Posts Tagged ‘East Carolina’
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.
Tags: Aric Goodman, Bill Stewart, Bradley Starks, Buffalo Bills, Cody Crawford, Cody Hawkins, Colorado, Dorrell Jalloh, East Carolina, Eastern Washington, J.T. Thomas, Jeff Mullen, Jock Sanders, Josh Smith, Kevin Everett, Mark Rodgers, Noel Devine, Pat McAfee, Pat White, Patrick Devenny, Reed Williams, Rodney Stewart, Tito Gonzales, Villanova, WVU
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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.
Tags: Bill Stewart, Colorado, East Carolina, The DA, WVU
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Sep 12th, 2008
Brady, Beanie and Broadcasters — oh my!
After the action of the first two weekends of college football and the first Sunday of the NFL season, I’m surprised we haven’t heard an update from ESPN’s talking heads that goes something like this:
We interrupt our report on the status of Beanie Wells’ foot to bring you this report on Tom Brady’s knee: it hurts him. A lot.
Stay tuned for more, including an update from Sao Paolantonio, Ed Werder, Rachel Nichols and Wendi Nix — all of whom are stationed outside the offices of Boston knee surgeons to give you a breakdown of what Brady will go through under the knife.
To be sure, Brady’s injury is huge news. Any time the (arguably) best franchise in the NFL loses (arguably) the best quarterback in the league for the season in a year it was (arguably) the front-runner for yet another Lombardi Trophy, it deserves its share of coverage.
However, it’s been nothing short of ridiculous to see “KneeGate” get more coverage than the entire slate of Sunday games in the league. The only way this injury could get more air time is if it somehow came to light that Jeff Gillooly himself had something to do with it. Oh wait, there’s already a hilarious song about just that possibility:
Tags: Brett Favre, Buffalo Bills, Chris "Beanie" Wells, East Carolina, Eric Mangini, Frank Solich, Jeff Gillooly, Matt Cassel, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Ohio State, Ohio University, Seattle Seahawks, Tom Brady, USC, WVU
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Sep 8th, 2008
LIVE BLOG: WVU-East Carolina
7:25 p.m. – Mercifully, it has ended. 24-3 in favor of the Pirates.
It will be interesting, to say the least, to hear what Stewart and the players have to say to explain this one away. West Virginia didn’t even look like it belonged on the same field as East Carolina today.
I’ll have post-game commentary tomorrow as we try to make sense of this fiasco and put a brave face towards the rest of the season, which admittedly has a different feel to it entirely now.
Tags: East Carolina, Rich Rodriguez, WVU
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Sep 6th, 2008
LIVE BLOG: September 6 NCAA Football
1:28 p.m. — As the noon kickoffs reach halftime, there are surely some raised eyebrows among college football fans around the country.
Ohio U. takes that 7-6 lead over Ohio State into the locker room in Columbus.
Wisconsin scores a late touchdown to take a 17-14 lead over Marshall into the locker room. It’s been 17 unanswered for the Badgers to end the half after the Herd jumped out to a two touchdown lead.
Auburn is only up 7-0 on Southern Miss around halfway through the second quarter.
It appears a lot of these “big name” teams have come into their games today a little listless. Tough tasks remain for any team hoping to pull a big early-season upset, however.
An update on the defending Big East co-champions: Mighty Temple has a 6-0 lead on Connecticut at the half.
Tags: Big East, Big Ten, Chris "Beanie" Wells, Chubb Small, Darius Marshall, East Carolina, ESPN, Kirk Herbstreit, Lawrence Wilson, live blog, Marshall, Michigan, Ohio, Ohio State, Pat White, Rich Rodriguez, Steven Threet, Temple, Terrelle Pryor, Todd Boeckman, UConn, Wisconsin, WVU
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Sep 6th, 2008
Wannstedt’s Failure is My Happiness
To give you my long-awaited answer to the question I posed here (and on a thread on BlueGoldNews.com): As a West Virginia fan, which “enemy” defeat this weekend was most satisfying to you, and why?
1. Pittsburgh (lost 27-17 at home to Bowling Green):
After hearing derisive “13-9″ chants and having to deal with losing to the Panthers in devastating fashion in seemingly every sport (men’s basketball, women’s basketball, and even wrestling) during the past year, it was nice to see Dave Wannstedt fall flat on his mustachioed face in his team’s home opener.
Pitt’s season-ending upset of West Virginia this past December gave Wannstedt’s program a lot of mileage. Recruiting was successful (although, according to the major online scouting services, he’s had solid classes for several years and been able to do nothing with them), and Pitt was even a “sexy” pick to win the Big East this year. The team even filled the final slot in the preseason AP Top 25 poll.
Perhaps no team since, well, WVU, has received so much positive press out of one game (the Mountaineers’ win over Georgia in the ‘06 Sugar Bowl gave a similar bounce). The only other likely candidate would be Boise State after its upset of Oklahoma in the ‘07 Fiesta Bowl.
One would have to think much of that progress was utterly and completely undone with a two-possession loss to a mediocre team from the Mid-American Conference. Let those who argue that a Pitt loss was bad for the Big East fret over such things — I’ll enjoy watching that program receive as much bad publicity as it possibly can.
