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Coach Brown addressed the media from home amid shelter in place orders

by Ashley O'Brien - March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 0240

Morgantown, W.VA. - As COVID-19 continues to be a dominate presence across the country and in the sports world, Morgantown, West Virginia is in its first few days of shelter-in-place and West Virginia students will not be back on campus for the remainder of the semester. The West Virginia football

Dravon Askew-Henry finds new home in NFL

by Ashley O'Brien - March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 0210

New York - West Virginia alum Dravon Askew-Henry is the latest of XFL standouts to make their way over to the NFL this week. Askew-Henry has signed with the New York Giants after his spring with the XFL's New York Guardians. The defensive back was actually a running back in

Mountaineers in the XFL

by Ashley O'Brien - March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 0273

With no live sports for the foreseeable future, sports addicts like myself have to find new and creative ways to get their sports fix. Maybe it's waking up at 4:00am to watch a ten year old basketball game (guilty). Maybe it's staying up until almost midnight to pretend you don't

Mountaineer Nick Kwiatkoski signs with Las Vegas Raiders

by Ashley O'Brien - March 17, 2020March 17, 2020 0339

Las Vegas, NV. - In a time when a vast majority of sports fans were gearing up for the 2020 NCAA Tournament, those same are now looking to off-field and off-court happenings for their excitement. The latest for West Virginia fans? Mountaineers alum Nick Kwiatkoski has signed with the Las

Coach Brown’s second season in Morgantown officially days away from starting

by Ashley O'Brien - March 5, 2020March 5, 2020 0431

Morgantown, W.Va. - After the basketball trials of February, Mountaineer nation is surely ready for more positive vibes ahead for Mountaineer sports. The basketball team finally won Tuesday night, the baseball team had four pitchers through a no-hitter. Mountaineer football is finally back. Spring practice is under a week away

Mountaineers announce annual Gold-Blue game date

by Ashley O'Brien - February 3, 2020February 3, 2020 0354

Morgantown, W.Va. - Monday afternoon just mere hours after the culmination of the 2019-2020 NFL football season, the West Virginia football program announced the date for the annual spring game. This year's annual Gold-Blue football game will kick off at 1:00 EST on Saturday April 18 at Milan Puskar Stadium.

Mountaineer Eli Wellman signs reserve/futures contract with Packers

by Ashley O'Brien - January 8, 2020January 8, 2020 0636

Green Bay, WI. - Former Mountaineer fullback signed a reserves/futures contract with the Green Bay Packers on Monday. Wellman was previously on the Washington Redskins roster after being signed as an undrafted free agent during the 2018 NFL Draft. Wellman played in 51 games as a Mountaineer and making it

Coach Seiler accepts Defensive Coordinator position

by Ashley O'Brien - January 6, 2020January 6, 2020 02225

Morgantown, W.VA. - January 2020 brought New Years resolutions, likely too much time with family over the holiday season, another loss at the Phog in Lawrence and the latest West Virginia football coach to take a job outside of Morgantown. Inside linebackers and special teams coach Blake Seiler has accepted

Pat White named Running Backs Coach at USF

by Ashley O'Brien - January 2, 2020January 2, 2020 0758

Tampa, FL. - Beloved Mountaineer Pat White has a new job title and city to start the year 2020. Former quarterbacks coach at Alcorn State University has been named the running backs coach at the University of South Florida. White is one Mountaineer that truly needs no recap or introduction

Football fans take to social media to voice opinions on opening in coaching staff

by Ashley O'Brien - December 25, 2019December 24, 2019 05636

Over the past weekend, football head coach Neal Brown took to Twitter to announce the first (and hopefully last) coaching staff departure following the 2019 season. Coach Brown announced that receivers coach Xavier Dye would be leaving the program just ten months after getting to Morgantown. Dye is taking his