Covid-19 – Blue Gold Sports

Breaking: No Spectators for December Basketball Games

by Ashley O'Brien - December 1, 2020December 1, 2020 0187

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (Dec. 1, 2020) - The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, in conjunction with University, local and state officials, has determined that December men’s and women’s home basketball games will take place without spectators in the WVU Coliseum. Previously, a capacity limit for basketball games in the Coliseum was

Youngstown State Game Postponed

by Ethan Bock - November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 0722

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. - (November 19, 2020) -- The West Virginia basketball team announced on Thursday afternoon that the Dec. 2 game against Youngstown State will be postponed. It was announced this morning that Youngstown State paused all basketball activities due to a positive COVID test within the program. The two schools

How Is WVU Affected by Giving Athletes Another Year of Eligibility?

by Ethan Bock - October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 1824

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – (October 19, 2020) – The NCAA announced on Wednesday that winter sport Division I athletes that compete in the 2020-2021 will receive an extra year of eligibility. Already, the NCAA extended the spring and fall athlete’s eligibility due to COVID-19, but now it is official that the

Breaking: No Spectators for Baylor Game

by Ashley O'Brien - September 21, 2020September 21, 2020 0288

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (September 21, 2020) - The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, in conjunction with University, local and state officials, has determined that football’s Big 12 Conference home opener against Baylor on Oct. 3 will take place without spectators at Milan Puskar Stadium. Due to safety precautions from the COVID-19

WVU Football’s The Reel Neal a mini social media Hard Knocks

by Ashley O'Brien - August 26, 2020August 26, 2020 0542

Morgantown, W.VA. - In my opinion, HBO's Hard Knocks peaked with the Cleveland Browns & Baker Mayfield rookie season two years ago. I'm also the first to admit a love of bad reality television, but I think COVID-19 will change that. I'm not going to want to relive the stress,

Football season tickets not distributed for 2020 season

by Ashley O'Brien - August 26, 2020September 12, 2020 01377

Morgantown, W.VA. - Last week, West Virginia football season ticket holders got the email no one wanted to receive; 2020 football season tickets will not be distributed this season. Season ticket holders were given two options for the funds from their 2020 season tickets: a refund or a MAC (Mountaineer

For Bob Bowlsby, no football likely means no 2020-2021 sports in the Big 12

by Ashley O'Brien - August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 0246

Just a few weeks ago the Big 12 conference and its commissioner Bob Bowslby were the shining lights of the college football season electing to have a 2020 football season just a few days after the Big Ten and the Pac-12 elected to just the opposite. The decision breathed life

Bryce Ford-Wheaton takes to Twitter to make a stand for mask wearing

by Ashley O'Brien - August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 0642

Morgantown, W.VA. - Campuses across the country are returning to a new sense of normal as both students and student-athletes return to school. Amidst the returns to campus, concerns of germ-spreading and COVID-19 are top concerns. On Thursday, Mountaineer football player Bryce Ford-Wheaton tweeted what should be obvious to students

No Spectators for Football Season Opener

by Ashley O'Brien - August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 0444

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (August 20, 2020) - The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, in conjunction with University, local and state officials, has determined that football’s season opener against Eastern Kentucky on Sept. 12 will take place without spectators at Milan Puskar Stadium. Due to safety precautions from the COVID-19 pandemic, only

West Virginia Athletics COVID-19 Testing Update

by Ashley O'Brien - August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 0554

Morgantown, W.VA. - Students are officially back on campus in Morgantown and while that brings hopes and excitement for a school year ahead, it also brings about a fresh set of germs on campus. Over the weekend, the West Virginia University Department of Athletics gave its weekly COVID-19 testing update. The