Between the conference expansion, the good start and now this.... I can't turn away!

...and here I am.... still hoping we win 8 AND looking forward to basketball season.

As a man in a bucket hat once said.......
"Prepare for the worst. Hope for the breast!"

Thickones Alf! Yup......

For Sale: Two tickets in Touchdown Terrace and an auxiliary Blue lot parking pass for the BYU game. The cost is $325. These are aisle tickets, and they include all of the free food inside.
I can meet this weekend at Bridgeport or next Saturday morning before the game.
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Was just thinking about how apeshit many of the fans of college football blue bloods would get if something like this happens in the upcoming expanded playoff:
“Let's look at some numbers regarding the 2023 Diamondbacks, who will face the 90-win Rangers in the World Series:
- Arizona not only finished with the worst record of all the 2023 playoff teams, but had a run differential of -17, making them the only playoff team to not have a positive run differential

- They finished 16 games behind the Dodgers, who won the NL West and were swept by the D-Backs in the NLDS

- The D-Backs went 5-20 to open the second half of the season, but were able to turn things around and reach the playoffs”
Just imagining the uproar if some 2 loss squad beats a previously undefeated team or something like that.

The mighty West Virginia, BB-48, and 4 other battleships that survived Pearl Harbor, unleashed hell on the Japanese "Southern Force" (2 battleships, 3 heavy cruisers, 1 light cruiser, and 8 destroyers) as it steamed into a gauntlet of U.S. Navy firepower - 6 battleships, 4 heavy cruisers, 4 light cruisers, 28 destroyers, and 39 PT boats - in the Battle of Surigao Strait.

The "Wee Vee" was the first American battleship to draw blood that evening, with a first-salvo direct hit on the IJN battleship Yamashiro. In an interesting bit of revenge, the Yamashiro was finished off by a torpedo fired by the destroyer USS Bennion (named after Captain Mervyn Bennion, who commanded the West Virginia at Pearl Harbor and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor).

6 IJN warships, including 2 battleships, were sunk in the night action.


The West Virginia on the Battle Line.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (October 25, 2023) -- Jay Jacobs, who has been analyzing Mountaineer basketball games for nearly 50 years, has announced his retirement from the Mountaineer Sports Network.



Jacobs, 85, will be part of one final men’s basketball broadcast when the Mountaineers host St. John’s on Friday, Dec. 1. In addition, Jacobs will be recognized on the Coliseum floor during a timeout of the WVU-St. John’s contest. A replacement for Jacobs on the men’s basketball broadcasts will be determined at a later date.



“I want to thank West Virginia University for allowing me to be part of Mountaineer Athletics for nearly five decades,” Jacobs said. “To the fans who follow the Mountaineers, I just want to say, ‘I was a fan just like you, but I had a microphone in my hand.’”



The Morgantown native was initially hired by Paul Miller as a basketball analyst for MSN television in 1977, forming a three-way pairing with the late Jack Fleming and Woody O’Hara. He also did television work for Home Team Sports, Creative Sports Marketing and ESPN during Sun Belt Conference games before transitioning primarily to radio in the mid-1990s when he teamed with Fleming, and then with veteran play-by-play man Tony Caridi starting with the 1996-97 season.



“Jay’s love and passion for Mountaineer basketball will never be matched,” Caridi said. “He grew up following some of WVU’s all-time great players and then became a Mountaineer player. He was part of the ‘Golden Era’ of West Virginia basketball. Jay then used that passion and knowledge as a broadcaster for half a century. He had an absolutely amazing career and will always be part of West Virginia basketball.”



During his time broadcasting Mountaineer basketball, Jacobs has been on hand to describe some of the greatest moments in WVU basketball history, including eight trips to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16, an Elite Eight appearance in 2005 and a trip to the Final Four in 2010.



In all, Jacobs was involved with 20 NCAA Tournament teams, not to mention the two appearances WVU made in 1959-60 when he was a player.



Through the years, Jacobs also did radio and television work for the women’s basketball program.



“I want to congratulate Jay on an outstanding career with the Mountaineer Sports Network,” WVU Vice President and Director of Athletics Wren Baker said, “As a player and announcer, he has been a part of some of the biggest and greatest moments in West Virginia basketball history. I know how much it meant to him to be inducted into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame in September, and I thank him for his analysis and service for parts of six decades to Mountaineer basketball.”



Jacobs is the all-time leading scorer and an all-state player at Morgantown High and was part of the Jerry West era at WVU – considered the “Golden Era” of Mountaineer basketball.



Following graduation, Jacobs coached four years at Union High in Benwood, West Virginia, and then several more at Thomas Johnson High in Frederick, Maryland, through the 1973-74 season when he left coaching for an administrative job in the Frederick County school system.



In 1996, he retired from his job as assistant principal at Ballenger Middle School to devote his full time to WVU basketball.



In addition to game broadcasts, Jacobs was also a popular contributor to the weekly basketball radio shows. During each season, the dedicated Jacobs faithfully made the two-plus hour, wintertime drive across the Maryland and West Virginia mountains to work basketball games and shows.



