I think this passes up DeForest for most tone deaf statement ever made by a WVU coach. Hands down.

Are fos

Anybody know the percentage of snaps he’s getting when we deploy a tight end. It’s hard to follow on television. I thought he did a great job sealing the edge against OK St. I also thought he was open a good bit against Iowa State.

His PFF grade was 60 ish. Again it’s hard to see everything on television. Why was his score only 60 ish. I thought it would be higher.

Anybody that watches the tight end play please educate me some. I have to admit I focus on G-C-G more than anything else.

I was thinking measurables alone that he should get a sniff at the league. Serious thoughts?

You think I just fell out of a Coconut tree....ha...ha...ha...ha...ha...ha...ha...ha...ha....ha....????????


Kamala Harris accused of plagiarism in co-authored 2009 book on criminal reform

excerpt:
Vice President Kamala Harris is facing allegations of plagiarism after numerous passages from the Democratic presidential nominee’s 2009 book “Smart on Crime” were discovered to closely resemble — or perfectly match — wording from other sources. Harris, then San Francisco’s district attorney, wrote the book promoting a reform-minded approach to prosecuting crimes alongside ghostwriter Joan O’C. Hamilton — who told The Post when contacted Monday that she was surprised to learn about the alleged copying.

Conservative activist Christopher Rufo published the allegations Monday and credited an investigation by Austrian “plagiarism hunter” Stefan Weber — with Rufo posting screenshots on X of five examples in which the wording in the book closely resembles other sources.

...so I didn't "copy" those words, I just sort of "transposed" my thoughts into them OK? Ha...ha...ha...ha...ha...ha...ha...ha...

OK Kamala....so we'll just vote for Trump instead of you stealing his ideas too OK????ha...ha...ha...ha...ha...ha...ha....ha....

--West Virginia head coach Neal Brown said they didn't get it done and made too many mistakes. In a game that had such few possessions you can't do things to beat yourself like negative plays on offense. They played poor complimentary football. They had a chip shot field goal that they missed and the defense needs to put out the fire and they had a miscommunication and it was 7-7. The Mountaineers punted the ball inside the 10 and they went on a 17-play 91-yard drive to score a touchdown. The offense needed to be able to answer, but they went out and had to kick a field goal and made it 14-10. Defense gets two punts at the start of the second half and offensively they couldn't capitalize on it. The Mountaineers had chances at 14-10 and couldn't do it.

--Special teams the issues they had they struggled at kicker, kickoff was short. They had a big kickoff return, Ollie Straw had a great day. And the coverage units were very good. Defensively, the biggest thing they've got to work on is getting off the field because they were 11-14 on end of possession downs. They scored touchdowns in the red zone. One half of the defense was playing one call and the other one was another on the explosive play. They held them to 2.9 per rush and gave them opportunities to stay in the game. West Virginia on offense struggled on the fringe and in the red zone. There were eight possessions in the game and of those possessions, two they scored touchdowns, the missed field goal was inside the red zone and the made one was in the fringe and the interception was in the fringe. They had too many negative plays due to the snaps. They continued to execute the two-minute offense well and on third downs. That was a game they were right there and simply didn't make enough plays to win.

--Kansas State is similar in their approach to Iowa State. They are used to winning and on special teams they are really sound. Their specialists are good. They want to run the football, they are multiple and they shift and use a lot of motions. Giddens their running back is playing very well. Their offensive line has some good players. Kansas State is a three down defense and are more multiple. They are really talented at corner and play a lot of man coverage.

--Brown said they broke some tackles on that first drive. And they moved their front around a little bit. They usually play a five, four high and some big guys up front but they had some pressure answers. They played more of a traditional defense as the middle safety played more of a quarters look.

--Garrett Greene didn't play well enough to win Saturday, but he is the starter. He hasn't done anything to lose that job but has to make better decisions. There are scenarios that Nicco Marchiol could play in packages and they have a bright future with him but he is the backup.

