MountaineerLegion

Well said. College football is a business for everyone (coaches, schools, conferences, television, etc.) but the athlete. Sad but true.

Missing our starting running back isn’t a big deal. We are DEEP at RB this year. Yes we lost Crawford, but scouts were unanimous over the last two seasons that Kennedy McKoy was a better overall running back. He graded out over 20 points higher than Crawford in both years. McKoy has rushed for over 1,000 yards and 11 touchdowns on fewer than 200…[Read more]

Whelp, so much for an advantage there.

The reason I ask is we run an odd 3-3-5 defense. It has several advantages…

1. Most QBs haven’t seen it and that can make it difficult for them to make their reads, particularly so if we make pre-snap adjustments based on what we see from your offense.

Have you all faced the 3-3-5? I don’t know anything about your QB. Experienced/Poised?…[Read more]

Agreed. I can understand a little more with running backs though. They have a very short shelf life. IIRC the average career for an NFL running back is less than 3 years.

His absence won’t hurt as much as Grier’s. We’re very deep at RB but there was a reason he was the starter.

Are you saying the majority of your line only has a year playing…[Read more]

WVU two time 1000yd rusher Justin Crawford will sit out bowl game to prepare for NFL combine…ugh.

Word is just officially out he will be returning for his senior season. I’ve been trying to decide if that fact sheds any light on his participation in our bowl game and I can see arguments for each position. I’ll say this though, should he be able to play I think it’s at least a ten point difference in our offensive production. I’ll also say…[Read more]

If he doesn’t play do you have another reason than we want him to get healthy?

LOL. WSAZ News is based in Huntington WV as is Marshall University. Marshall’s fans consider WVU their rival despite having never beaten us. It usually takes a directive from the Gov. to get us to play them. They’re not even an afterthought to our fan base with the exception of the effort they exert trying to troll us. Frankly, this one…[Read more]

The guy is 100% a zoob. He is their “insider” anytime they talk about the Big 12 wanting them.

I don’t know what a zoob is but I do know he is not “our” insider. He is highly controversial within our posting community with many believing he is just looking for attention…thus his provocative posts about you all.

While Holgs is a product of Leach’s offensive philosophy most people don’t realize he’s embraced the running game too.

2017
Rush Att 439
Pass Att 451

2016
Rush Att 574
Pass Att 409

2015
Rush Att 622
Pass Att 429

2014
Rush Att 563
Pass Att 534

2013
Rush Att 427
Pass Att 464

2012
Rush Att 469
Pass Att 532

Were you to travel to Morgantown you would certainly be offered more than you could handle…no joke. However, since any Mountaineers traveling to the game will probably be flying I’m pretty sure the FAA would consider the good stuff an explosive device…that’s a joke…kind of.

In our defense, our rushing yards allowed is skewed by a couple games.

All the teams who were successful running on us were top 25 teams.

The TX game our offense was inept after our QB broke his finger and our D lived on the field.

Kansas is the really ugly outlier, 367 (291 by one back) ugh. IIRC, we had 8 members of our defense miss the game…[Read more]

Yes he is a tough kid, and a true competitor. Coach Holgs has been trying to reign him in all year. He routinely took hits he probably shouldn’t have. Just the way he is wired. Holgs has been piling praise on him too. There were several threads on our board about whether he would leave early for the NFL. I would guess that he’ll be back to…[Read more]

A quick look at the numbers.

All Time Win %
23 West Virginia Win % 0.59945, Games Won 737, Games Lost 485, Games Tied 45, Games Played 1267
27 Utah Win % 0.59154, Games Won 663, Games Lost 453, Games Tied 31, Games Played 1147
Very similar over our histories.

This Year
Scoring Offense
WVU #19 (36.3)
Utah #58 (29.5)

Rushing Offense
WVU…[Read more]

Greetings Utes!

Duhwayne – Yes Grier is a stud. He transferred in from Florida where he won his first 6 games as a freshman. He then was dinged by the NCAA for an illegal substance that was in an over the counter supplement. He is without a doubt the best QB we’ve had since Geno Smith and arguably further back than that.

#8 YPG
#15 YDS
#7 TD…[Read more]