It may be cliche but fuck it. It is a great night to be a Mountaineer wherever you may be. The football team finished this season on a positive note and showed that there are great things to come in the future.
The basketball team absolutely embarrassed tOSU. While it was a total team performance, our freshmen played one hell of a game. Things could get special from here on out. Great game by everyone.
A few years ago, as WVU was set to retire Sam Huff’s number, the athletic department came up with a set of criteria that needed to be met before a player’s jersey would be retired. At the time, I applauded the effort. Instead of retiring the waterboy’s jersey, WVU would be ultra-selective in its decision-making.
But now, as we bid adieu to a quarterback that has broken the mold at quarterback at our school, it’s time to do the same with our retirement requirements. Who cares if Pat White hasn’t yet had a successful pro career. He’s the all-time leading rusher at QB in NCAA history, he’s the first QB to win four bowl games as starter, and he’s the best damn player in Mountaineer history. All of those, plus hundreds of other reasons, lead me to reach only one conclusion:
Retire #5. Now.
PS: There’s much more to say on one of the better days a Mountaineer could enjoy. Football, basketball…everything went right. But right now, I just wanted to get this off my chest. We’ll be back with much more throughout the week.
Our old friend Dougity Dog has done it again. This time, launching WhiteForHeisman.com. Along with the official WVU site, PatWhitePlaysHere.com, we now have a formidable push for Pat White’s Heisman campaign. I urge all fans of WBGV to check Dog’s new site, as it has a wealth of information, is well-designed, and hell, it’s about Pat White — so you know you’re going to check it out anyway.
In my conversation with Crimson and Cream Machine, I was asked about my individual faith in WVU’s passing game. While my answer is posted at their site, I felt it best to go ahead and display it here. It is as honest as I can be about our inability to consistently pass the football. If you have a dissent, or have any comments at all, leave them below.
Again, the question was, “How much confidence do you have in the West Virginia passing attack?”
This was about the funniest thing going last year. Turns out, it’s about the funniest thing going this year, too. Because when it comes to open, well-publicized mocking of Pitt football, this stands alone. A close second? Dave Wannstedt’s wall.
Yeah, I know, Cincinnati is a good team. Sure they beat us as recently as 2003. Yeah, they’re ranked in the top 25. But everytime I think of them, I think of this game. Just getting used by a young, impressionable Pat White and a nubile, naive Steve Slaton. Wow, they grow up so fast these days. Where does the time go?
Apparently, Louisville’s Preston Smith spit on Pat White. Having trouble believing a Louisville player could be guilty of such an atrocious act? If so, check the video:
Not a whole lot of doubt there, eh? If I were an opposing player, I would stay the hell away from Pat White before and after a play. The last thing you want to do is make this guy mad. Hell, he didn’t know where he was for half the game and he’s still carving up the once and never 2nd best team in the Big EAST.
So, Preston Smith, I say bully to you. Thank you for finding a new way to motivate the conference’s most electrifying player. All of West BY GOD Virginia salutes you.
This is Pat White’s second TD run from last year’s game at Mississippi State. I post this for one reason: to remind Pat White how good he was — and is. Runs like these have been regular, almost expected, over the past 3 years. We all know he still has it in him.
So Pat, if you’re wondering how to get it back…..stay healthy and unleash your inner bitch-slap.
(Editor’s Note: I write this post as the biggest Pat White supporter)
With that said, I’m starting to get a bit concerned about Pat. Since the South Florida game of last year (one which he was hurt in), Pat has missed one game (Rutgers), left two others (South Florida and Syracuse) and been beaten up pretty good in two more (Marshall and Maryland).
What does this all mean? I still haven’t grasped the full consequences yet, but I don’t like where it’s headed.
Unfortunately, and it pains me to say this, but one of these two is going to have to start to play badly for the other one to win the Heisman. Blasphemous? Hardly. Hear me out.
In the end, I think our season would be better served by neither winning the Heisman. They are both equally awesome players — maybe a slight edge to Pat White — and both steal a great deal of the others “stats.”
Think about it. When does Pat White’s Heisman stock go up? When Slaton has a tough game. And vice-versa. When they both dazzle, which is bound to happen more often than not, they’ll end up splitting votes.
You might bring up Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush. Both won Heismans. Both played on the same team. Well, two things: 1) Steve Slaton is not Reggie Bush. That’s only a compliment to Bush, not a knock on Slaton. Bush was a highlight reel waiting to happen. Slaton is also a home-run hitter, but not in the same way; and 2) Leinart was Bush’s elder. When Leinart won, he was the sole leader of the Trojans. Sure, it was Bush’s breakout season, but it was still Leinart’s show.
At WVU, it’s both Pat’s and Steve’s show. They share it almost equally. My hope is that they both blow it up, split votes, finish 2nd and 3rd (or something like that) in the Heisman, and we go to the National Championship.
We all know Pat White is an all-around awesome guy with a great life. My friend, at Kegler’s last year, even had a picture taken of her and White, totally oblivious of the fact that the man she flippantly asked to take the picture was Steve Slaton. Slaton was pissed. White was loving it. Just another day in the life of Pat fucking White.
But that life just got a little bit better this past Saturday. As both the (Martinsburg) Journal and Deadspin have reported, Pat White and Erin Andrews totally made out on the 50 yard line of Mountaineer Field. OK, so maybe they didn’t exactly make out, but she still kissed him, and if my copy of “Rules of Dating in Junior High School” is still accurate, they’re now going steady. Bitchin!
If Pat White goes off for 300 passing and 200 rushing against South Florida, you’ll know why. I just wonder how he’s going to do it hiding that bulge in his pants.
West BY GOD Virginia 