--Brown lives in a bubble during the season and he is in this building from Sunday all the way to his radio show Thursday. What is hard about this from a coaching perspective is the family piece to it because they're open to the scrutiny. They didn't sign up for that. The intent is not to screw up from a coaching and player perspective.

--It's next week. It's a new week Sunday is the off-day and treatment and recovery they meet at 10 a.m. At 9:50 they flip it over and move onto the next week. You have to make the corrections and be accountable and hold yourself to a standard.

--Brown said they have to get the high snaps fixed. Yates had a hand injury, they had 11 in the game and five were critical. Livingston played the last two drives and did pretty well. It had to do with gripping the ball. There were plays that were there including five of those that were directly because of the snap. Yates hand is better.

--Jaden Bray is going to miss this week, he got hurt at the end of the Oklahoma State game with a lower leg injury. They'll evaluate it after that.

--Brown said you have to create your own momentum. They had an option route that was clearly pass interfered and it was picked. They probably did hold the guy in the end zone but that wasn't how the game was called. Fate worked against them there but they had opportunities where they should have made the field goal, converted the third and three. They should have gotten off the field on two third and longs.

--That was a uniquely small number of possessions but West Virginia can't be a group that beats themselves. For West Virginia to get to that level they can't make those type of mistakes. They're better but to knock out a top ten team you can't do those type of things.

--There's are some instances where teams are better. That wasn't necessarily the case here, or it wasn't the case at Pitt. They just didn't make plays at winning time or calls at winning time.

--Burks is questionable. He has only played one full game he's had some lingering injuries. T.J. Jackson did not practice today but it's going to be close. He has a weird lower leg injury and they will see how he feels.

--Coverage wise Kansas State is a lot different than Iowa State on defense but they might take some things from what West Virginia did against the three man front.

--Brown understands that the fan base wants to win but asks if they had a good time at the game? If they're in the deal for enjoyment Brown urges fans to come back. They need the fans to come back and provide a home field advantage. They've played a tough schedule, everybody that's beat them hasn't lost. He understands the frustration but when you watch the product, other than the outcome, there is clear strain and physicality. It was an entertaining football game, they didn't win.

--TJ Crandall was injured last week and the two corners played pretty well so they didn't sub a lot.

--Some of the issues in the run game against Iowa State were poor footwork and they didn't ID things the way they should have. The only play that was frustrating to him was the blown coverage but they had to earn everything they did.

--Schematically they do a good job with their twists getting vertical especially in the B-Gap. They play two big noses with vertical push and their two ends are really active. They get strain sacks and strain pressures. They get it just because they outwork those guys.

--Brown said they have four down and three down plans. They do a late spring breakdown of opponents and he spends some time in May taking notes on plans they like. They work those in summer OTAs and fall camp. They pick and opponent and try to hit them three times and Sunday's he goes back to look at those summer notes to see what matches. There's always different ways to change the picture for the defense but for the most part the schemes are the schemes.

Not shy about laying out his criminal fantasies. Dictator Trump likes practicing his tough guy dictator talk. In addition to rounding up all non-white immigrants, he wants to identify and round up anyone who would dare oppose him or his enabling SCOTUS like so much vermin and enemies of the state that they are.

Trump floats sending military after US citizens on election day citing ‘radical left lunatics’ and ‘the enemy from within’

In the interview, which aired on Sunday, Bartiromo was back on typical form, suggesting that America was headed for possible violence on election day due to scores of immigrants supposedly being let in illegally by the Biden administration. That was a debunked conspiracy the Trump team floated in both 2016 and 2020 — that millions of votes for his opponents came from noncitizens.

But Trump took things a step further, denying Bartiromo’s suggestion that those groups would be the “real” problem on Election Day.

That honor, he said, went to the so-called “enemy within.”

