West Virginia Mountaineer Orange Bowl Victory T-Shirts

by WVUIE97 on Jan 5, 2012 12:51 AM EST in BCS

Wow. Just W-O-W. A record setting Orange Bowl victory for the Mountaineers and you can get your own shirt to commemorate the occasion. Seventy points. Seven Zero. Put that in your Musket and smoke it.

Dana, Tavon, Geno and company certainly put on a BCS bowl show for the ages. 593 yards, 31 first downs and of course 70 points. Geno Smith was the MVP, putting up 401 passing yards and 6 TD passes and another 1 rushing. Tavon chipped in 11 receptions for 117 yards and 4 TDs with another 46 yards on the ground, finishing the season as the NCAA FBS leader for all-purpose yards in the 2011 season.

WVU gave up a long touchdown run early and it was looking like it was going to be a back and forth game. Then THE PLAY happened. In a game that featured 103 points scored, it was a defensive play that set momentum squarely on the side of the Mountaineers for the remainder of the game. Clemson was looking to recapture the lead when Andre Ellington took the hand-off on first and goal from the 3, only to fumble the ball away to Darwin Cook who turned and ran the ball 99 yards (and 35 inches according to EDSBS) the other way for the score. Shawne Alston also chipped in 2 rushing touchdowns and Stedman Bailey and Willie Milhouse each contributed a touchdown reception to the onslaught.

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THIS

Is why Oliver Luck hired Dana Holgorsen. What an unreal performance. Defense did a fantastic job with the turnovers, but this offense was just light speed. I mean it was bloodlust out there — Tavon, Shawne Alston, Geno, Stedman, Buie — hell WILLIE MILLHOUSE AND DEVON BROWN LIT UP CLEMSON. Just awesome.

As I said. It was bloodlust for points out there. Plus I loved seeing an ACC team just get decimated, and of course for us to do it. Hope this inspires the kids to put in a fantastic offseason.

by gurandy on Jan 5, 2012 1:05 AM EST reply actions

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by beckett929 on Jan 5, 2012 1:12 AM EST reply actions

I gots to ask, though

Who the heck is Willie Milhouse? (not the guy from the Simpsons?)

Even guys I didn’t know were on the roster were scoring touchdowns!

It’s a great day to be a Mountaineer, wherever you are!

by phucoffaholic on Jan 5, 2012 3:06 AM EST reply actions

Grats

The most impressive thing to me was seeing WVU pull Geno with 20ish minutes left and they still scored 70. This could easily have been a 85 point game by keeping Geno in the game for 10 more minutes or 90+ not backing off.

TEXAS FIGHT

by Darklust on Jan 5, 2012 5:06 AM EST reply actions

I'm sitting here at work

and ESPN is on one of the screens, and all I keep seeing is Buie bouncing off that defender, landing on his feet and running, and Cook’s fumble recovery for a touchdown, mixed in with some Tavon sweetness (how the FUCK does he know exactly where his feet are all the time? It’s amazing.)

It’s almost 8am and I just can’t get past this feeling of elation that I went to bed with last night. Maybe it’s the 4 hours of sleep, but goddamn I love being a Mountaineer.

"that place laid the foundation for who I am. A lot of outsiders make fun of it and say negative things about West Virginia. Fuck them" - Jerry West

by MountaineerAirman on Jan 5, 2012 7:50 AM EST reply actions