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I have randomly thrown shoes, moped around and had a few too many glasses of Johnny Walker Red over the past few days.  The holes in my wall, worn out sweatpants and my liver cannot take anymore depression.  It is time to suck it up, put football season behind me and get over the New Year's Day Massacres.

It is officially basketball season bitches. That means I am back once again to proudly present to you, the Most Awesome Player of the Game (MAPOG), Truck Bryant.  Truck played only 20 minutes but scored 15 points, had two assists, grabbed two rebounds, along with two steals.

While he may not have the best stat line of the game, Truck made the biggest difference with his ability to handle the ball and start the offense.  If he is healthy, everyone can play their natural position and the offense will flow more effectively.

We played a complete game from beginning to end.  We won and our starters got some much needed rest at the end of the game.  This could be a key game that gets us ready for the remainder of our schedule.  Let's Go Mountaineers!

I really had to look twice when I saw the quote, conveniently stuffed between analysis during today's press conference of ECU's defensive performance against WVU and his preview of their upcoming game against UNC:

I told somebody after the game that I think I'd rather play Pat White than play Brown again.

I realize this is going to be fodder for those fans (all eleven of them) who were clamoring for JB to be playing over Pat White in the first place, but bear with me and think about that:  ECU's coach would rather play against the best player in WVU football history than the guy we currently have under center.  Now, I'm not an expert, but I feel like with an endorsement like that, it bodes well for JB's future this season.  In other words, he's legit.

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Yeah, that's T.I. on the left. You know what it is.

[courtesy of the Boston Globe]

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Football? What's football?

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One game, makes you sit up and take notice. Two games, gives you a big'ol chubber. The third game, we perform as we did last night and we are back.

While last night's performance was huge for this team, we need to temper our excitement and remember it was only one game. We looked pretty damn solid but we are still learning and that should scare the shit out of teams in the Big East. The bandwagon is a little more crowded this afternoon so welcome back my friends.

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The title of this article does not reflect my love for science fiction movies that are eventually made into TV shows. No, no, and no. Rather, it is in reference to our recruiting haul so far this season. While we have not been scoring 5 star guys like Heastie and Boyd, the depth and potential we are collecting is unheard of for WVU at this point. We willland at least 4 more 4 or 5 star guys by signing day.

The new coaches are seemingly recruiting Gods. If they target a player, we are guaranteed to be in the mix. We no longer have to pray for 5 star kids to fall into our lap. With these coaches, we can EXPECT 5 star recruits year after year.

What is that you say? We don't need 4 or 5 star guys to win...just look at White, Slaton, and Schmitt. That is a very valid point, but look at Marshall these days. They got lucky with a couple unheralded QB recruits and haven't had success since.

Do you want to become Marshall? Hell no, I don't either. That would be like getting the head cheerleader naked and then blowing your load before penetration. I want to win a damn national championship, not fall off the map after a few years of success.

There is a reason USC and Ohio State consistently win football games. No, not paying players. And no, not playing in weak conferences, either. They consistently land 4 and 5 star talent (Ed. note: Charley West also consistently lands 4 and 5 star talent, in bed).

This coach staff is going to take us taking us to the next level, talent-wise. The question is: can they coach'em up and turn talent into results on the field? I sure damn hope so. Lord knows we don't want to become Pitt either.

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In what might just perfectly sum up the West Virginia University experience, I give you this beer pong table.

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Basically, if you encapsulated all of my hopes and dreams into a piece of particle board and 2 by 4s, you would end up with this beer pong table.

In other news, this table is almost enough reason to actually party with engineering students. Almost. Nice try nerds.

PS: Props for Flo Rida.

PPS: If you can do the same thing, except with a naked woman instead of the flying WV, call me at 293-2821.

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