“I don’t think [immigrants] are the problem in terms of election day,” Trump told Bartiromo. “I think the bigger problem are the people from within, we have some very bad people, sick people, radical left lunatics.”

At that point, he suggested a seemingly sinister solution.

“And it should be easily handled by, if necessary, by National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military,” he said.

“I think the bigger problem is the enemy from within. Not even the people who have come in, who are destroying our country.”

It isn’t clear under what circumstances Trump would view it justifiable to call in US troops against his own countrymen.

But his comments mark a baseless attack and a particularly hollow one coming from someone whose supporters violently attacked the US Capitol in an attempt to stop him from being thrown out of office three years ago.

It is perhaps unsurprising, though.

The ex-president, humiliated by his defeat in 2020, has taken to dehumanizing his opponents’ voters whenever possible. At a rally in Dayton, Ohio, in the spring he claimed that Democrats were “not people, in some cases” while onstage with Senate candidate Bernie Moreno.

“Donald Trump is suggesting that his fellow Americans are worse ‘enemies’ than foreign adversaries, and he is saying he would use the military against them,” said Ian Sams, a Harris campaign spokesperson. “Taken with his vow to be a dictator on ‘day one,’ calls for the ‘termination’ of the Constitution, and plans to surround himself with sycophants who will give him unchecked, unprecedented power if he returns to office, this should alarm every American who cares about their freedom and security. What Donald Trump is promising is dangerous, and returning him to office is simply a risk Americans cannot afford.”

And concerned about paying the buyout? How small-time does WVU look right now?

Lets go Kansas State -force them to act

the documentation that said we were the #5 most expensive gameday in college football as mentioned in a thread yesterday? I'm not disputing it, just would like to see it in the context it was presented. Thanks in advance.

I’m sure the Blue Lot come up with some good material.

If Gallagher makes the catch in the 1st quarter and we go up 14-0, how much does the game change? Even after the dropped pass, if Hayes makes the FG and we go up 10-0, how much does the game change?

What can we do to move forward from this deflating loss?

boycott the game. He obviously is taking the fanbase for granted. This isn’t against the players because they are not the problem. Brown can’t coach them up so they don’t improve game after game. With Saturday being homecoming everyone should leave before the end of halftime!! Yesterday I thought about not going Saturday but Golf team is being honored so I have to be there to support Max and the boys.

Very special number that is

@Sassafrass_84

This is incredible. Humanity for the win.

There is a little coffee shop, where two people arrive and approached the counter.

“Five coffees please. Two for us and three hanging.”
They paid, they took their two coffees and left.
I asked the waiter. "What’s this about hanging coffees?"
“Wait and you'll see."
Some more people came in.
Two girls asked for a coffee each, they paid & left.
The following order was for seven coffees and it was made by three women - ‘three for them and four hanging coffees.’
I was left wondering...what is the meaning of the hanging coffees, they leave.
Then, a man dressed in worn clothes, who looks like he might be homeless, arrives at the counter and asks sincerely...“Do you have a coffee hanging?"
“Yes we do, sir.”
They serve him a coffee.... I got my answer.

People pay in advance for a coffee that will be served to whoever can't afford a hot drink.

This tradition started in Naples.
Amazingly, it has spread throughout the world’s cities and towns.

It’s also possible to order not only "hanging coffees" but also a sandwich or a full low cost meal.

Wouldn’t it be great if we could all start doing this in the cities and towns where we live?

Small kindnesses like this can impact so many lives, in ways we could never imagine.

Maybe we should all try it....

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If WVU beats Pitt they're 4-2 and their only two losses are against good, highly ranked teams and WVU would also have beaten their rival. That would be a pretty good season to date and everyone's attitude would be completely different.

Pitt is undefeated now too and not to put them down but I don't think they're near the same league as Iowa State and especially not Penn State. Pitt had some close games against teams that aren't that good, unlike ISU and PSU. WVU losing to Pitt, and in the manner they lost, has had a huge effect on the WVU fanbase.