Phew 2!!!

Wow that was a hell of a game!!!! Mauc is for real! It was all I could take but lets just say survive and advance! I will have more thoughts about this tomorro. Ask Oregon and Oklahoma how it feels tonight and I am guessing the feeling in the "queen city" is better.

Quotes of the game:

"I tried to give the game away," White said crisply. "Two fumbles -- one forced, one not. Just happy to get out with a win." -from Pat Forde ESPN.COM

"There's always this talk of style points on ESPN," kicker Pat McAfee said. "I don't understand it. The No. 1 team in the country wins by two points every week." -from Pat Forde ESPN.COM

DaGeek

Another week, another heartburn-inspiring victory.

Hey, if it works for LSU...

This makes two weeks in a row that West Virginia's solid general play has offset bad mistakes. But really, that's not a bad thing. The vast majority of teams don't survive turning over the ball in their own territory twice like that.

In other news, Oklahoma trails Texas Tech by 21 points in the fourth quarter. So we should be rooting for Oklahoma to win the Big 12 Championship.

Mountaineers in ESPN the Mag

ESPN Magazine has a feature where they profile young athletes that are about to break on the scene in a big way called "Who's Next". Freshman RB Noel Devine has made it to the final five athletes who will have the biggest impact on the future of sports. Other candidates are Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain, sprinter Tyson Gay, Trailblazers guard Brandon Roy, and 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis. It's pretty phenomenal that a college freshman is on a list with 3 young professional athletes. You can vote for Devine in this poll at: www.espn.go.com/mag/?lpos=spotlight&lid=tab8pos1

Also in the magazine in the Page 2 section (the goofy section of The Mag) is Ryan Mundy in a feature where they asked athletes who are not baseball players what music they would listen to if his sport had "at-bat music." Finally, here are my picks for the day:

Northwestern +14 at Illinois
Syracuse +19 1/2 at Connecticut
Pitt +12 at Rutgers
Kansas State +8 1/2 vs Missouri
Ohio State -3 1/2 at Michigan
Georgia Tech -10 vs North Carolina
Navy -16 1/2 vs Northern Illinois
LSU -19 at Mississippi
Duke +7 at Notre Dame
Miami +16 1/2 at Virginia Tech
Clemson -9 vs Boston College
Southern Miss -3 at UTEP
Baylor +16 1/2 vs Oklahoma State
Oklahoma -7 1/2 at Texas Tech

Oregon is losing. And just fumbled again.

I'll just leave it at that.

Update: Oregon Lost.

We signed all three basketball recruits listed yesterday.

LOI's were sent to Huggy today and he made the official announcement this afternoon.

Very Very Very Cool.

Roomers are surfacing that "Game Day coming to Motwown"

I read today that someone had it on "good authority" that it is in the works with both teams WVU and U Conn winning this weekend. Just another reason to kick some bear-kitty butt. But it looks like it will be down to WVU-U Conn or UVA-VPI. (By the way this will be the same day that several recruits will be visiting the campus.) That would be a wonderful boon to our recruitment of those athletes. Maybe it will also bring the students back to campus a little earlier too. The Kansas Missouri game is out because the game will be at a neutral site. It would be the first time that this crew would have shown up in Morgantown. But I am guessing that it is still a long shot. Well anyway, I just wanted to make sure that the roomer mill didn't pass you by. It is my solemn duty to pass second hand information to you as quickly as possible. It is only a little necessary that the info is good. :) Just kidding. I thought it was interesting that it is even being discussed.

Greg's Picks

Oregon (2) at Arizona (Oregon by 12) -Oregon covers
Hawaii (12) at Nevada (No Line) -Nevada
Ohio State (7) at Michigan (23) (No Line) -OSU
Missouri (6) at Kansas State (Missouri by 7) -Miizou covers
Kentucky (20) at Georgia (9) (UGA by 7 ½) -Kentucky covers by UGA wins
Idaho at Boise State (15) (Boise by 34) -Boise picks the spread
Miami at Virginia Tech (10) ( VPI by 17) -Tech wins, Miami covers
Louisiana State (1) at Mississippi (LSU by 19 ½) LSU covers
Iowa State at Kansas (4) (Kansas by 26 ½) Kansas, ISU covers
West Virginia (5) at Cincinnati (25) (WVU by 6 ½) WVU covers by 1/2 point
Oklahoma (3) at Texas Tech (Oklahoma by 8)Oklahoma covers
Syracuse at Connecticut (U Conn by 18 ½) Uconn, Orange cover
Maryland at Florida State (FSU by 7 ½) FSU, Maryland covers
Pittsburgh at Rutgers (Rutgers by 11 ½) Rutgers covers
Mississippi State at Arkansas (Arkansas by 11) MSU wins outright
Marshall at Houston (Houston by 11 ½) Houston, Marshall covers
Western Michigan at Iowa (Iowa by 14) Iowa violates them and covers
Louisville at South Florida (USF by 7) USF covers
Duke at Notre Dame (ND by 6) ND covers (Go Blue Devils!)

Ol' J.B.'s picks.

