6'4" 295lb., Ryan Spiker decided to make a verbal commitment to the Mountianeers. Welcome home big fella. WVU got the nod over BCS Schools: Michigan State, North Carolina State, Cincinnati, Wake Forest, Indiana and others. He is in a highschool offense which runs the spread and felt that this would be the best fit for him. While likely an offensive linemant he plays on both sides of the ball. Steve Dunlap was his recruiter. Scout.com has him rated as a 3 star. This makes it 12 commits for WVU.
DaGeek
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
West Virginia Basketball News JA's Deal and a new '10 commitment
Joe Alexander has the fortune of being a Mountaineer Millionare. Way to go Joe may you have every success. "Alexander was the no. 8 overall pick by the Bucks. His guaranteed years are at $2,002,600 and $2,152,800, with option years of 2,303,000 and $2,929,420 - a total of $9.389 million. " -AP
In other Basketball news WVU has another '10 verbal commitment. 15 year old, 6'10", Storm Stanley.
"I looked up their campus online and it's a beautiful campus from what I've seen," he said. "I like that and I like that it's one of the premier programs in the country." Stanley is joined on the 2010 WVU commitment list by Poca guard Noah Cottrill, who committed last July 1 and is ranked by Rivals.com as the No. 11 point guard and the No. 45 player in the class. Stanley and Cottrill play together on the 16-and-under OBC team. "He's a great kid and a great player," Cottrill said. "He's young and he's got a lot to learn, but Coach Huggins thinks he can turn him into a great player and I believe he can, too. I mean, he's 6-10 and he's 15 years old. We got a really good player." - Charleston Daily Mail
Good news all the way around for WVU sports today.
Da Geek
In other Basketball news WVU has another '10 verbal commitment. 15 year old, 6'10", Storm Stanley.
"I looked up their campus online and it's a beautiful campus from what I've seen," he said. "I like that and I like that it's one of the premier programs in the country." Stanley is joined on the 2010 WVU commitment list by Poca guard Noah Cottrill, who committed last July 1 and is ranked by Rivals.com as the No. 11 point guard and the No. 45 player in the class. Stanley and Cottrill play together on the 16-and-under OBC team. "He's a great kid and a great player," Cottrill said. "He's young and he's got a lot to learn, but Coach Huggins thinks he can turn him into a great player and I believe he can, too. I mean, he's 6-10 and he's 15 years old. We got a really good player." - Charleston Daily Mail
Good news all the way around for WVU sports today.
Da Geek
Rich Rod or somebody on his behalf to pay 4 million to WVU!!!
Maybe just maybe this saga will come to an end. It appears as was reported, now in several places that Rich Rod, or someone on his behalf, will have to pay the full 4 million in liquidated damages to WVU. The Detroit Free Press is reporting that UM will be paying 2.5 million plus his attorney fees and Rich Rod will pay the ballance of 1.5 million. The compromise is the attorney fees where each side will have to bear its own.
"WVU Attorney Tom Flaherty tells Metronews, “We’ve got a tentative settlement."..."One key that triggered a settlement appeared to be the pressure brought by WVU to depose Michigan President Sue Coleman and Athletic Director Bill Martin. There was a hearing scheduled in Michigan this afternoon on WVU’s attempts to force the two to testify under oath what they knew about the hiring of Rodriguez and the buyout clause in the contract with WVU.
WVU was trying to show that Rodriguez must have understood the buyout provision because he negotiated with Michigan to help with the payment.
Another key development was Michigan’s release of documents that reportedly showed Michigan agreed to help pay the buyout."-(for complete story click on this link)West Virginia Metro News-Hoppy Kercheval
"Flaherty said he would reveal additional details about the settlement, including the period for repayment, after the deal is approved by the board. However, he said the payment would not be made in a lump sum."-(for complete story click on this link)YahooSports
This is a tentative agreement that if approved by the WVU Board of Governors will be a reality. I am not sure what the attorney fees will be but I am guessing somewhere in excess of 500k. (Maybe they will donate a portion of those to the University. {wishful thinking})That being said, it looks like WVU will basically be able to pay for this years staff with this money. Mostly, I am hoping that this will put to bed this era of WVU football. Rich Rod thanks for getting us to this point but good bye. It is time to move on the the Coach Stewart era full steam ahead.
DaGeek
"WVU Attorney Tom Flaherty tells Metronews, “We’ve got a tentative settlement."..."One key that triggered a settlement appeared to be the pressure brought by WVU to depose Michigan President Sue Coleman and Athletic Director Bill Martin. There was a hearing scheduled in Michigan this afternoon on WVU’s attempts to force the two to testify under oath what they knew about the hiring of Rodriguez and the buyout clause in the contract with WVU.
