Tag: West Virginia Mountaineers

  • On Geno Smith and Becoming (Or Not) a Successful NFL Quarterback

    On Geno Smith and Becoming (Or Not) a Successful NFL Quarterback

    There’s really no way of telling if someone is going to be great in the NFL, especially not with quarterbacks. Geno Smith was on an amazing run for the first half of his final season with West Virginia, looking like the best in the nation at his position. He’s hoping that those five weeks are what stick in the minds of those who will determine his fate and place in the next NFL draft

  • West Virginia Mountaineers – Worst Defense in College Football

    West Virginia Mountaineers – Worst Defense in College Football

    What about the team that started 5-0? What about Geno Smith for the Heisman Trophy award? For now, West Virginia are on a four game losing streak, conceding at least 39 points in each of their defeats with a player from the opposition going on to win the Big 12’s offensive player of the week each time.

  • College Football – Biggest Games Left for National Championship Contenders

    College Football – Biggest Games Left for National Championship Contenders

    Six weeks into the 2012 College Football season and a week before the first BCS rankings, there are still plenty of undefeated teams, but only 7 teams look like legitimate contenders for the national title, with Alabama standing way above the rest: Oregon, West Virginia, Kansas State, Florida, South Carolina and Notre Dame.

  • College Football – Undefeated Teams Dropping Like Flies

    College Football – Undefeated Teams Dropping Like Flies

    The first week of October in the college football season always means more upsets and losses to high ranked & undefeated teams. Who’s left with no losses after week 6? 2 in the Big 12 (West Virginia, Kansas State), 3 in the Big East (Rutgers, Cincinnati, Louisville), 1 in the Big Ten (Ohio State), 1 in the MAC (Ohio), 2 in the Pac-12 (Oregon, Oregon State), 4 in the SEC (Florida, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi State), 2 in the WAC (Louisiana Tech, UTSA) and Notre Dame.

  • West Virginia Mountaineers – Geno Smith, Best Quarterback in the Nation

    Numbers sometimes lie, but five weeks into the 2012 College Football season and after getting his first taste of Big 12 football (not defense when it’s Baylor), Geno Smith is well on his way to become the first Heisman trophy winner for the West Virginia Mountaineers.

  • 2012 College Football – New Faces of the Big 12 and the SEC

    Summer is here, which means that College Football is just around the corner. A continuing twist that seems to be increased in the 2012 season will be the arrival of new teams to their new conferences, with West Virginia leaving the Big East for the Big 12 and the new SEC arrivals – Texas A&M and Missouri looking to make the biggest splash.

  • The New Look Big 12 With West Virginia and TCU

    It didn’t take long for the Big 12 to release their 2012 schedule with West Virginia in it, only hours after the Mountaineers severed their ties and relations with the Big East, a conference they were a part of since 1991 and won its title 7 times. They aren’t the only change to the Big 12 in 2012, with TCU joining, Texas A&M and Missouri already gone.

  • West Virginia’s Record Breaking Orange Bowl Night

    West Virginia and Geno Smith broke or tied almost every possible offensive record in the history of bowl games during their performance in the 2012 Orange Bowl, winning big for themselves and the Big East, in a 70-33 rout of the humiliated Clemson Tigers.