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Hardly a pair of deuces, WVU athletics was the best it has ever been when Luck took over, fresh off a final four in basketball, multiple winning seasons with huge wins in football, soccer at the top of its game.....If you want to talk about why WVU athletics is even in any conversations today, it was because we got into the BE in the early 1990s, which was a longer shot than getting into the ACC now, talk about snobs.God I miss Luck!!....It truly is amazing what he accomplished in such a short period of time...The guy somehow with nothing more than a pair of deuces in his hands created a sustainable future for WV Athletics
Hardly a pair of deuces, WVU athletics was the best it has ever been when Luck took over, fresh off a final four in basketball, multiple winning seasons with huge wins in football, soccer at the top of its game.....If you want to talk about why WVU athletics is even in any conversations today, it was because we got into the BE in the early 1990s, which was a longer shot than getting into the ACC now, talk about snobs.
You are the one with the credibility issue, tell me again that a win over Texas in a down year is more meaningful than bowl wins over UGA, OU and Clemson, that the loss to sPitt in 2007 doesnt hold meaning. I guess playing in a half assed Yankee bowl on a baseball diamond was better than playing is Sugar, Orange, and Fiesta bowls.....what a joke.LOL..Multiple Winning Seasons in the BE?..what value did that have?..Tell me DAD let's talk value of wins..what meant more winning the Car Wash Bowl in Charlotte or Beating Texas in AUSTIN?!...and if you are going to use making to a final four a measure of health of an Athletic program...George Mason and Butler should feel slighted they aren't in a Power 5 conference..can't believe you went with soccer!!..what have they done?..you had at least some credibility throwing in the Rifle team!..
Won it the first year we played a full schedule, then fell off as Nehlen aged. Tired of people belittling the past in some misguided effort to make losses today feel better.....lameGot in the BE in the early 90's and took us only 20+ years to shine!???!!
Won it the first year we played a full schedule, then fell off as Nehlen aged. Tired of people belittling the past in some misguided effort to make losses today feel better.....lame
Nothing senseless at all, the best WVU's athletics have ever been, hands down is the decade from 2000-2010, the very time you guys try to say didnt matter, that things were left to rot. As to the 1993 Sugar Bowl, we got there, and had injury and illness issues, and Nehlen was not known as a great bowl game coach. I thought money was your measure of success, so a loss in the Sugar Bowl and a loss in the Yankee Bowl are hardly the same. Huggins had a rough few years, losing basically two whole classes of recruits that he rolled the dice on, I was beginning to think he may have lost it, but seems to have righted the ship.Ok, I'll take the bait and play your game....
Oh my!!!! i only stated a truth and somehow seem to be belittling the past. How long was it for the basketball team to win the BE Tourney? Won it in 2010. Before that? 1959. Only 51 years between appearances and only 19 years since joining the BE. Now go ahead and say something about the BE being a tough conference and I will agree. I dare not say anything about how I felt Huggys coaching style was not conducive to the type of players he had over the last few seasons. Not even for the kids HE brought in.
Joined the BE in 1991 and won 7 BE titles in football. Didn't want to find out how many times we were co-champions, that would weaken your argument. What happened in 1993? Went undefeated and lost in the Sugar Bowl (actually smashed). A loss in the Sugar is the same as a loss in the Yankee Bowl. At the end of the day, it's still a loss.
Not sure where I'm belittling the past to make a loss today a feel good story, but in your effort, once again to make senseless arguments, I'm playing your game. Your serve.
Nothing senseless at all, the best WVU's athletics have ever been, hands down is the decade from 2000-2010, the very time you guys try to say didnt matter, that things were left to rot. As to the 1993 Sugar Bowl, we got there, and had injury and illness issues, and Nehlen was not known as a great bowl game coach. I thought money was your measure of success, so a loss in the Sugar Bowl and a loss in the Yankee Bowl are hardly the same. Huggins had a rough few years, losing basically two whole classes of recruits that he rolled the dice on, I was beginning to think he may have lost it, but seems to have righted the ship.
We are healthy now....all this comparison stuff means nothing.
We are growing in areas that definitely needed help and the fact that it took so long is glaring. Maybe since it was never taken care of in the past is the reason we are not in ACC or SEC.
Really who cares...future looks bright
We are healthy now....all this comparison stuff means nothing.
We are growing in areas that definitely needed help and the fact that it took so long is glaring. Maybe since it was never taken care of in the past is the reason we are not in ACC or SEC.
Really who cares...future looks bright
You are the one with the credibility issue, tell me again that a win over Texas in a down year is more meaningful than bowl wins over UGA, OU and Clemson, that the loss to sPitt in 2007 doesnt hold meaning. I guess playing in a half assed Yankee bowl on a baseball diamond was better than playing is Sugar, Orange, and Fiesta bowls.....what a joke.
Yes, they were at the helm for the orange bowl, playing with no talent bums all over the field, and the leftover defensive staff from a worthless coaching staff, those same no talent bums who some said caused the losses to two of the worst teams in football....... Everyone likes are different, I value tradition, you value the flavor of the day, I HATE where college football has gone the past 20 years, ESPN has ruined the best sport in the nation, all in the name of some more money.Hmmm..Wasn't Luck and Dana at the helm for the Orange bowl?...And yes..going into a new conference..playing in front of 100,000 plus in Austin was a BIG DEAL!... As big as the Sugar or Fiesta?..No..but I didn't use those wins as examples...
Yes, they were at the helm for the orange bowl, playing with no talent bums all over the field, and the leftover defensive staff from a worthless coaching staff, those same no talent bums who some said caused the losses to two of the worst teams in football....... Everyone likes are different, I value tradition, you value the flavor of the day, I HATE where college football has gone the past 20 years, ESPN has ruined the best sport in the nation, all in the name of some more money.
I agree with you ESPN has ruined the game to an extent, I do however like playing Texas, OK, and about everyone else in the Big 12 as well as what the Big East had become. We never dominated the Big East until Miami and VT had left, I still wouldn't call it domination after they left, how many conference titles did we win outright? If my old age memory is not failing me most were a shared title. A team that dominates, the title would not be shared.
I have liked Holgerson since he came here, with that said, I do believe in his first couple of years he made many mistakes as far as assistant coaches are concerned, but I believe he has learned from his mistakes and has a good group of coaches here, that want to be here. I also believe he has us headed in the right direction. You can look on the field and see the talent that has been developed, and is being developed.