Mountaineers and Football

Mountaineers and Football are inseparable. Any guy with who calls himself a Mountaineer would follow Football ardently. I am big fan of Mountaineer Football. I try to watch every game that the Mountaineers play with a religious fervor. I hate seeing them lose, and am overboard when they win. You can say when it comes to Mountaineers Football, I can't hide my emotions much.

Mountaineer football can be a roller coaster ride with a lot of soap operaish off the field drama going on. Like last season, they would have been in once a lifetime Championship game, had they not lost to the lowly miserable bunch called Pittsburgh. They lost their championship hope by the loss to them where they could not make a single touchdown. All they could muster were some field goals.

Then comes the Fiesta Bowl game where they blow the Sooners 48-28 with such ease that made us all so proud. In all this is the Head Coach Rich Rodriguez drama who chickened and bailed out at the end of the regular season to Michigan. He lost his first game this year with Michigan which I think he well deserved - that selfish brat of a kid called Head Coach Rich Rodriguez.

This year they started with a high note winning easily against Villanova. Then came the true test with ECU which they lost with no signs of a team that won against the mighty Sooners in the Fiesta Bowl. I know ECU was tough team but not having to muster a touch down is hard to fathom. All they could get was a single field goal. So much for talk of a potential Championship contender and a possible Heisman for Pat White. Any hope of either of them are gone when they lose the next game to Colorado 17-14 in a closely contested game. A closely contested game is not good enough.

A good team comes out of closely contested games. It shows some character for a team to come out of holes. This team had the Heisman Candidate Pat White returning with Noel Divine as his running mate. He also has the senior line backers returning this year. The only change is the coaching staff. But this was the same coaching staff that won the Fiesta Bowl.

Anyways that my Mountaineers for you. One week they are up and the very next week they are down. This is what makes them lose the credibility points like that in the Teams in SEC. The important thing though for the Mountaineers is to have schedules with tough teams including those in the SEC. This year they have some good games lined up and the most important is against the Auburn of the SEC. They should consistently have games against the tough teams and eventually the Team will get better. They should stop having their schedule filled with teams like Marshall just for the sake of winning. Sure you can a 11-1 or 10-2 at the end of your normal schedule but if 6-7 of those wins come against teams like Marshall what good is that.

I am glad that this years schedule is tougher than last years. And as always lets cheer our team - Lets Go 'Eers.