Here are my picks. These are all, obviously, mortal locks:

Oregon (2) at Arizona (Oregon by 12) - Oregon SU, Arizona ATS
Hawaii (12) at Nevada (No Line) - Nevada
Ohio State (7) at Michigan (23) (No Line) - Michigan
Missouri (6) at Kansas State (Missouri by 7) - Missouri SU & ATS
Kentucky (20) at Georgia (9) (UGA by 7 ½) - Kentucky SU & ATS
Idaho at Boise State (15) (Boise by 34) - Boise SU, Idaho ATS
Miami at Virginia Tech (10) ( VPI by 17) - VPI SU & ATS
Louisiana State (1) at Mississippi (LSU by 19 ½) - LSU SU, Ole Miss ATS
Iowa State at Kansas (4) (Kansas by 26 ½) - Kansas SU, Iowa State ATS
West Virginia (5) at Cincinnati (25) (WVU by 6 ½) - WVU SU & ATS
Oklahoma (3) at Texas Tech (Oklahoma by 8) - Oklahoma SU & ATS
Syracuse at Connecticut (U Conn by 18 ½) - UConn SU & ATS
Maryland at Florida State (FSU by 7 ½) - Maryland SU & ATS
Pittsburgh at Rutgers (Rutgers by 11 ½) - Rutgers SU, Pitt ATS
Mississippi State at Arkansas (Arkansas by 11) - Miss State SU & ATS
Marshall at Houston (Houston by 11 ½) - Houston SU & ATS
Western Michigan at Iowa (Iowa by 14) - Iowa SU, WMU ATS
Louisville at South Florida (USF by 7) - USF SU, Louisville ATS
Duke at Notre Dame (ND by 6) - Duke SU & ATS

Da Geek's Picks for this weekends games:

(All picks are both line picks and straight up unless noted.)

(The line used is the "Sports Book" line as published in the USA Today for Thursday November 15 2007)

WVU BCS Impact Games:

Oregon (2) at Arizona (Oregon by 12) DaGeek's Pick: Arizona against the line Oregon Straight up.

Hawaii (12) at Nevada (No Line) DaGeek's Pick: Hawaii

Ohio State (7) at Michigan (23) (No Line) DaGeek's Pick: Michigan

Missouri (6) at Kansas State (Missouri by 7) DaGeek's Pick: Missouri

Kentucky (20) at Georgia (9) (UGA by 7 ½) DaGeek's Pick: UGA

Idaho at Boise State (15) (Boise by 34) DaGeek's Pick: Boise State

Miami at Virgina Tech (10) (VPI by 17) DaGeek's Pick: VPI

Louisiana State (1) at Mississippi (LSU by 19 ½) DaGeek's Pick: Mississippi against the line and LSU straight up.

Iowa State at Kansas (4) (Kansas by 26 ½) DaGeek's Pick: Kansas

West Virginia (5) at Cincinnati (25) (West Virginia by 6 ½) DaGeek's Pick: West Virginia

Oklahoma (3) at Texas Tech (Oklahoma by 8) DaGeek's Pick: Oklahoma

Syracuse at Connecticut (U Conn by 18 ½) DaGeek's Pick: Syracuse against the spread and U Conn straight up.

Maryland at Florida State (FSU by 7 1/2) DaGeek's Pick: Maryland

Pittsburgh at Rutgers (Rutgers by 11 ½) DaGeek's Pick: Rutgers

Mississippi State at Arkansas (Arkansas by 11) DaGeek's Pick: Mississippi State

Marshall at Houston (Houston by 11 ½) DaGeek's Pick: Houston

Western Michigan at Iowa (Iowa by 14) Western Michigan against the spread and Iowa Straight up.

Louisville at South Florida (USF by 7) Louisville

Game of interest only because of its utter futility:

Duke at Notre Dame (ND by 6) DaGeek's Pick: Duke (totally a homer pick but gotta do it!)

Great News WVU Basketball Kevin Jones Signs LOI Today!!!

LETS GO.....MOUNTAINEERS!!!!!!

Mt. Vernon (NY) 6-foot-7 210 pound, **** Power forward Kevin Jones is a Rivals top 100 4 star basketball recruit. He made his decision today to join the Mountaineers. He chose WVU over Indiana, Seton Hall, and Pitt to name a few. What is really exciting is that this power forward is just the type of athlete that is known to excel in the Huggins style of ball. A question I have for our previous coaches who claimed we could not land the big-time athletes at WVU is: Why? The answer Huggy has given is: Why not?. Headlines like "Huggy get's his man" are being posted on ESPN.COM.

He promised immediate upgrades in the talent level at WVU and this recruit along with rivals 3 star athletes: *** Shooting Guard Darryl Bryant (From New York (NY) St. Raymond's he played AAU for the New York Gauchos he is 6-foot-2 and weighs 190 lbs ) and 6 foot 10 205 lb, *** Power forward Roscoe Davis (who is actually rated as a 4 star in Scout.com's list.) from Hargrave Military Academy from Chatham, VA. He played for the AAU team DC Assault. Each have verbally committed to WVU to be a part of the class of 2008. I am with out a doubt excited at the prospect of beating out Pitt for Basketball recruits. No longer does the Zoo have one up on us. It will be very fun to see how all of this plays out. I think it is clear we are playing with the "Big Boys" now. Do I see Big East Championships in our future? You bet I do.

(All photos are the property of Rivals.com. The top image is Kevin Jones, the middle image is Darryl Bryant and the bottom image is Roscoe Davis.)

DaGeek