Jacobs was inducted into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame as a broadcaster in September 2023.



He earned his bachelor’s degree from WVU in physical education in 1961 and a master’s degree in secondary education with an emphasis in administration in 1962.



Jay and his wife, Bonnie, currently reside in Walkersville, Maryland. They have one son, John, and one daughter, the late Lisa Quick, plus four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

--West Virginia head coach Josh Eilert said that that nine days ago they had a scrimmage with Vanderbilt in Cincinnati to see what they needed to work on and improve on. They are looking forward to raising some money for charity against George Mason and see a different opponent. There are things they need to clean up on from the scrimmage.

--Defensive rebounding was an issue in the scrimmage and before they run out they need to check their man. They need to do a good job on the defensive rebounding before they run out.

--Eilert said he was very disappointed but not shocked about RaeQuan Battle. The success rate had a lot more to do with the appeal process and he is very optimistic that they will do right by him. A new fresh set of eyes will help that case. They are meeting on it this afternoon and working through it. It depends on how long it will take for the process and they will do their part to make sure they have it in as soon as possible. Eilert knew this was going to be in limbo so he got guys reps that might not have if they knew he was going to be eligible immediately. They could be playing without him a week or two or maybe the whole season.

--To Eilert's knowledge it will be a fresh set of eyes and a group of their peers to determine and look at the appeal process. There isn't a lot that changes from the file and you'll put another stamp on it and a summary. RaeQuan Battle is a very positive person despite the challenges and he needs basketball in his life. Just having those conversations with him daily and being a mentor to him regardless of how this turns out. It's a challenge for his mental health to not be able to compete.

--West Virginia hasn't had any discussion about redshirting him but they are operating under the belief that he will be eligible this year and are very optimistic that he will be playing for them this season.

--If Battle isn't in the lineup everybody else is going to need to step up. They need him and they're a better ball club with him, but personally he needs basketball in his life and this is a sad situation.

--In the NCAA panel they have certain experts they turn to in terms of assessing his mental health and his individual situation. He doesn't know how they come up with a denial outside a few thoughts that they share.

--Eilert doesn't want to touch base on his story and wants to let Battle tell his story sooner or later because it needs to get out there. He needs to tell his story.

--Eilert said they've got a lot of other pieces and having guys step up to the challenge and pivot. The optimism is still there and they've really bought into each other and you see the brotherhood taking shape in that locker room.

--Darris Nichols called Eilert when the news came out and first thing he said was stay on that boogie board. The waves are just going to keep coming but he's going to remain optimistic about it.

--Coaching the team felt second nature to him and it felt good standing instead of sitting in the scrimmage. He is excited about the opportunity. There were 23 lead changes in the game and went to overtime and they had a chance to tie it down two against Vanderbilt. It was really competitive. Eilert played it true and had three guys foul out, but Jerry Stackhouse kept his guys in the game with three that fouled out.

--In the scouting report, it's West Virginia vs. West Virginia for this exhibition because they need to clean certain things up and keep improving to figure out where they're at. They will do a scout and treat it like they would any other program.

--You're not going to just replace RaeQuan Battle with one guy it's a combination of different options. Battle is so quick twitched and can make up for mistakes on the defensive end. It hurts their team and their program but he worries more about him not having basketball.

--Offensively they are further ahead than on the defensive end.

--There will be no stool, the stool is retired. But he does plan to dress casually.

--Eilert said that it's going to be tough because of the depth. Teams have a lot more athleticism than they do and more depth in the Big 12. They have Big 12 caliber players but they need others to develop because it's around 7-8 guys that can compete in the league. They have a strong top half, but need to develop the bottom.

--Eilert said they are working with what they've got and aren't looking at adding anybody else at the mid term.

@Travis_in_Flint


Today is the day Donald Trump gets to see the sellout Michael Cohen testify in court.

Letitia James is all too eager for his testimony.

Remember that Cohen already went to prison specifically for lying to investigators.

It’s amazing that James case has become so ridiculous that the only witness she can find is a man who has proven that he will do anything to save himself and has proven he’ll lie whenever it benefits him.

Does anyone really believe anything this man has to say?

The fact he’s even allowed to take the stand proves his corrupt everyone running this case is.

We were posting the same things hoping for a change last year. How many more years do we have to do this?

Well not really, it was just a really long title.

While you're here though, what are your thoughts on WVU Rifle winning another national championship?

Something stinks to high heaven in the land of the Skunk Weasels. Allen and Sled won't let the Michigan resident forget that his latest favorite school is currently under TWO NCAA investigations for cheating. Even SMU fans are surprised by the level of Hairball's cheating. Of course, Hairball was 0-5 vs. Ohio State, so desperate times call for desperate measures. No matter how many threads you start to try to avoid the hottest topic in college football, we'll be here to remind you of it, WVU/Herd/Michigan "fan."