The Smoking Musket, a West Virginia Mountaineers community

After a frustrating few months, WVU fans should remember that the dividing line of history is razor-thin...and you can't always expect to be on the right side of it.

Ready.....Aim....The Smoking Musket staff primes their muzzle-loaders to give this Mountaineer season a 21 gun salute. But first, some eulogies.

Hurricane Thursday returns for one more last football hurrah in 2012

It's our weekly pick 'em contest. We're picking all 35 bowls We're only fourteen bowls in, so far. Fifteen more are up this week. This gets us through the January 1st bowls. I will post the final set of lines on Sunday for the last 6 bowls. Good luck

Welcome to the second annual Smoking Musket Year End By-Godder Awards, where we celebrate those who achieved glory (and some dubiousness) on and off the field/court in 2012.

Nick Saban wears a steel jock for just such an occasion and Alabama moves into the national title.

Is Tavon the G.O.A.T.? A look behind the numbers reveals the truth.

The SB Nation Kansas blog Rock Chalk Talk was unavailable this week, so the boys from Wide Right and Natty Lite filled in to answer our questions about Saturday's Mountaineers-Jayhawks matchup.

A look at Tavon Austin and how his love of the game is evident in his enthusiastic personality.

WVU football is finally as exciting as it used to be pre-2003 and we, the fans, are spoiling all the fun.