West Virginia Mountaineers

NFL Draft: Aaron Rodgers tells QB Geno Smith to 'hang in there'

2013-04-26 08:58:00

Highly-touted West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith was expected by many to be the first quarterback selected in the 2013 NFL Draft -- and most certainly taken in the first-round. But when the final pick was made Thursday night Smith was still waiting...

Chris Dufresne's look at the season's college football bowl games

2012-12-12 18:41:00

ESPN's "Octomom" family of networks hopes you enjoy this year's cavalcade of commercials and center snaps as it furiously tries to secure the two games it doesn't broadcast. Conspicuously missing from the lineup is Ohio State (12-0) vs. Louisiana Tech...

West Virginia mascot who kills bear told not to hunt with musket

2012-12-07 13:50:00

West Virginia Mountaineer mascot Jonathan Kimble, who famously appears in an ESPN commercial staring down football analyst Lee Corso, has been told to stop using his musket on hunting excursions after killing a black bear on Monday. "While Jonathan...

Syracuse routs West Virginia in Pinstripe Bowl

2012-12-29 16:10:00

NEW YORK -- Prince-Tyson Gulley ran for 217 yards and had three touchdowns, Syracuse scored twice on safeties and the Orange bid a snow-covered farewell to the Big East with a 38-14 victory over West Virginia in the Pinstripe Bowl on Saturday....

No surprise: Notre Dame vs. Alabama in BCS title game

2012-12-02 18:50:00

The final Bowl Championship Series standings on Sunday produced a lot of expected news and one big surprise. Notre Dame and Alabama, in what everyone knew was just a formality, finished first and second in the final standings and will meet Jan. 7 in...

Notre Dame better cover its bases to avoid another upset loss at USC

2012-11-22 00:00:00

Let's see if I've got this straight or crooked: Notre Dame needs one win to get to the national title game and Sports Illustrated puts the Irish on this week's cover? I don't believe in genies or goblins, but the SI cover jinx is real. If you don't...

The Times' top 25 college football teams

2012-11-14 18:25:00

The Southeastern Conference, taken out of the national title hunt for as long as three non-SEC teams keep winning, mostly takes the week off as it openly cheers for upsets of Oregon, Kansas State and Notre Dame. SEC schools bully up to play seven 1-AA...

College football TV lineup for Saturday

2012-11-01 18:03:00

MORNING No. 16 Texas A&M (6-2) at No. 17 Mississippi State (7-1) 9 a.m., ESPN Two former Big 12 schools joined the Southeastern Conference this season. One has gained instant respect and credibility; the other is Missouri. Texas A&M, in its first...

Oregon keeps winning, and falling in BCS standings

2012-10-21 20:30:00

Oregon can't afford to keep winning like this. A few more lopsided victories and the Ducks could finish last in the BCS and end up playing in the Toilet Bowl. On Thursday, Oregon sprinted to a 43-7, second-quarter lead on Arizona State and might have...

Kansas State's Bill Snyder may get shot at redemption for 1998

2012-10-25 00:00:00

Mike Riley is an obvious coach-of-the-year choice given the double-double (with fries) charge he injected into an Oregon State team that finished 3-9 last year. The Beavers are 6-0 for the first time since 1907 and deserving of top-10 accolades. Bill O'...

Things are heating up in college football

2012-10-19 16:05:00

Here is some weekend pigskin to chew on: —How hot will it get for Texas? You thought things couldn't get worse after the Longhorns got scorched by Oklahoma last week at the State Fair of Texas. Friday, though, came word that "Big Tex," the 52-foot...

Half a college football season has already been full of surprises

2012-10-18 00:00:00

USC would break offensive air-speed records, Matt Barkley was a lock for the Heisman Trophy and Oregon State Coach Mike Riley needed thicker pants for the hot seat he was sitting on. Arkansas was the team to beat in the SEC West — it seems so silly...

Former Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino stands on the sidelines prior to the Clemson Tigers playing against the West Virginia Mountaineers during the Discover Orange Bowl at Sun Life Stadium on January 4, 2012 in Miami Gardens, Florida.

2013-01-31 09:21:32

Gary Browne #14 of the West Virginia Mountaineers and Ben McLemore #23 of the Kansas Jayhawks battle for a loose ball at the WVU Coliseum.

2013-01-28 23:19:49

Sophomore Ketia Swanier takes some direction from UConn coach Geno Auriemma during the Huskies' 71-60 win over Notre Dame in a Big East quarterfinal game on March 5, 2006. It was senior Barbara Turner who led the way with 19 points, but sophomore Ketia Swanier who provided the spark.

2012-03-28 11:54:00