Tags: ACC, BCS, Big East, Boise State, Bowling Green, Chris Beatty, Dave Wannstedt, Dominik Davenport, East Carolina, Fiesta Bowl, Frank Beamer, Georgia, John Beilein, Logan Heastie, Michigan, Mid-American Conference, Oklahoma, Pitt, Rich Rodriguez, Shawne Alston, Sugar Bowl, Tajh Boyd, Top 25, Utah, Virginia Tech, WVU
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Sep 2nd, 2008
A Day of Rest
After the fun and excitement of yesterday, this writer is taking a break for today from any posts of great substance. Check back tomorrow though for content to wrap up the WVU-Villanova game and begin the process of looking towards East Carolina.
For those reading, however, I have to ask a question that has compelled me since yesterday. Which of this weekend’s losses by a Mountaineer rival was the most personally satisfying to you, and why?
Leave your answers in the comments section of this post, and I’ll post some of the best responses and give my own selection in a post tomorrow.
Tags: Bowling Green, East Carolina, Kentucky, Louisville, Michigan, Pitt, Rich Rodriguez, Utah, Villanova, Virginia Tech, WVU
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Aug 31st, 2008
Post-Game Comments: WVU-Villanova
Our first venture into live blogging here at 20/20 was not without incident (a call to the company that made my laptop is forthcoming tomorrow to find out why it won’t even start now) but all in all, we’d like to think it was a success. Thanks to those who followed it and an even bigger thanks to those who commented and asked questions.
While I’m not going to transcribe quotes from my recorder yet (I’m going to take what I feel is a much-deserved break after this post), I am happy to share my views on WVU’s 48-21 victory over the Wildcats.
We’ll start with the good and move on to the not-so-good, at least from the Mountaineers’ perspective.
The Good:
- Pat White: 25-of-33, 208 yards passing, 5 TDs, 1 INT; 9 carries, 63 yards
Do you think this guy might have answered some of those who doubted his ability to pass?
Career-highs in passing attempts and passes completed. A stadium record for passing touchdowns in a game. Breaking the program record for total yardage in a career. Incredibly efficient and accurate. Made the opponent pay for stacking the box defensively.
As I said in the live blog, any enthusiasm must be tempered — after all, this was just one game against an overmatched opponent from a lower division. But if we are to glean anything from this performance, it is that the modified Mountaineer offense (specifically, White and his receivers) is ready, able and willing to throw and throw often. Opposing defensive coordinators should take notice.
Tags: Alric Arnett, Antwon Young, Bill Stewart, Darius Reynaud, East Carolina, J.T. Thomas, Jeff Mullen, Jock Sanders, John Holmes, live blog, Mortty Ivy, Noel Devine, Pat Lazear, Pat McAfee, Pat White, Villanova, Will Johnson, WVU
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Aug 30th, 2008
LIVE BLOG: WVU-Villanova
7:54 p.m. — Just got out of the interviews with WVU’s coaches and players, and there were a good bit of interesting insights. My fellow colleagues at the DA and I are about to leave the stadium. An update is forthcoming after I arrive back at my house. I’ll have my final thoughts, some compelling statistics, and quotes from the locker room.
Tags: Alric Arnett, Antwon Young, Bowling Green, Bradley Starks, Brandon Brown, Brandyn Harvey, Chris Henry, Darius Reynaud, East Carolina, J.T. Thomas, Jack Fleming, Jeff Mullen, Jock Sanders, John Holmes, Kent Richardson, live blog, Milan Puskar Stadium, Mortty Ivy, Nate Sowers, Noel Devine, Pat McAfee, Pitt, Villanova, Virginia Tech, Will Johnson, WVU
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Aug 30th, 2008
Keys to the Game: WVU-Villanova
“Keys to the Game” typically are used to describe what needs to happen for each team to win. While the outcome of this game shouldn’t be in doubt, West Virginia will have a few secondary goals beyond winning the game. Villanova will be looking to make the game as competitive as possible for as long as possible.
West Virginia:
Put the game out of reach early.
This is of particular importance to the Mountaineers in this game on multiple fronts. Of course, they want to squash any hope Villanova has of actually trying to win the game. But more importantly, the team needs a solid early performance on both sides of the ball just for confidence’s sake.
The team has struggled on offense this fall, and the young players on defense have been hearing about their inexperience for the better part of a month now. Jumping out on the Wildcats with a few early scores and quick defensive stops would do wonders for a team that will need to carve out its own identity under the new coaching staff.
From a schematic standpoint, this will be important for different reasons. If WVU pulls away early, they can put in the backups and let them get some valuable experience in a game. Furthermore, offensive coordinator Jeff Mullen could go to a very “vanilla” playbook to avoid showing East Carolina any more of the modified offense than they have to.
Tags: Bill Stewart, East Carolina, Jarrett Brown, Jeff Mullen, Mark Rodgers, Noel Devine, Pat White, Rich Rodriguez, Terence Kerns, Villanova, WVU, Zach Hulce
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Aug 30th, 2008
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