http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/modules/weblog/ We Must Ignite This Couch en PB http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=624 2008-10-06T10:39:47-05:00 Dusty No such luck Rutgers. Despite losing Pat White for the second straight game, West Virginia got the boost it needed from Jarrett Brown and company to hand the Scarlet Knights their 14th straight loss to the Mountaineers, 24-17 Saturday in Morgantown. Rutgers has never won at Mountaineer Field, dropping to 16-0 all-time, as WVU improved its mark in the series to 30-4-2. But despite a seemingly comfortable 24-10 lead in the fourth quarter, the Mountaineers had to figh... http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=623 2008-10-03T14:45:52-05:00 Jude Remember when Rutgers became relevant for the first time in, well, forever? How they were nationally ranked for a number of weeks and seemed to be on the verge of establishing themselves as a perennial contender? How major colleges like Miami, Alabama, and Michigan were all suitors for the services of Rutgers Coach Greg Schiano? That was fun. This season, Rutgers has fallen back to the pack of mediocrity in a big, big way. Blowout losses to Fresno State and North C... http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=622 2008-09-29T19:38:31-05:00 Dusty Who cares about the alleged rivalry -- West Virginia just needed a win. Riding a surprisingly stout defense -- and taking advantage of repeated Marshall miscues -- the Mountaineers got just that to break their two-game losing streak 27-3 against Marshall in the third Friends of Coal Bowl Saturday in Morgantown. WVU (2-2) improved to 8-0 all-time against the state’s other Division I football program. “It’s a great rivalry; I think it’s great for the state,” WVU head co... http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=621 2008-09-26T13:18:31-05:00 Jude As Mountaineer fans gradually recover from witnessing their beloved team drop two straight games for the first time since before anyone had even heard the name "Pat White" in West Virginia, the Marshall Thundering Herd come rolling into town actually holding a better record (3-1) than the Mountaineers (1-2) going into this game. In a Friends of Coal Bowl game that has a 14 point spread (twice as low as any spread since the two teams began playing each other a... http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=620 2008-09-26T12:52:24-05:00 PB Sorry about the lack o’ column last week folks. Seems that even though Joe did in fact actually narrowly defeat me for the first time this year, he was too stunned by that fact to actually write the damn article. Just kidding folks, Joe is actually missing and no one has any idea where he is. I'm sure he’ll turn up somewhere, most likely with a splitting headache and covered in various bodily fluids. So this week it looks like I’m picking solo, which totally def... http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=619 2008-09-24T11:43:22-05:00 Jude The Mountaineers lost to Colorado last Thursday night, and I haven't posted anything on the website since then for the simple reason that I had no desire to be one of the cacophony of negative voices in this time of turmoil for WVU football. Mountaineer fans, for their part, certainly aren't without opinions right now. The coaching staff sucks, the line sucks, the defense (despite clamping down on the Buffaloes) sucks, etc. (All very common threads seen on ... http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=618 2008-09-21T12:04:43-05:00 Jude West Virginia head coach Bill Stewart doesn’t second-guess his decisions. That’s a sentiment the Mountaineer faithful won’t likely share. No. 21 West Virginia missed a field goal in overtime, and Colorado’s Aric Goodman made good on his chance for 3 as the Buffaloes dropped WVU to its second straight road game Thursday night, 17-14 in front of a national television audience on ESPN. West Virginia dropped to 1-2 following their second straight road loss -- the first time... http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=617 2008-09-16T11:11:13-05:00 Jude Football is a strange, strange game sometimes. Most of the basics of the game stay the same most of the time, from the ability of the defensive line to get penetration to the rhythmic procession of a quarterback and his receivers in a pass play. But every game also brings an endless amount of variables that can't be accounted for. Sometimes a quarterback can be stretching for the first down right beside the sideline, and then fumble a ball that amazingly lays ... http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=616 2008-09-12T15:17:20-05:00 Jude **You have entered the Mountaineer Locker Room Chat** stanchiggychek: OH MAN THAT WAS BRUTAL O_no_U_dent: Fortunately the rest of the team played so terribly that no one is killing me for yet another botched snap. O_no_U_dent: doh! marino_isdaner: Come on, fellas. There's got to be something we can do. There's no earthly reason our offensive line should've been dominated by ECU. figner_newton: loosing make me sad :( dont_be_so_selvish:... http://www.wemustignitethiscouch.com/modules/weblog/details.php?blog_id=615 2008-09-11T19:53:23-05:00 PB An ugly week all around for WVU fans everywhere and my sportsbook in particular. Honestly, after the game on Saturday, I couldn’t even look at football. I didn’t know Tom Brady got hurt until about midnight on Sunday. Even though I was a gaudy 20-2 straight up, I was a miserable 12-7 against the spread, losing most of my games taking the highly favored teams that didn’t cover. OSU couldn’t cover a 34 point spread against Ohio in a game that was actually in doubt in th...