The College GameDay picker at West Virginia was Brad Paisley -- an actual person with ties to the school in question, which hasn't been easy for GameDay this year -- but he needed some time to get ready to come on air:. But once he was out there, he did his job: He mocked Pitt and Penn State, and riled up the West Virginia fans by repeatedly mentioning his hatred for Rich Rodriguez:.
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Georgia was going to lose, TeamChaos was ready to emerge in earnest and WVU would be staring up in the polls at a lot of SEC West teams that had yet to play each other and a lot of other teams that hasn't played schedules half as tough as the Mountaineers.
I was going to finally get to write directly about all these things that I'd been dancing around for a month. This was it. It was finally happening. It was all coming together. GameDay, Chaos. Peaking at the right time. Kansas State at Milan Puskar Stadium at night I was swigging my beer and dreaming big dreams. Then Clint Trickett threw quite possibly the worst pass I have ever seen a Mountaineer quarterback throw. Almost certainly the most costly.
I'm not sure what he was thinking lofting a ball so softly to the sideline to avoid the sack. I don't know why that ball didn't hit a fat guy in the 8th row. I just know he made his worst decision of the day on a day of horrible decisions and in one instant WVU went from a team that was attacking to a team that was protecting. TCU scored 2 plays later and Trickett would complete just one more pass for the rest of the day - a 46 yard chuck to Mario Alford - but the playcalling got conservative and the signal caller got downright scared and WVU was never right again.
Sure they still could have escaped with a win had another play or two gone their way, but the swag was gone. Might be highest percentage play to convert. This was pathetic. And to be honest if you're facing 3rd and 12 from the 14 yard line and you have the best jump-ball receiver in America and you don't give him a chance to make a play I don't know that you deserve to win anyway.
Worth pointing out TCU won toss, deferred to second half, chose to receive in second half and WVU chose to kick into wind in fourth quarter. I've heard the wind wasn't that strong or seemingly important when the game started but still, this seemed an odd decision. Doesn't it seem like we talk about wind a lot more than we used to? Final 3 drives on offense: 9 plays, -7 yards. This from a team that I think had scored in every quarter this season except for 1 against Baylor and the 2nd quarter against TCU.
They'd been relatively consistent all year. Up and down, but never anything like we saw here. All 11 were runs. Back to work tomorrow gotta bounce back against Texas! Love my team! Hope this one doesn't beat 'em twice like the Texas game last year. Even a finish gets this team to and if any of you say you wouldn't have been thrilled with before the season you're damn liars.
Rally the troops, there's a lot of football left to play in this season. Poor Ole Miss. Lost best player, go-ahead TD, fumble, game, division, conference, playoff spot, title shot in less than 1 yard. Just brutal. And it could be a lot worse. I felt awful for Ole Miss Saturday night and am pretty much sick of Auburn right now.
I've got a solid anti-Tigers rant locked and loaded but we've been at this for awhile so I'll save it for another day. Trying to rank yesterday's loss in terms of gut punches in recent time. Tremaine Mack 3. Yesterday 4. Mike Vick 5. I don't want to do too much wallowing here but I will say I was surprised that this one ranked as high as it did. When I first saw Randy's list I thought he was being over-dramatic but when you take into account a the squandered opportunity to win and b the stakes it's pretty far up there.
I could even make a compelling argument that it's 2 - and I say that as someone who was in the stands for Tremaine Mack and 4 Mike Vick. That '96 team was deeply flawed and was going to lose to Syracuse and Virginia Tech no matter what.
This team was looking pretty damn complete there for a bit and had a great look at It was a tough loss but I'll leave off where I began - tough losses like this happen when the games matter. WVU football hasn't mattered for awhile but I think it's going to be mattering for the foreseeable future. That's a good place to be.
It's a helluva lot better than where we were a year ago. Keep that in mind, let's take aim with our muskets at Bevo and Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies.
Spotify Stitcher Megaphone. Filed under:. Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email. Justin K. And we love our Mountaineers. So let's do this But first how about some kids dressed up like ranting coaches to cheer us all up. The GOAT. Let it out. Three and out feels weird. WV came to play. My God pic. You have to actually rip his head off to get our attention. That was Lambert's 12th field goal of 40 yards or more this season.
Hell, we're even fumbling the dip out of our own mouths. Florida 21, Georgia 7. Where has this been all year, Gators? It was all a Dream-ius.
Might be highest percentage play to convert — David Ubben davidubben November 1, I'm sorry. Loading comments Share this story Twitter Facebook. Pretty sure the net has been up longer than that. He's had a long memory. Start New Topic.
He's old enough to know why lee corso is hated by wvu fans. Can't stand to hear that guy talk. More Options. After that he said he would never pick WVU for a game the rest of his life and he hasn't.. Also the reason the stage is now in a caged net.
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