WV is a small, relatively poor state, yet our state university has teams in the pre-season top twenty of the two major sports.
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So you're saying don't appreciate what we have. Got it.Agree that the successes of WVU, both athletically and otherwise, are a source of pride. However, since very few money sport athletes from WV get a scholarship to their state school, I wouldn't go overboard on the praise lol. Bottom line...student athletes from other areas are recruited to the university not the state. And before anyone starts making a fool of themselves about my comments...I was born and raised and played sports in the state...went and graduated from the university...worked in the state a while around the program too. Father was a proud coal miner. Athletics at the state university are hardly a reflection of the state in anyway.
ranked going into the season
ranked at the end is the only ranking that counts lol
All the polls are perception by the media and coaches but none as much as the preseason poll. This poll is based purely on perception from the outside.
Glad you agree with me. The poll means nothing. lol
Root master is Anti WVU and Anti Big XII.
He has nothing but negative comments about a team that is ranked going into the season
Perception is paramount for any university that wants to win a NC
CFB in the 80's and before was fun in some regards and was horrible in others.
When the Universities of Georgia and Oklahoma sued the NCAA they had the right idea but what ended up happening afterwards has caused the turmoil we are in.
This is the schools bundling their media rights and selling them as one.
ESPN in the early 80's is the main culprit because anyone in their late 40's or older will tell you of an ESPN that had zero programming.
WVU is in the best place it has every been in financially and will be playing Pitt, Penn State, Maryland and its new Big XII rivals in the future.
Can't be upset about this.
The reward of the current system is a lot more.
If WVU played in the Big XII in 2007 they would have played Ohio St for the NC.
The Big East limited WVU financially and in opportunity.