WVU was trying to show that Rodriguez must have understood the buyout provision because he negotiated with Michigan to help with the payment.
Another key development was Michigan’s release of documents that reportedly showed Michigan agreed to help pay the buyout."-(for complete story click on this link)West Virginia Metro News-Hoppy Kercheval
"Flaherty said he would reveal additional details about the settlement, including the period for repayment, after the deal is approved by the board. However, he said the payment would not be made in a lump sum."-(for complete story click on this link)YahooSports
This is a tentative agreement that if approved by the WVU Board of Governors will be a reality. I am not sure what the attorney fees will be but I am guessing somewhere in excess of 500k. (Maybe they will donate a portion of those to the University. {wishful thinking})That being said, it looks like WVU will basically be able to pay for this years staff with this money. Mostly, I am hoping that this will put to bed this era of WVU football. Rich Rod thanks for getting us to this point but good bye. It is time to move on the the Coach Stewart era full steam ahead.
DaGeek
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
WVU Big East Basketball Slate anounced...
We know the where and who but not the when. West Virginia will have home and homes with Louisville, South Florida, and of course Pitt. WVU will have home contests with Nova, St. Johns, Notre Dame, UConn, DePaul, and Providence and will have to play Georgetown, Marquette, Rutgers, Seton Hall, and Cincy on that ever daunting road.
To say that the Big East road ever sets up well for a team is somewhat ridiculous but it is nice to have the 9 home games we will have this year. These games will join the definitive contests with tOSU and Marshall.
Da Geek
It looks like I am going to be getting season ticks this year for basketball if any of my authors are interested in getting involved call me relatively soon.
To say that the Big East road ever sets up well for a team is somewhat ridiculous but it is nice to have the 9 home games we will have this year. These games will join the definitive contests with tOSU and Marshall.
Da Geek
It looks like I am going to be getting season ticks this year for basketball if any of my authors are interested in getting involved call me relatively soon.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Pat White For Heisman
WVU unveiled the website today promoting Pat White's campaign for the Heisman Trophy. The website link can be reached at the links to the left.
I generally fall in the group of people that aren't big on promoting a player for Heisman, but I'm OK with this. From a purely talent standpoint, I think that Pat White was easily the best player in the country last year and in the top 5 the year before. If this gives more people a chance to see his talent and helps his career in the long run, then I think WVU certainly owes him that. He may be the single greatest athlete/person to ever come through the WVU football program.
I generally fall in the group of people that aren't big on promoting a player for Heisman, but I'm OK with this. From a purely talent standpoint, I think that Pat White was easily the best player in the country last year and in the top 5 the year before. If this gives more people a chance to see his talent and helps his career in the long run, then I think WVU certainly owes him that. He may be the single greatest athlete/person to ever come through the WVU football program.
Oliver Luck now on BOD at WVU
"The WVU Alumni Association welcomes the appointment of another Outstanding Alumnus and former Mountaineer athletic star Oliver Luck to the Board of Governors."-anouncement of WVU Alumni Association by President Steve Douglas.
"After retiring from football, Luck practiced law in Germany. In 1991, he became general manager of the Frankfurt Galaxy of the fledgling World League of American Football. He held the post for two years until the league was suspended. Upon its resumption in 1995 he became GM of the Rhein Fire, and was named league president the following year. Luck held that role until 2000, during which time he oversaw the league's rebranding as NFL Europe, intended to strengthen the connection between the league and it's parent, the NFL.
Houston Sports Authority - Oliver Luck was sworn in as Chief Executive Officer on December 3, 2001. In this role he oversaw the operations of the Harris County Houston Sports Authority, the governmental entity created in 1997 to provide the financing, construction and management oversight of the three large sports and entertainment venues in Houston: Minute Maid Park (home of the Houston Astros), Reliant Stadium, (home of the Houston Texans and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo), and the new Downtown multi-purpose arena (home of the Houston Rockets and Comets).
Prior to joining the Sports Authority, Luck was a top-ranking executive with the National Football League for over ten years, where he served as Vice President of Business Development and President and CEO of NFL Europe. A record setting quarterback at West Virginia University, Luck was selected in the second round of the 1982 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers and went on to play five seasons with the club. He earned a B.A. degree from West Virginia University, graduating with highest honors, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 1987 he received a J.D. from the University of Texas, graduating with honors.
Luck, a two-time Academic All-American while in college, was recently named to the Academic All American Hall of Fame."-Wikipedia
Houston Sports Authority - Oliver Luck was sworn in as Chief Executive Officer on December 3, 2001. In this role he oversaw the operations of the Harris County Houston Sports Authority, the governmental entity created in 1997 to provide the financing, construction and management oversight of the three large sports and entertainment venues in Houston: Minute Maid Park (home of the Houston Astros), Reliant Stadium, (home of the Houston Texans and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo), and the new Downtown multi-purpose arena (home of the Houston Rockets and Comets).
