Jack of All Trades, Masters of None

 
Sometimes we’re Texas Tech with 5 wideouts, sometimes we’re channeling 1970 in a single receiver, double tight end, I set, sometimes, we run fully loaded shotgun, sometimes we run half the team in motion.  But everytime, we suck. 
Offensive identity?  “Bread and butter” plays?  Who needs that when you can just randomly pick plays from nearly every [...]

New Strength Coach

Except for Comcast sucking, this would have been posted Monday.
Assistant University of Notre Dame strength and conditioning coach, Mike Joseph, is WVU’s new strength and conditioning coach.
He comes to WVU having spent 4 years at ND.  He was a graduate assistant at WVU for 2 years (1999-2001), and is a graduate of Fairmont State.
Personally, I [...]

Cue Up The Nick Saban Hype Machine

When you throw around the Nick Saban name, it brings a whole lot of attention. We know this, as we have some experience in this area. But Mike Casazza is making the leap. We wish him well…
GLENDALE, Ariz. – The pause in West Virginia’s search for a new football coach continues, but [...]

Even Though I Can’t Pronounce His Last Name…

…I still agree with the point Jack Bogaczyk makes in his latest article.  Or he agrees with me.  Either way, we are simpatico in thought.
Let’s see if we have this right:
A BCS conference program, one that has ranked in the top 15 nationally for three years running, one that sells out every game and [...]

No News Is Newsworthy

For the past two weeks or so, we have seen pretty much non-stop speculation, announcements, and false-announcements. Then, since the news of Locksley and Petersen denying being interviewed, things have finally slowed down. Barring a miracle, we are sure to enter 2008 without a head football coach. That’s a far cry from [...]

The Coaching Search Circus, Part Infinity

Yes, that’s right, the circus continues.
Chris Petersen, head coach of Boise State, is denying that he has had any contact with WVU. He’s quite emphatic about it, too.
Petersen said during an interview on KTIK radio that West Virginia has not made any contact with him or his representatives.
“Not at all,” Petersen said on Idaho [...]

Locksley Denies Being Interviewed

All week, I had heard from a few sources that Mike Locksley refused to be interviewed until after the Rose Bowl. Of course, when most every media outlet reports that he already interviewed, you start to get confused.
Well: Sources 1, Media 0.

We Have Officially Reached “WTF” Stage

With the fake news of Butch Jones withdrawing from consideration – and, of course, the speedy retraction by Sporting News – we have a reached a stage in this coaching search I didn’t think possible: anything goes.
Seriously, if I reported that Bob Pruett (hint: he coached Marshall) or Woody Hayes (hint: he’s dead) was being [...]

Sporting News Retracts Jones Story

OK, this is just getting ridiculous.
Sporting News has now retracted their story that reported Butch Jones had withdrawn his name from consideration.  For the time being, I’m going to leave the story below on the site.  If Jones — for some reason — gets the job, it will be a reminder of how stupid Sporting [...]

Jones Withdraws/Forced From Consideration

(***UPDATE: Sporting News has now retracted their story***)
It is being reported on both Rivals Radio and Sporting News that Butch Jones has withdrawn his name from consideration for the head-coaching position at WVU.
If you merely watched last night’s ESPN telecast of the Motor City Bowl, this comes as a complete shock to you. All [...]

WVU To Leave Big EAST, Join….?

MORGANTOWN, West Virginia — In a stunning announcement late Wednesday, West Virginia University President Mike Garrison announced that the school would leave the Big East Conference, effective August 1, 2008.

The Butch Jones Interview(s)

Since Jimbo Fisher exited the picture, the coaching search’s focus has returned to the remaining candidates that have already been interviewed.  One of those candidates is Butch Jones, who was interviewed before Christmas.  In fact, Jones has been invited back for a second interview, to be held tomorrow, just one day after Central Michigan’s game [...]

The Great WVU Power Struggle

Over the past few weeks, West Virginia University has been locked in the middle of a massive power struggle.

Holding Pattern

That’s the only way I can describe what is currently going on.
We can confirm that an offer has been made. Now, it is up to Jimbo Fisher and his family to make a decision whether to leave FSU and accept the West Virginia job.
My sources are still confident that an announcement will be made tonight [...]

The List = Jimbo Fisher

(***Latest Update: 4:30 PM***)
Our list of candidates has been trimmed to just one name: Jimbo Fisher.
Fisher, today, was to meet with Bobby Bowden and inform him of his decision to leave Florida State. Of course, according to my sources, saying “no” to Bobby Bowden is easier said than done. Florida State’s hope of keeping Fisher [...]