Move on.
We blew the shot at a national title. We lost a winning coach.
But we won the Fiesta Bowl. We got a coach who embodies the soul of West Virginia—a good person who works hard to get ahead.
And we get to watch Owen Schmidt run one more time—in the Senior Bowl.
Stop pointing fingers. Settle the lawsuit so that no one looks any worse. Forgive and forget. Do not let the bad incidents of the 2007 Football season define you, when there were so many good times.
We have a great team returning in 2008. We have terrific fans, alumni, students, families, great facilities. More West Virginians are actually playing for the Mountaineers than ever before. We now have a great asset, who can glean Florida's fields for talented athletes. The future is bright.
We should not be influenced or upset by outside sportswriters, or fans of other programs. We know what adversity is. We know about hardships and hard work. Just ask any coal miner that has to spend his days in a mine only four feet high.
We have a great reputation across the country as hard workers with great attitudes. When we meet other West Virginians in other parts of the country who may be wearing blue and gold and the WV, we greet each other, and talk about home and the Mountaineers. And we smile.
We believe in integrity and honesty and openness. We are like a breath of fresh air in a world of ugly lies. Even the President visited this state six times to experience it, to realize that there are good people out there and a lot of them are in West "By God" Virginia.
So save your money for next year's season tickets. Buy your gold shirts, your WV hats, and save your voice for "Let's Goooooooooo Mountaineers."
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8 months ago
I couldn't agree with you more. But the only thing that sucks is we won't be getting to watch Owen in the Senior Bowl due to a knee injury on Wednesday. Let's Go Mountaineers!
8 months ago
Well said, its time to move on. This is detracting from two good basketball teams that deserve our attention. Can't wait for Auburn to come to town. It's coach Stews time to shine.
8 months ago
I'd like to know who this article is directed to? Is it to the fans? The school? The coaches? Nieces and nephews of the coaches? The lady at the check out counter?
If you're talking to any of these people, it's meaningless. Because they aren't the problem. The real problem is the press. It's the press that digs and begs for tidbits of the lawsuit. It's the press that hires one writer to defend one camp and another writer to defend the other. Their hope? To create anger on both sides... because that's what sells.
This mess is not going away because the press, the sports writers, the publishers will not let it. They know a smelly mess when they see one, and this one is news worthy and getting a lot of attention.
So if you're gonna preach, preach to the ones who are creating the fiasco. As far as I'm concerned, let the court proceedings begin and let justice prevail.
from 8 months ago
I understand about the press, I have argued with many a sportswriter about their comments and coverage of high school athletes. I know that there can be a lot of untold stories that are key to the real truth. I have seen that with the problems at WVU through the years. I have seen some past coaches there being made out to be heroes when in fact, they were very nasty people; others who were blamed for what WVU didn't do correctly. That is why the internet is so important to the truth also, newspapers have to please their sponsors, advertisers and the people who they get their stories from i.e., WVU - so they have to be cautious in what they say and they don't say... so it isn't always a "free press" plus some sportswriters think they are Gods and can just write anything. This forum, the Bleacher Report, gives others who are not paid, who are not tied down by sponsorship, an opportunity to express what they know.... and sometimes just what they feel. I personally know all the people involved in the WVU football mess, I know that there have been some severe lies put out as smokescreens to cover people's asses and those lies are sometimes printed in the press or on tv or on the internet. All I am saying is, that I agree with you, the newspapers write what they think people want to read - it is up to us not to let it infect our state, our school, our minds and especially those young athletes on the football team.
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