Mush! Mush!

Tomorrow’s game in Storrs is WVU’s golden ticket.  Not to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, because that Young Frankenstein guy surrounds himself with little people and they terrify me. 

And not to the Pawtucket Patriot factory, because Family Guy regulates youtube videos like my employer regulates sexual harassment.  Since when was ‘sugarbreats’ offensive?  I was under the impression that if you said ‘sugar’ before anything it was okay.  And it’s not my fault.  My male secretary should be wearing a manzier.

But if WVU beats UCONN, at UCONN, the Mountaineers would be as good as in the tournament.

The Morning Shotgun/Throwdown (2/29/2008)

Note: We apologize for our absence yesterday. Please forgive us.

Welcome, By-Godders, to the Friday edition of the Morning Shotgun/Throwdown, presented by the Chicago Beer Society.

If you didn’t know by now, DePaul is in the city of Chicago. It’s alright if you didn’t know that. By the looks of the crowd Wednesday night, the city of Chicago doesn’t know either. They were probably busy doing other, more important things. Like taking in a Blackhawks game, watching Wayne’s World, or committing suicide. DePaul Basketball — Catch the Indifference!

Now, on to the Throwdown!

DePaul is DeGay

DePaul est la plus grande école catholique aux Etats-Unis.

Loosely translated, DePaul is going to get run over like a cop in front of Randy Moss.

I know this for a fact, as I have developed and indisputable mathematical calculation to prove it.

Hump Day: NFL Cheerleaders Edition

I spent about 20 minutes trying to come up with a good connection between WBGV, hump day, and NFL cheerleaders. After awhile, the bulge in my pants simply became too unbearable and I gave up.

The Morning Shotgun/Throwdown (2/27/08)

Welcome, By-Godders, to the Wednesday edition of the Morning Shotgun/Throwdown, presented by a big room full of empty beer cans.

If you hadn’t noticed, a few of us on this site went to law school. In fact, one of us is finishing the bar exam tomorrow. I won’t say exactly who, but it’s 5th Year Senior. So, when the exam is over, the rest of us are going to take our boy out and get him stinking drunk. By stinking drunk, I mean tanked enough to fill up a bedroom full of empty beer cans. Not a small bedroom, like in the picture, but a really big bedroom, like you see on Cribs.* Somewhere in there, there’s the bed where “all the magic happens.”

Note: Not Redman’s crib.

OK, on to the throwdown!

New Staff, New/Old Recruiting Scene

Anytime you have a new staff, you’ll inevitably have a change in recruiting tack and area. Of course, when you promote from within — like WVU did — the changes are usually minimized. With that said, there has already been a definite migration of where WVU is looking for football talent.

The Morning Shotgun/Throwdown (2/26/08)

Welcome, By-Godders, to the Tuesday edition of the Morning Shotgun/Throwdown, presented by Everclear.

No, not that Everclear, this one.

Note the torn “gloves” and ratty leather jacket. When you’re not in college and in a picture featuring you holding up a bottle of Everclear, you can pretty much count on being a drunk with torn clothes. You can also pretty much count on not having gone to college. And lastly, you’re probably drinking because you’re still just getting over our announcement from yesterday that we’re cutting down on posts. Or not.

Either way, just because there’s less posts doesn’t mean we can’t still bring the heat.

Like this…

See, boobs — and it’s not even hump day. Just letting you know there are still plenty of reasons to visit WBGV, even during football offseason. So please, don’t despair. Not that any of you were.

Now, on to the Throwdown!

Let’s Take Things Down A Notch

We’re now a few weeks removed from Signing Day and things have really started to slow down. Sure, the basketball team is still doing it’s thing, but as far as football goes, we’re in a dead period until spring practice. Even then, there’s not much news until the Gold/Blue Game.

So, we’ll still be here, but posts are going to be fewer and farther between. You’ll still get your daily Throwdown as well as basketball posts, but other than that, we’re actually going to try and get some work done. Seeing as how we didn’t work all of football season, our employers will probably thank us.

With that said, we do have a recruiting feature in the works for this week. Be on the lookout for that.

The Morning Shotgun/Throwdown (2/25/08)

Welcome, By-Godders, to the Monday edition of the Morning Shotgun/Throwdown, presented by Palmetto Ale.

Palmetto Ale is a fantastic micro-brew from Charleston, SC. The reason I picked Palmetto is because my entire family has, in the last 10-15 years, relocated to this city. In the middle of February, it doesn’t sound so bad. But, because jealously is not a trait of this site, I will instead become very spiteful and mean-spirited. And, because they read this site daily, let them know that I hope it rains for the next 6 months.

Unless, of course, I make it down for a visit, in which case the sun will shine for however long I can stand them. I certainly hope so, because if it rains and I’m stuck in the house all week, the headline “triple homicide” is not out of the question.

On that note, on to the Throwdown!

Now Tell Me Something I Don’t Know

 

Yeah, WVU won by 20 something at home against an inferior/less athletic Big East bottom feeder.  What’s new?

Nothing.

Wake me up when the Mountaineers beat a team with a winning record.  Until then, I’m unimpressed by their ability to beat up on the little guy.

What I Would Do To Wannstedt

Before:

Charley West For Athletic Director

As you’ve probably seen already, Ed Pastilong is set to retire on July 1, 2046 2010. At that point, he’ll stay on for another 13 2 years to tutor his successor. This is very big news, especially since we can enjoy it for another 2+ years. Really savor it. Or get bored with it, forget about it, and then remember it a year down the road.

But, at least for the next week, our attention turns to the next athletic director of this great university. Lots of names have been bandied about, including Mike Parsons and Craig Walker, the two most visible candidates. This short-list, however, ignores the best candidate for the job: Charley West. Yes, that’s right, me.

As athletic director, I would accomplish the following:

The Morning Shotgun/Throwdown (2/22/08)

Welcome, By-Godders, to the Friday edition of the Morning Shotgun/Throwdown, presented by Genesis Ale.

Since it’s Friday, we can really let down our hair and finally — finally! — say whatever we want. Nothing better to get started on our day of mayhem than to drink the chosen beer of the chosen beer.  You can make as many jokes as you want about the Jews, but when it comes down to it, Steven Spielberg can have you murdered.  So I would watch what you say.

Now, on to the Throwdown!

Shit You Might Actually Want To Wear

We’re actually quite proud of ourselves. We took down our last t-shirt store for two reason: 1) the actual shirts were made of shitty material; and 2) what we decided to write on them sucked. This time, however, we may have actually come up with a shirt you might want to buy/wear. Plus, it’s made much better, meaning you’ll get to wear it more than once.

We’re so excited about this, we’re not even charging a commission. Seriously, we’re not making a dime on this. We just want to see one person (that we don’t know) wearing this shirt at Mountaineer Field next fall. If that happens, we can die happy bloggers with no jobs and no money. Oh wait, I have a job. I should probably start going to that again.

So, please, buy this shirt and wear it proudly!

The Morning Shotgun/Throwdown (2/21/08)

Welcome, By-Godders, to Thursday edition of the Morning Shotgun/Throdown presented to you by St. Pauli Girl. The only consistent thing about this team is their inconsistency and horrible foul shooting. I stopped watching at the half so I could study for a test.

Do not give up hope, however, because this team is not dead yet but they are about to call for a defibrillator. Oh wait, that only works when your heart stops, this team doesn’t have any heart.

On to the Throwdown.