December 2011
5 posts
Losing to Baylor, 83-81
You can say everything you want about Kevin Jones’s performance tonight. It was a sublime 35 minutes of basketball (he finished with 28pts and 17rbs), which was incredible given that he received absolutely no help from his frontcourt mates. Deniz Kilicli was injured and didn’t play in the second half and Kevin “Hot Dish” Noreen was Kevin “Hot Dish” Noreen. (He...
Dec 24th
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What A Win!
I’ll be honest - I figured that WVU’s game against Kansas State last night would break down the way our losses this season have: competitive gameplay for 25-30 minutes before running out of the steam and experience necessary to hang around. It’s what happens with young teams. It’s what is reasonable to expect with this team. Which made last night’s 85-80...
Dec 9th
The County Tax Assessment Scandal Is Ridiculous
Monongalia County’s Assessor’s Office recently sent out property valuations that will have the end result of raising taxes for thousands of property owners. Those property owners have absolutely freaked out about this. They’re both wrong. Here’s why: Monongalia County Assessor’s Office The more I stop to think about the Monongalia County Assessor’s Office...
Dec 7th
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The Pathological Desire To Ignore Reality
Last night, West Virginia won a ridiculously stressful football game against South Florida. The final score was 30-27, a game only decided by a last second Tyler Bitancurt field goal after a bravura fourth down conversion from Geno Smith to Stedman Bailey. It was a dramatic victory has WVU praying on both knees for a Cincinnati victory this weekend against UConn, a victory that would propel WVU...
Dec 3rd
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WVU Versus South Florida, For A Chance At...
Let’s be frank - tonight’s game against South Florida has disappointment written all over it, if only because we Mountaineer fans ought to be familiar with the genre. In this particular game however, we have multiple opportunities for disappointment, because what we’re really playing for isn’t a victory, but a chance to get to one of the hallowed BCS games (in this case,...
Dec 1st