Russian/British model Masha Novoselova. Click on her picture for today's gallery.
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"snag"
So much garbage is being fed to the media by interested parties hoping to generate some advantage for themselves. We shouldn’t have “celebrated” until there were official announcements.
I hate to
sound cynical and douchey, but seriously? We took anything but an official press conference as definitive. The way the last 2 months played out I’m not believing anything until I see two official press conferences, from both the conference and the school.
Back to the waiting game I guess.
Da'Sean Butler - A Mountaineer Legend
by McCutchenIsTheTruth on Oct 26, 2011 9:33 AM EDT reply actions
Louisville used to just annoy me.....
But now I’m starting to full-on hate the bastards. Furk!
"Oh, to sail away, To sandy lands and other days"
Achilles' Last Stand, Led Zepplin
“there are more important issues a U.S. Senator should be concerned with”
Have to disagree.
His constituents should be his first priority. What concerns them should concern him. If Louisville had been invited, I would hope our Senators would stand up for us.
Additionally, college athletics are a multi-billion dollar per year industry. The government should pay as much attention to it as it does other multi-billion dollar industries. In fact, it should pay more attention to it because more people care about it. More people are intimately concerned about the BCS system as they are about 90% of what does on in Washington. If given the choice between an NCAA playoff and reformed textile regulations, which would you choose?
by The 25314 on Oct 26, 2011 10:46 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
I agree 100% with your disagreement.
Professional Mountaineer Blogger- SmokingMusket.com
by Caleb Wygal on Oct 26, 2011 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Agreed
Many of the parties involved are taxpayer funded educational institutions.
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by TheMattROb on Oct 26, 2011 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions
given
that his states unemployment rate is above the 9.1 mark, yeah he does in fact have better things to do with his time.
" Lord Stanley, scratch their names on your fabled cup" Mike Lange june 12, 2009
by oldtimehockey09 on Oct 26, 2011 10:51 PM EDT up reply actions
If Louisville is indeed involved in getting us held up...
…then I take back everything I’ve said about them joining with us and I hope they rot in the Big Least.
by MountaineerAirman on Oct 26, 2011 11:10 AM EDT reply actions
Same here.
Fuck ’em. Hope they go to CUSA where they belong.
It's like saying you dislike Don Frye's mustache, which itself is the equivalent of spitting on the Constitution. - Anthony Pace
FTFY
Fuck ’em. Hope they go back to CUSA where they belong.
"Oh, to sail away, To sandy lands and other days"
Achilles' Last Stand, Led Zepplin
by MtnEer_in_SC on Oct 26, 2011 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha, I thought it was obvious!
It's like saying you dislike Don Frye's mustache, which itself is the equivalent of spitting on the Constitution. - Anthony Pace
RIP Woody
You and Jack will never be forgotten by this Mountaineer!
My re-vised take - it is becoming very clear now.
WVU is going to the Big XII – that is a done deal
Bu,t NOW, so is Louisville
But, but…that make the Big XII uneven and with 11 teams.
That’s because the procrastinators (Missouri) have, all of a sudden, taken the WTF position while observing the Big XII’s pro-active and aggressive moves.
In other words, they are staying
We’re Texas.
We don’t derive our value or self-definition from conference affiliation.
If that strikes people as cocky, so what? It’s also true. None of us will chant our conference’s name when we have an off year and Texas Tech wins their bowl game. Our definition of self comes from us – not our conference, not our rivals, not media perception.
I can't take anymore of the bullshit
How much more can a fan take? This heartache is going to be the death of me.
by PicktownMountie on Oct 26, 2011 3:07 PM EDT reply actions
Sigh
Another reason for me to hate American politics. I didn’t see Louisville step up when Pitt and ’Cuse joined the ACC, now all the sudden they realize there is no bastion of hope for their athletics teams so they have to interfere and basically “cut in line.”
Now I feel like it comes down to lobbying—who is going to pad the Big 12’s pockets enough to get the one invite they feel like giving out? All the sudden the Big 12 probably realized it could profit from this situation and is going to exploit it.
I don’t see much reason for Louisville getting the invite instead of WVU (other than maybe geographical proximity), but I can’t deal with this non-committal BS anymore, and that includes Missouri.
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