Prior to joining the Sports Authority, Luck was a top-ranking executive with the National Football League for over ten years, where he served as Vice President of Business Development and President and CEO of NFL Europe. A record setting quarterback at West Virginia University, Luck was selected in the second round of the 1982 NFL Draft by the Houston Oilers and went on to play five seasons with the club. He earned a B.A. degree from West Virginia University, graduating with highest honors, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. In 1987 he received a J.D. from the University of Texas, graduating with honors.
Luck, a two-time Academic All-American while in college, was recently named to the Academic All American Hall of Fame."-Wikipedia
Oliver Luck has previously run for the Governership of West Virginia as a republican. He has been envolved in policy making and business since his departure from the NFL. This author believes Oliver Luck will do a fantastic job in this roll.
Please Oli bring some leadership and integrety to this board.
Da Geek
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Joe Alexander a "Buck"
Way to go Joe!!! Milwaukee is now blessed with a Mountaineer. What a wonderful beginning for his career. I know I speak for all Mountaineer Fans when I say that we are very proud of Joe. Anyway the 8th overall pick isn't to shabby. We have now witnessed the first WVU first round pick since 1968. Huggy was obviously proud of his student athlete as his name was called and the Huggs gave Joe a hug. Congrats to West Virginia's newest millionaire.
DaGeek
DaGeek
Thursday, June 19, 2008
WVU gets 10th commit and it is a big one.
Well we are now seeing that Coach Holliday is also ready to bring home the bacon. I am very impressed with this 3 star get. He is fast and I believe he will give us the depth that we are seeking at running back. We are well on our way to a great recruiting season. One thing I love about this kid is that he is going to graduate early and attend WVU in the Spring. This is a great get.
"Daquan Hargrett, a 5-foot-9, 185 pounder described as another version of Avon Cobourne with speed, called WVU Holliday today with the good news that he would be the Mountaineers' 10th commitment for the class of 2009. Noted as the 18th APB in the nation by Rivals, Hargrett said he liked to run it as well as catch it, "but I guess I consider myself more of a running back," he said.And for good reason. Rival coaches say that Hargrett makes people miss and has good explosion to the crease. At the same time, he has lateral speed sideline-to-sideline punch and quickly gets into a second gear.Timed at 4.35 at a combine at Dolphins Stadium, Hargrett has been a serious sprinter since he was 13 years old. He ran an 11.13 100 meters to qualify for the Junior Olympics in Indianapolis in middle school. His personal best in the 100m is 10.5 running for the Metro-Dade Track Club last summer." ---http://www.wvsports.com/
"Hargrett ... plans to graduate from Northwestern [a 6A school in Miami-Dade] in December and enroll at West Virginia in January. That’s another example of the planning with which he has conducted his scholastic career. “Once I found out you can graduate and enroll early, I got into the right classes so I can graduate and get the best GPA I can,” Hargrett said. “I’m waiting to take the ACT this summer, and I should be in good shape to get everything done and come to West Virginia in January.” As for his future home, Hargrett hasn’t seen it yet. He will, however, be traveling to West Virginia at the end of June for the one-day rising senior camp, and doesn’t anticipate any surprises. “I feel like West Virginia is the spot for me,” he explained. “The coaches were great with me. We just built great relationships right from the start. I talked with Coach Holliday once a week, and he is just a phenomenal guy. He’s very genuine and easy to talk to. Everything we talked about, it just made me feel at home.”"--- http://www.blueandgoldnews.com/ Immage was also property of B&G.
Da Geek
"Daquan Hargrett, a 5-foot-9, 185 pounder described as another version of Avon Cobourne with speed, called WVU Holliday today with the good news that he would be the Mountaineers' 10th commitment for the class of 2009. Noted as the 18th APB in the nation by Rivals, Hargrett said he liked to run it as well as catch it, "but I guess I consider myself more of a running back," he said.And for good reason. Rival coaches say that Hargrett makes people miss and has good explosion to the crease. At the same time, he has lateral speed sideline-to-sideline punch and quickly gets into a second gear.Timed at 4.35 at a combine at Dolphins Stadium, Hargrett has been a serious sprinter since he was 13 years old. He ran an 11.13 100 meters to qualify for the Junior Olympics in Indianapolis in middle school. His personal best in the 100m is 10.5 running for the Metro-Dade Track Club last summer." ---http://www.wvsports.com/
"Hargrett ... plans to graduate from Northwestern [a 6A school in Miami-Dade] in December and enroll at West Virginia in January. That’s another example of the planning with which he has conducted his scholastic career. “Once I found out you can graduate and enroll early, I got into the right classes so I can graduate and get the best GPA I can,” Hargrett said. “I’m waiting to take the ACT this summer, and I should be in good shape to get everything done and come to West Virginia in January.” As for his future home, Hargrett hasn’t seen it yet. He will, however, be traveling to West Virginia at the end of June for the one-day rising senior camp, and doesn’t anticipate any surprises. “I feel like West Virginia is the spot for me,” he explained. “The coaches were great with me. We just built great relationships right from the start. I talked with Coach Holliday once a week, and he is just a phenomenal guy. He’s very genuine and easy to talk to. Everything we talked about, it just made me feel at home.”"--- http://www.blueandgoldnews.com/ Immage was also property of B&G.
