Posts Tagged ‘Colorado’

WVU coaches, players share the blame

As my post-game analysis, I respectfully submit my column in today’s DA, written after wrapping up this blog and after that disaster of a football game. Apparently nothing can go right lately, so that link cuts off the last few paragraphs of the column, so I’ll present it here so the thing actually makes sense.

While everyone will look to one person or one reason to point a clear finger at for these early struggles, it just isn’t that simple.

Part of the problem is the new coaching staff. 

Part of it is the loss of last year’s key players. 

And another part falls on this year’s players and an inability to execute the fundamentals at critical times.

As former coach Rich Rodriguez often reminded us, the children’s movie “The Lion King” teaches us that what’s in the past no longer matters.

That’s one lesson this year’s team would be well-served to learn if it hopes to find its stride quickly enough to even be competitive in a weak Big East Conference.

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Filed under College Football : Comments (1) : Sep 19th, 2008

LIVE BLOG: WVU-Colorado

11:56 p.m. – Aric Goodman boots the game-winning field goal to complete a stunner. This one has to be even more difficult to swallow than the East Carolina loss. 17-14, Buffaloes, in overtime.

It will be interesting to hear what the team has to say again this week in post-game.

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Filed under College Football : Comments (1) : Sep 18th, 2008

Dan Hawkins is an interesting dude

Okay, forgive me for lying about the “stronger than ever” part of that last post about the weekend off. I’ve been consumed largely by schoolwork, the occasional article for the DA, Halo 3 the occasional moment of recreation, and I’ve neglected the blog. I’m sorry.

I’ll do my level best to make up for it today, on a WVU game day. Look for another post previewing the game with my prediction later, and then, I’ll be live blogging the game (while also trying to write a column for tomorrow’s DA). All the while, I should be studying for a massive test I have tomorrow and finishing a project for another class, but I make sacrifices on game days.

For our first post of the day, I present to you a picture of perhaps the most interesting coach I’ve ever read about in any sport. Of course, almost everyone knows Dan Hawkins for his ubiquitous rant. But the Colorado coach is apparently more complex than just one tirade over players’ parents.

Check out this exceptional feature story on Hawkins from 5280, a local Denver-area magazine. Kudos to Mike Casazza of the Charleston Daily Mail for finding this. I would provide a run-down of the highlights of the story, but there are just too many interesting bits to even try to pin down the best ones. Read the story and come up with your own conclusions, then post some comments on the story here.

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Filed under College Football : Comments (1) : Sep 18th, 2008

My reaction to East Carolina (six days later)

I’ve held off on analyzing the West Virginia loss to East Carolina for almost a week — first because I was in that phase of not wanting to talk about the game at all, and later, because I knew I had a Friday column coming up in the DA and I figured that would be a good place to share my thoughts. Let’s just say my perspective on the game runs counter to the more positive approach of some of my colleagues.

I promise, though, that this will be my last reference to the ECU debacle. Henceforth, we’re going to look forward to the rest of the season.

I would have to say Bill Stewart and his players wish they were playing Colorado tomorrow instead of having to wait through another five days of hearing questions or comments on last week’s game. Alas, that is not the case — and truly, the team knows the extra preparation time to focus on making West Virginia better is pivotal.

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Filed under College Football : Comments (1) : Sep 12th, 2008