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Some people say procrastination is the sincerest form of flattery (ed. I don't know of anyone who says that), so you all should feel very loved.  Game week is upon us and I have been somewhat silent as to my season prognostication. It is not because of a massive amount of research or my busy work schedule. Nope, I'm just a lazy bum, but what do you expect from a guy that was a 5th year senior?

This season is a make or break year for HCBS and very important for the Mountaineer football program as a whole. We have 18 returning starters, a somewhat favorable schedule, but question marks in some key areas. If we have any hope of regaining the momentum and attention of the Fraudriguez era, it is now or never.

As you all know, I'm a fan of HCBS, but I still have some questions about his coaching abilities. Which is why, I think, at the end of the season our record could be between 8-4 and 12-0. Let's get on with the predictions...

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We should see this quite a bit this season with Jock Sanders. Also, replace Alric Arnett with someone who hasn't graduated. There, touchdown in 2010!

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Fall-practice is upon us and, despite my steady buzz from starting tailgating in mid-July, I can't help but think forward to see what this version of the Mountaineers might become.

I'm not talking recruiting or potential rules violations, just the 2010 Mountaineers.  A nine win team in 2009, we return a ton of starters and have new talent across the board, usually a good recipe for a improving on a previous years' win total.  Yet WVU was only voted to finish in a tie for second this year in the Big East.  It's a curious vote, considering the mentions I just made.  Jock Sanders seems to agree with me:

Hands down [we're the best team in the Big East], and we'll show that this year. It is all about politics. For Pitt to get all those [first-place] votes and we got just as much back as them, it is crazy, but, like I said before, at the end of the year after we play them, they'll regret [being the favorites]. They'll regret it all.

Big words, certainly considering that Pitt will be a very talented team this year.  But I applaud Sanders' swagger, mostly because it doesn't seem misplaced.

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4 Down, 2 to go.  Huggs said it best: "Two more and we'll be REALLY special."

[screenshots via espn.com and si.com - Final Four logo via www.ticketsource.com]

Thank you Huggs!!!!  Thank you to the whole team!!!

[logo courtesy of bigeast.org and screenshot via ESPN.com]

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?

Comment away.

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