Media Melee: 9/3/08

Today was a slow day for WVU Bball news so I thought I would go out and see what was a buzz about football and…. Ahhhhh Nice… I flipped over to Yahoo Sports College football front page and saw this. Pat White, Scary Good! What a sight for sore, football depraved eyes. (Spring game is getting closer and closer) Anyway, when you read the article , Rivals has the combo of Pat White and Noel Devine as the most dangerous players in college football… chec... more

Joe Alexander Last Year at MSG Saturday, West Virginia (21-9, 10-7) heads to the world’s most famous arena, Madison Square Garden, for its final regular season game against St. John’s (11-18, 5-12). The Mountaineers have found a home away from home in New York City in recent years, especially in March. Rewind back to the 2004-2005 season under former head coach John Beilein. WVU defeated Providence, then-No. 19 Boston College and then-No. 13 Villanova, in Ma... more

The coaches of West Virginia’s football program held a media luncheon to get everyone familiarized with each other on Wednesday. After reading up on the luncheon and some of the things talked about, I found what Jeff Mullen and Doc Holiiday discussed during the luncheon interesting. What I would like to do is give you a breakdown on what they had to say, along with the Q & A done with Jeff Casteel. Jeff Mullen: The offense will be running the option in addition to the shotgun attack. ... more

Knowing that St. John was not going to go to the Big East Tournament next week not to mention they were playing in front of a sparse crowd at the world’s most famous arena you would think the West Virginia Mountaineers would stomp them all day. When WVU was up 23-12 with about 10 minutes left you’d think they could but leave it to the Johnnies to play with pride which is important in the playgrounds of NYC. It was that pride, led by coach Norm Roberts, that almost gave St. John̵... more