Sorry once again for my absence from this blog. I have been relegated to the hospital.

Conference issues:  Lot's has happened and not much has happened on the conference realignment front.   What we know is that WVU is still a member of the Big East.  TCU Pitt and Syracuse have all decided to leave.  What we don't know is how long WVU is going to be a member of the Big East.  Could they be members of the SEC, Big 12, ACC or the new and (um-improved Big East)?  The Big East Presidents agreed to expand the conference to 12 teams on the football side.  It appears that Air Force is on board as a football only participant.  Boise State and Navy are also looking to be football only members.  ECU, CFU, Memphis, Temple and Nova are in the mix to be full Big East members.  The problem for the Big East is that Louisville, Cincinnati, and West Virginia is not so sure they want to be members.  We shall see.  This conference realignment stuff is exhausting and in my current state of health I need to take some kind of respite from it.


Hey guess what we are 5 and 1: With all of the other distractions you may have missed out on the fact that the Mountaineers are now 13th in the AP and 16th in the Coaches Polls.  We are nationally relevant again thanks in part to the leadership of Head Coach Dana Holgorsen  and his staff.  Wow what a job is being done with that offensive line.  We have a quarterback and some receivers that are doing fairly well too.   West Virginia ranks No. 4 in the nation in passing, and Geno Smith has passed for 2,159 yards. West Virginia is the only team in the country with two receivers ranked in the top 23 in total receiving yards (Stedman Bailey and Tavon Austin). Both are on pace for 1,000 yard seasons. That and the fact that Geno averages completions to 9 different receivers a game.  We have finally found a starting running back in Dustin Garrisson.  The defense is also ranked in the top 20 in terms of scoring being lead by fantastic coaching as well.  This season is shaping up to be very very special.


We have some players and Coaches up for fan choice awards please vote:  Please vote in the O'Brien poll above for Geno.  Also it should be noted that Geno is up for Capital One award this week.  Dustin Garrison won it last week so please go to this site and vote for Geno there as well.
Stedman Bailey this weeks Big East Offensive Player of the week is also up for an award please vote for him at Face Books poll.   And finally Coach Holgorsen is up for Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year. Again I ask that you do your part and vote for Coach Holgs.


Finally you may have noticed that I have added a number 15 to our list of WV related sites EERSPORTS.com is the 247 recruiting and information site.  I have been on there reading it for some time and I would recommend the site for your perusal.  


Remember Eer fans we are in this thing together.  Let us enjoy this fine football season.  Will be writing to you again soon.


Da Geek