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Next Up: West Virginia Mountaineers

Sexton Hardcastle

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Alright. Time to move foward. What do we know about WVU.

Pat White- He was supposedly coming to CU until GB shot it down. Crazy rumor eh?

Noel Divine- Star in the making. He can light it up for 6 every touch.

The Defense- They are pretty inexperienced at that side of the ball.

Your thoughts.......
 
This story was written before they got upset vs. ECU.



Not Standing Pat
By Steve Stone for MSNsportsNET.com
August 30, 2008

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Quarterback Pat White did his best to debunk the theory that WVU’s new offensive wrinkles in the passing game may not suit his skills very well.

The Daphne, Ala., native completed 25-of-33 passes for 208 yards and a career-high five touchdowns en route to leading WVU to a 48-21 victory over the Villanova Wildcats on Saturday afternoon at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium.

White’s ability to spread the ball around to his receivers allowed for satisfying performances by receivers Alric Arnett and Jock Sanders. Arnett had four catches for 70 yards and two touchdowns while Sanders hauled in eight receptions for 62 yards and two scores.


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Pirates contain White, shut down No. 8 Mountaineers
By Mark Schlabach
ESPN.com

GREENVILLE, N.C. -- To the surprise of nearly everyone who flocked into Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on Saturday, the clouds cleared before East Carolina played West Virginia.

Nearly as surprising, the sun again shined on the Pirates in their 24-3 upset of the No. 8 Mountaineers.

Not only were the Pirates heavy underdogs against a nationally ranked foe for the second week in a row, but the game was supposed to be played in a driving rainstorm -- or at least in very windy conditions. Tropical Storm Hanna blew up the East Coast early Saturday and the ECU campus was supposed to be in its path.

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1. West Virginia is not championship caliber. Yet.
The Mountaineers never really put up a fight in a 24-3 loss at East Carolina. Their defense, which showed signs of weakness against Villanova, couldn't tackle or stop the run. The offense failed to score a touchdown for the first time in seven years. Bill Stewart has a lot of things to fix before taking his team to Colorado on Sept. 18.

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/ncfnation/0-2-168/What-we-learned-in-Week-2-of-the-Big-East.html
 
WVU's O-line adjusts to pass blocking
September 4, 2008 3:08 PM
Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett


Turns out you can teach an O-line new tricks.

Just look at West Virginia. For years, the Mountaineers' linemen have been schooled to zone-block for the run, creating seams for Pat White and friends to zip through. Now, this veteran group is being asked to move in the opposite direction, to backpedal and pass protect.

The swift culture change commenced last Saturday against Villanova, when White chucked it 33 times for 205 yards and five touchdowns, and the Mountaineers only handed off 22 times.

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Honestly, If we can prevent White and Divine from breaking big plays on the ground, we're in good shape.
 
WV looked very beatable yesterday, but I'm sure OU thought the same thing going into the Fiesta Bowl after WV had just lost to Pitt at home.
 
WV looked very beatable yesterday, but I'm sure OU thought the same thing going into the Fiesta Bowl after WV had just lost to Pitt at home.

i like that. "that's what we get for thinking," right? wvu has some definite areas where they can be exploited.

i am cautious about the angle of the blog. they had just played an ecu team that has been on the build for this moment. they did look human rather than superhuman during the earlier parts of the nova game.

there is no reason to doubt though that with appropriate preparation, solid communication, and building from our mistakes, that we could win this game.
 
Preparing for Pat not so easy
By Mike Casazza
Daily Mail sports writer


MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- It's not that Pat White is conveniently forgetful and chose this week of all the others to fail to remember the events of past games against Saturday's opponent, East Carolina.

"I honestly can't remember," he said.

To review, in 2005 and 2006 the Pirates stymied West Virginia's running game and held the Mountaineers to 280 total rushing yards and 47 total points.

In 2005, White was not yet the phenom he's since become, but he played and didn't play all that well -- 5-for-8 passing with two interceptions and a touchdown, three carries for five yards.

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Changes in works for WVU
By Mickey Furfari
For the Daily Mail


MORGANTOWN -- Coach Bill Stewart said Sunday afternoon corrections and changes already were in the works for the West Virginia football team following Saturday's stunning 24-3 setback at East Carolina.

He and his assistants had met in the morning to view game tapes, see what needs to be corrected, and discuss some changes which might be beneficial to both the struggling offense and the leaky defense.

The players were going to be shown the tapes later in the day, observe the mistakes they made, then participate in a light practice session Sunday night. West Virginia does not return to action until Sept. 18, against Colorado at Bolder, Colo.

http://www.dailymail.com/Sports/WVUSports/200809070310
 
Changes in works for WVU
By Mickey Furfari
For the Daily Mail


MORGANTOWN -- Coach Bill Stewart said Sunday afternoon corrections and changes already were in the works for the West Virginia football team following Saturday's stunning 24-3 setback at East Carolina.

He and his assistants had met in the morning to view game tapes, see what needs to be corrected, and discuss some changes which might be beneficial to both the struggling offense and the leaky defense.

The players were going to be shown the tapes later in the day, observe the mistakes they made, then participate in a light practice session Sunday night. West Virginia does not return to action until Sept. 18, against Colorado at Bolder, Colo.

So, they are going to go back to running the ball, jsut in time for cu,that sucks.
 
One thing the defense has been strong at is stopping the run. Our LB's will be all over the place.

those were my thoughts. ewu had 303 out of their 350 yards on us thanks to the pass. the rams had 187 out of their 258 yards owing to the pass. to date, they have allowed only 118 rushing yards.

i am far more comfortable with our ability to stop the run at this point.
 
WVU's O-line adjusts to pass blocking
September 4, 2008 3:08 PM
Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett


Turns out you can teach an O-line new tricks.

Just look at West Virginia. For years, the Mountaineers' linemen have been schooled to zone-block for the run, creating seams for Pat White and friends to zip through. Now, this veteran group is being asked to move in the opposite direction, to backpedal and pass protect.

The swift culture change commenced last Saturday against Villanova, when White chucked it 33 times for 205 yards and five touchdowns, and the Mountaineers only handed off 22 times.

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New record.....5 frickin posts in a row....
 
do you think they focus on the run these next couple weeks, knowing that we are mo betta at stopping that?

i don't think i would choose that if i were their head coach.

Their Oline is very impressive. They can create holes against anyone imo. Collins definitley has his work cut out for him. I'm thankful that we have some time to prepare for WVU.
 
Their Oline is very impressive. They can create holes against anyone imo. Collins definitley has his work cut out for him. I'm thankful that we have some time to prepare for WVU.

as much time as we have to prepare for them, they have to prepare for us.
 
As good as Noel Devine is....he dances WAY too much in order to gain his yards....if our LB's persue as good as they have (I.E. Like how Mohler played on Sat.) then I would love to see him dance around 2 or 3 guys in the backfield

He's also gonna get layed out and hurt real soon if he continues to do the Reggie Bush stop and go every time he runs the ball
 
Their Oline is very impressive. They can create holes against anyone imo. Collins definitley has his work cut out for him. I'm thankful that we have some time to prepare for WVU.

They're ranked in the top 5 OL's nationally in just about any of the preseason mags out there.
 
The WVU HC Bill Stewert recently commented on CU during his press conference.

On the Colorado game
Heading out to Colorado, it’s a heck of a challenge for a football team. The Buffalos are 2-0. They played a very emotional season-opener against in-state rival Colorado State and beat them, 38-17, and then beat Eastern Washington 31-24. They’re a good football team.

The defense is who carries you in the beginning of the season. They have three senior starters on their defensive front and a junior so that will be a lot of work for our guys. Their linebackers consist of a senior and two juniors; secondary is three seniors and a junior, so it’s clearly a veteran defense and that’s not good because it means they are playing pretty well.

Offensively, they are a bit younger, but they are exciting. Without a doubt, Josh Smith can go and go and he is a jet. He is probably the best return man that I’ve seen up to this point. He’s tremendous and runs to the ball hard. I think Cody Hawkins, Coach Hawkins’ son has great awareness. He’s a sophomore who is a tremendous talent and knows where to go with the ball, what to do, where it should be and why it should be there. He has a firm grasp on his offensive system that his dad put in. It’s very nice to see that and their father-son relationship.

We’re going to have to tackle and we cannot tackle like we did last week. We have to run the ball, go get them, chase them down and get after it and hopefully that is what we’ll do.

I think their specialist is pretty good and they have a tremendous kicker. He’s a decent place kicker and a nice punter. Their snapper is a returning junior and he does a good job. They are a very well-rounded football team.

When you put that uniform on, it’s time to send a message and make your mark and we haven’t made our mark yet. Now, we’ve played and we’ve played well, but we’ve also played not-so-well. I won’t say we played bad because I think the opponent has something to do with that. We haven’t played up to the level I want them to play, the Mountaineer way, the full 60 minutes.

On Colorado’s higher elevation
A football play lasts an average of four seconds, with the longest one being six seconds. All I’m going to do is ask our guys to strain for six seconds. With the clock and the human element, you are going to have a close-35 to 40 seconds to rest. I don’t think it’s (the elevation) a big problem and, in fact, find it almost comical. I lived out there for four years at the Air Force Academy and we were at 6,800 feet. When we went up and did our retreat, we went up to close to 10,000 feet and now that’s a problem. All you have to do is bust it for six seconds and then you’ll have 35 seconds to rest.

On Colorado’s veteran defensive line and WVU’s offensive line
It should be one heck of a battle. They are a tough group, but we’re pretty tough and big also, and when we play well, we aren’t too bad either so it will be one heck of a battle. Last week, I didn’t think some of our linemen played up to their ability and there will be a couple more guys playing this week. This game will be a good battle for our offensive linemen and it will be a big challenge.

http://www.msnsportsnet.com/page.cfm?sport=football&story=13295
 
good read....thanks!....Coach Stewart likes to talk and get into details....my opinion sounds like he is a little worried about his team....the more I read the better I continue to like the way we match up with these guys....anyone have any info on their D-Line, because if our O-Line can get it going we should have a great chance at a W
 
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good read....thanks!....Coach Stewart likes to talk and get into details....my opinion sounds like he is a little worried about his team....the more I read the better I continue to like the way we match up with these guys....anyone have any info on their D-Line, because if our O-Line can get it going we should have a great chance at a W

How about this quote from Stewart:

"I do not believe in oxygen. That's a joke,'' Stewart said. "Oxygen's for astronauts. You go over on the sideline and put an oxygen [mask] on, the play's already over. What do you need oxygen for? Now if you had oxygen while you were playing maybe that would help you. I don't know. I've never been to NASA and experimented with it. But I don't think in my lifetime we'll have football masks with oxygen in them.''
 
If we come out in black helmets I will **** myself, and then guarantee a victory


That would make my year
 
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