Something to Chew on!!!!!

Oldiesdude · Post by **Oldiesdude** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 11:19 pm

The first of the 4th quarter, and I know the fat lady has not sung but,

Bob Campbell said:

So Rod goes, they'll hire somebody else and life will go on. Just like where you work.
And they'll still lose to Oklahoma!!!!!!!!

Less than 10 minutes to go! 48 to 28

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FINAL
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48 to 28
Let the fat lady sing!!!

GOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! ERRS!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think I'll even drag my couch out and burn it.

Oh!..... and the guy filling in for Rod..... he's from my hometown.
Gee! wonder if he might get hired?

DJSHOCKLEY · Post by **DJSHOCKLEY** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 1:22 am

I will openly admit that I predicted that Oklahoma would win by blow out...

Maybe it was so I would be pleasantly surprised if they were able to just keep it close...

But NO ONE predicted that they would blow Oklahoma out!!

Good stuff...

But it does still sadden me to know that had they just not gotten outcoached by Pitt, that they would have played for and won it all..

Steelerfan18 · Post by **Steelerfan18** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 1:32 am

I will openly admit that I predicted a WVU victory but damn by 6 points not 20! Looked like the fans and players were chanting for Coach Stewart seems like a great guy and I'd love to see him get a shot although I worry that he's almost too much of a player's coach, that and he went 8-25 at VMI.

Bob Campbell · Post by **Bob Campbell** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:46 am

I picked OU by 10 I believe. The thing about the BCS is, unless you're playing next Monday, The Eers victory is as meaningul as Alabama beating Colorado in the Independence Bowl.

Dave Allen · Post by **Dave Allen** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:23 am

Hats off to the 'Eers on a job well done.

Someone may want to save that one in the archives because you will probably never see that written from me again.

herdgirl72 · Post by **herdgirl72** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 6:18 am

I had a feeling they would win..not that big of course...but win, nonetheless. A sort of F U Rich Rod win. I think the players wanted it for that reason. I have heard they really like Bill Stewart as well.

Which, by the way, he's going to be announced at 9am mountain time as the WVU head coach.

Don't get me started on the Fox coverage of the game......grrrr...

Tom Taggart · Post by **Tom Taggart** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 7:25 am

Gee, you think they favored OKLAHOMA! just a little bit??

Bob Campbell · Post by **Bob Campbell** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 8:23 am

Watching the bowls on Fox I'd have to say college football is not their forte.
But they've got reality shows down.

Dr. Whiplash · Post by **Dr. Whiplash** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 8:52 am

The best sporting events contain some real drama. Last night's was a great sporting event.

WVU press conference at 11 AM. No more calls, we have a winner.

ccolarado · Post by **ccolarado** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:26 am

Bob Campbell wrote:I picked OU by 10 I believe. The thing about the BCS is, unless you're playing next Monday, The Eers victory is as meaningul as Alabama beating Colorado in the Independence Bowl.

Bob,

I believe that you are just wanting sooo bad to be a mountaineer fan that it is tearing you up on the inside. We hold no animosity towards you, we welcome you, come on join us. Oh, by the way Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer agree, WV could have beat anybody in the nation last night.

AARON SCOTT · Post by **AARON SCOTT** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:32 am

Bob Campbell sucks at picking scores

Dave Loudin · Post by **Dave Loudin** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:35 am

Tom Taggart wrote:Gee, you think they favored OKLAHOMA! just a little bit??

Because they showed the OU band even when the Pride was playing?

Because at halftime, it was the "University of West Virginia" marching band twice?

Because we rarely heard how WVU was doing so well but coninuously heard how OU could turn things around any second now?

Because we heard how nice a guy the OU coach was and how he has a great bunch of kids about seventy times?

Naaah.

herdgirl72 · Post by **herdgirl72** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:48 am

I swear to God they must have brought the D crew in to do the game!

It was AWFUL!!!

Uck...I just wanted to reach through the tv and say...give me that mic...idiot.

Not that I'm a prize winning reporter or anything but good LORD they were awful.

OH! And how many times can we get the shot of the friggin Gatorade buckets? Just random shots of Gatorade. I wondered how much they were gettting paid for that.

AAARRGGHHH!!

Bob Campbell · Post by **Bob Campbell** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:48 am

While I have no general disregard for the Eers, when it comes to football I bleed Crimson Tide.

And I'm beating at least one of Kennie Bass' pets in the Fox 8 football pool.

Fox does college football the way ESPN does Nascar, like they've found something, they're not sure what it is, and they don't quite know what to do with it.

AmpedNow · Post by **AmpedNow** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 2:17 pm

DJSHOCKLEY wrote:I will openly admit that I predicted that Oklahoma would win by blow out...

Me too...

Maybe it was so I would be pleasantly surprised if they were able to just keep it close...

Me too...

But NO ONE predicted that they would blow Oklahoma out!!

Me neither...

Good stuff...

Yep.

But it does still sadden me to know that had they just not gotten outcoached by Pitt, that they would have played for and won it all..

Yep.

The 'eers well earned their day in the spotlight. I honestly thought they would choke in front of a national audience with so much attention being paid to them over the whole Rod fiasco. Never mind Oklahoma being ranked #3 in the country...

I'm not a huge WVU fan, but anything that boosts the morale of the people of this state is a good thing.

I just wonder when WVU will officially be considered one of the "big boys" in the country... It looks to me like they are well on their way. Maybe alumni donations to the sports dept will really pour in now.

Does anybody ever see them "outgrowing" the Big East and going to a larger conference, like VA Tech did a few years ago?

CoolBreeze · Post by **CoolBreeze** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:55 pm

I hate to fart in your elevator but, does the following have any bearing... or are we so desperate that we'll take it anyway we can get it?

1... The Okies were missing key players due to injuries.

2... Coach Stewart was chosen in the heat of emotion.

I mean.... would they still have chosen him if we'd lost?

genlock · Post by **genlock** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:00 pm

Maybe they were having troubles getting anyone to bite on the job.

cgarison · Post by **cgarison** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:51 pm

I will have to say that this was a great game to break in all the new HD television equipment that I purchased on New Years Eve.

PassiveObserver · Post by **PassiveObserver** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:23 pm

I agree with Coolbreeze about the Coach Stew issue. I'm sure he's a great guy, ut look up his record at VMI. 8-25 is I'm remembering right. He's been with WVU since 2001, so maybe he's changed. I guess he can't be any worse than the other coaches. The plus side is if he doesn't already have his MBA, he should be able to get that in half the time.

soccerguy · Post by **soccerguy** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 12:06 am

I think Stewart is the right guy at the right time for this position. WVU needs a feel good ending after the Rich Rod incident. However, I don't see him as the long term solution.

My guess is he will make it 4 of the 5 years and then both he and WVU will agree on a buyout for the remaining year.