If you guys want to see the pics from the other schools, let me know in the comments and I'll post some of them tomorrow night.

Note: Clicking on the pic will give a larger version.

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Note: The program is supposed to start at 10 am, but the e-mail mentioned their website going live at 10:30 am.  Honestly, I'm not sure if that means the webstream or the separate site only.  Either way, I'll have a separate post, complete with my own photos, up this afternoon.

UPDATE: The unveiling video is now featured below (along with a poll to gauge your reaction).  ENJOY!

Reading article after article about the upcoming college football season, I'm noticing a pattern: sports writers and commentators alike are regurgitating the same drivel as in years past. College football writers perpetuate many myths from year to year, without so much as changing the language.  If they're not plagiarizing others, they're just plagiarizing themselves form the year before -- or in the case of Corso, from 1997.

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To 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

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You never know with these situations, considering its an 18 year-old likely making a very rash decision, but those words sound pretty definitive.

We all understood that bringing in two very highly rated QBs was always going to be a juggling act, but there's no way a proper judgment can be made in only two weeks, neither by our coaches or Johnson.  In interview after interview, Johnson praised the way the WVU coaches used Pat White, then immediately bolts as he's being used like Pat White.  And speaking of White, while he did get minutes, he was clearly the #2 quarterback as a redshirt freshman.  And I think we're all glad he stuck it out for that season and a half -- obviously, a lot longer than the two weeks Johnson has given his career at WVU.

Someone needs to teach recruits, if it's even possible at this point, that almost no one is an instant star.  It takes years of hard work and perseverance, not running at the first sign of adversity.  I guess Johnson didn't get that.  Luckily, Pat White did.

UPDATE: OK, that didn't last long.

Someone needs to explain to Jeremy the difference between being funny and being a jackass.  At the same time, someone needs to explain to me the benefits of not taking an 18 year old's Facebook page as gospel.

Still, if a joke -- and I have a hard time believing that it was originally meant as such -- it was a very poor one.

Chuck Landon fights a daily battle with what most of us call reality.  He consistently writes articles that ignore silly little things called facts and replaces them with nonsense self-righteous ramblings. The latest edition in this suspense-filled drama came Friday in the Herald Dispatch.

In the article, Ol'Chucky decides to take some shots at WVU because of our recent NCAA slip-ups. You would expect a perceived rival to take some shots at you when you are down. To be so cavalier in ignoring the reality of WVU's situation and Marshall's past transgressions, however, gives me an opportunity to slap Ol'Chucky back to the real world in which the rest of us live.

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Note: This will be a running feature, profiling all twelve West Virginia opponents through stereotypes, gross generalizations, and little-to-no research.  It should be groundbreaking.  Enjoy.

Apparently Coastal Carolina is a school, and I have it on good account that they have a football team and certainly plan on playing West Virginia on our scheduled date of September 4th.  This is all very exciting, mostly because it's the first game, but also because it's the first game.  Really, that's the only reason why it's exciting.  But please, keep reading, there's so much more to talk about.

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Someone asked where to obtain a copy...here is the entire thing digitally: