Friday, December 01, 2006

Must Beat Rutgers

Alright, I officially declare the period of mourning for WVU's loss to USF to be over. Time to move on and beat the Scarlet Knights. Granted, we're not playing for as much as we anticipated...but 10 wins in a season is not a thing at which to scoff. Do you realize how many seasons we would have been overjoyed with 10 wins?

Would we rather be back in the Nehlen days? Honestly? I do miss the Nehlen defenses but we have an offensive minded head coach and we're relying heavily on the offense to win games. On defense, we leave something to be desired. But I still wouldn't switch...we just have to improve.

I think we can beat Rutgers by using some mis-direction and play action passes DOWN THE FIELD. Rutgers defense aggresively pursues the ball and we MUST use that against them. If we fall into the same rut we did against USF, it could be a long day at Mylan Puskar Stadium. A win, we could sneak into the Gator Bowl...I still feel like it's a Sun Bowl kinda year.

Hopefully we don't have to listen to Coach Rod announce he is leaving for Alabama after the game. I don't think he's going anywhere...but the eerie silence coming from Morgantown scare me more than all the loud "he's leaving" talk.

So, I encourage everyone to brave the cold weather on Saturday to cheer on the Mountaineers and thank the Mountaineer seniors for their contribution to the program. If you're going to skip out on the game because you're a girl, then give your tickets to someone who will fill the seats. Anything less than standing room only is really unacceptable. Mountaineers 38 - RU 21

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