Da Geek
Ohio State to Play WVU in Basketball next 2 seasons.
This is a great regional match up. This has been a long time coming and is a great opportunity at increasing our out of conference RPI. I look forward to this Buckeye challenge. I am hopeful that we can go there and pick up a win. That would certainly give us a solid measuring stick for the NCAA's. Anyway, it is nice to see that Huggins will finally get to play this team after years of OSU ignoring Cincinnati. Go EERS!
"Coach Thad Matta confirmed yesterday that Ohio State will play Huggins’ current team, West Virginia, on Dec. 27 in Value City Arena and during the 2009-10 season in Morgantown, W.Va."-www.dispatch.com
Da Geek
"Coach Thad Matta confirmed yesterday that Ohio State will play Huggins’ current team, West Virginia, on Dec. 27 in Value City Arena and during the 2009-10 season in Morgantown, W.Va."-www.dispatch.com
Da Geek
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Update on FB Recruiting from 2 major recruiting services.
When you read this list of recruits you will see that WVU is having no problem "shopping for groceries" as Bill king of Rivals Radio says. Below you will find the relative player rankings according to the Scout.com and Rivals.com sites. I think that maybe we will keep our running backs coach, Beaty. He apparently knows how to recruit Va Beach. If we sign this class look out Big East the Mountaineers are not going anywhere. Regardless of the site you will see that none of these recruits are less than 3 stars. I think a "wow" is in order. What do you think?
Da Geek
Scout.com:
Pos Ranking; Rating; Name;
WR 1 ***** Logan Heastie
FB 2 **** Chris Snook
QB 9 **** Tajh Boyd
DT 18 **** Dominik Davenport
SLB 24 *** Branko Busick
WR 41 *** Deon Long
OG 42 *** Jordan Weingart
OT 43 *** Cole Bowers
RB 58 *** Shawne Alston
Rivals.com:
COMMITTED/NOT YET SIGNED
Name: Pos Stars Ht Wt 40 RR Hometown
Shawne Alston RB *** 5-11 220 4.5 5.5 Hampton, VA
Cole Bowers OL *** 6-5 288 4.9 5.5 Ona, WV
Tajh Boyd QB **** 6-0 208 4.7 5.9 Hampton, VA
Branko Busick LB *** 6-1 220 __ 5.5 Steubenville, OH
Dominik Davenport DT *** 6-0 268 4.75 5.7 Hampton, VA
Logan Heastie WR **** 6-2 192 4.4 5.8 Chesapeake, VA
Deon Long WR *** 6-0 175 4.45 5.7 Washington, DC
Chris Snook LB *** 6-3 222 4.6 5.6 Medina, OH
Jordan Weingart OL *** 6-2 287 __ 5.5 Gainesville, FL
Da Geek
Scout.com:
Pos Ranking; Rating; Name;
WR 1 ***** Logan Heastie
FB 2 **** Chris Snook
QB 9 **** Tajh Boyd
DT 18 **** Dominik Davenport
SLB 24 *** Branko Busick
WR 41 *** Deon Long
OG 42 *** Jordan Weingart
OT 43 *** Cole Bowers
RB 58 *** Shawne Alston
Rivals.com:
COMMITTED/NOT YET SIGNED
Name: Pos Stars Ht Wt 40 RR Hometown
Shawne Alston RB *** 5-11 220 4.5 5.5 Hampton, VA
Cole Bowers OL *** 6-5 288 4.9 5.5 Ona, WV
Tajh Boyd QB **** 6-0 208 4.7 5.9 Hampton, VA
Branko Busick LB *** 6-1 220 __ 5.5 Steubenville, OH
Dominik Davenport DT *** 6-0 268 4.75 5.7 Hampton, VA
Logan Heastie WR **** 6-2 192 4.4 5.8 Chesapeake, VA
Deon Long WR *** 6-0 175 4.45 5.7 Washington, DC
Chris Snook LB *** 6-3 222 4.6 5.6 Medina, OH
Jordan Weingart OL *** 6-2 287 __ 5.5 Gainesville, FL
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)