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I'm kinda pressed for time and don't have a lot to say right here, but...CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM!!!! They defeated Penn St. yesterday and advance to the Sweet 16 of their NCAA tournament. There's coverage of them and plenty of football news inside, as well (and a bit of basketball too, btw).
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What You May Have Missed:
Gold and Blue Report for Monday - WVMetroNews.com
Football: Coach Stewart Quotes - MSNsportsNET.Com
Big East Football Power Rankings Week 11 - The UConn Blog
Projecting all 35 BCS bowl matchups - SI.com
Charlotte here
Big East bowl projections - ESPN
Charlotte here
NCAA College Football BCS Bowl Projections Week 11 - ESPN
Yankee Stadium and Champs here
Women's Soccer Advances To Sweet 16 - MSNsportsNET.Com
Sweet 16! - WVMETRONEWS.COM
Article and video
WVU women's soccer: Defenders lifts Mountaineers against Penn State - Charleston Daily Mail
WVU women advance to Sweet 16 - Times West Virginian
Nikki Izzo-Brown: Penn State Postgame - WVMetroNews.com
Izzo-Brown talks about the team advancing to the Sweet 16 and how important their defense was against Penn State.
Meghan Lewis and Megan Mischler - WVMetroNews.com
Lewis and Mischler talk about their win over Penn State and what it is like to return to the Sweet 16 for the second time in four years.
Basketball Mini-Packages On Sale - WVMETRONEWS.COM
Darrious Curry: "It's nowhere close to over" - WVMETRONEWS.COM
AGGRO-TOURISM: WEST BY-GOD VIRGINIA - Every Day Should Be Saturday
You have to read all the comments
About that plane that flew over Mountaineer Field ... - 'Eers to the Ground
Da'Sean Butler Returns to Morgantown - WVillustrated.com
Joe Alexander Waived by Hornets - WVillustrated.com
News of Note:
WVU back in thick of Big East race - Charleston Gazette
Everybody is in the thick of it
Pitt controls own destiny in Big East title hunt - Charleston Gazette
Football Notebook - MSNsportsNET.Com
WVU Team Report by The Sports Xchange - 11/15 - WVillustrated.com
WVU football: Persistence pays off - Charleston Daily Mail
Offense returns to help WVU to break two-game loss streak - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
What we learned in the Big East: Week 11 - ESPN
Big East power rankings: Week 12 - ESPN
Who'da thunk that Louisville would be a better test if asked that at the beginning of the season?
WVU gets shot at redemption - Parkersburg News and Sentinel
WVU football: Mountaineer defense is punishing - Charleston Daily Mail
Defense lives up to teammate's bold assertion - PPG
Folksy Bill Stewart Leads West Virginia to Victory Over Cincinnati - NCAAFB FanHouse
Turnovers have huge influence - Martinsburg Journal
Mickey's Column
WVU Taking Care of the Football - WVillustrated.com
Still had two, though completely minor in resulting effect
Austin spreads field at WR - Times West Virginian
Hertzel Column
A Glimpse Of The Future - WVMETRONEWS.COM
Shawne Alston is profiled
Alston runs with chance; Jenkins defends Stewart - Register-Herald
Photo Gallery IV: WVU vs Cincinnati - BGN
Football: Weekly Award Winners - MSNsportsNET.Com
Music Video Highlights: Cincinnati Game - WVillustrated.com
WVU basketball: Mitchell assists in win - Charleston Daily Mail
Recruiting:
Carey’s 2011 recruiting class earns national attention - Times West Virginian
WVU Football Commit Jermichael Selders Plans to Enroll in January - WVillustrated.com
Around the League (and Beyond):
Big East Scenarios Update! - Voodoo Five
This Week in the Big East Apocalypse: UConn and Cincinnati Crash the Party - Voodoo Five
South Florida pulls out 24-21 overtime victory over Louisville - Courier-Journal
Everything You Know Will Change: USF Beats Louisville 24-21 In Overtime - Voodoo Five
Rutgers' bowl hopes take hit in 13-10 loss to Syracuse - Star Ledger
Panthers see margin for error disappearing - PPG
Huskies Still In The Football Hunt - Hartford Courant
Pitt Vs. North Florida: Panthers Rout Ospreys, 95-49 - Cardiac Hill
The Day After: Sloppy, But A Win Is A Win - The Nova Blog
UConn defeats Stony Brook 79-52 in regular season opener - Hartford Courant
The 100 Offenses of Cam Newton - Friends of the Program
Charley was sharing these with us at the tailgate Saturday. Well worth the click.
Dana O'Neil: What's hot (and not) for 2010-11 college hoops - ESPN
College GameDay Final: Week 11 - ESPN
2010 NCAA College Football Polls and Rankings for Week 12 - ESPN
College Football Overtime - Stewart Mandel - SI.com
Videos of Interest:
Video of (Dis)Interest:
Miss Throwdown:
Today's Miss Throwdown is Dutch Playmate and fetish model Ancilla Tilia (click on the pic for a gallery, SFW).
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