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Post by mountaineer501 on Sept 16, 2007 19:47:58 GMT -5
Looks like we're landing at # 5 this week. USC, LSU, Okla, and Fla in front of us is still mighty strong company. Season is still early and some of them will lose.
As long as we win we will prevail
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Post by mountaineer501 on Feb 20, 2008 7:52:18 GMT -5
RR did find loyalty and pride in his home state of West Virginia and it was called
Jeff Casteel.
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Post by mountaineer501 on Jan 5, 2008 8:40:25 GMT -5
Schmitt was heart and soul of WVU football team
By Dave Morrison Sports Editor
GLENDALE, Ariz. — West Virginia quarterback Patrick White didn’t have to look far for the key moment in West Virginia’s 48-28 win over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl Wednesday night.
It wasn’t his 46-yard run.
It wasn’t the three sacks the defense registered on Sooners quarterback Sam Bradford ... in the first half.
It wasn’t even his school bowl-record 79-yard touchdown toss to Tito Gonzales that answered an Oklahoma score late in the game.
Nope, it was the big guy, senior fullback Owen Schmitt, who showed his sprinter’s speed on a career-long 57-yard touchdown run in the first half that gave WVU a 13-3 lead.
“I think Owen got everybody started with his run,” White said. “That was the longest run of his career, right? Fifty-seven yards? That got everybody excited. Your fullback outruns a team, hey, anything can happen.”
Not only anything, but everything, as WVU dissected and road-graded what had been a pretty stout OU defense during the regular season.
“I was thinking, ‘I usually get caught from behind,’” Schmitt said of his long-distance gallop. “”Not tonight, though.”
Schmitt not only added to the scoring, but he provided key blocks on several runs, including a pair of Noel Devine TD runs.
Don’t think the freshman phenom didn’t notice.
“Owen Schmitt,” he said of the key. “I have to thank the offensive line and Owen Schmitt. He had some big blocks that really opened things up.”
“That’s West Virginia football,” Schmitt said. “That’s what West Virginia is. That’s how we’re supposed to play. Against Pitt, that wasn’t us.”
All in a day’s work for the 6-foot-3, 260-pound wrecking ball, who will do his next blocking in the National Football League. New WVU coach Billy Stewart, who had high praise for the man who has famously busted 10 face masks and banged himself in his mohawked head with his helmet after he shanked a punt (yeah, he had three punts during the regular season) in the Louisville game.
“Owen Schmitt is the heart and soul of our football team and a tremendous young man and a hard worker,” Stewart said. “You put that guy in a pro lockerroom. Somewhere they’ve got to find a place for that guy... fullback, tight end.
“He is tough. Rock ’em, sock ’em. I’ve never seen him run below a 4.59 (40-yard dash) and I’ve seen him run faster than 4.52, so he is somewhere between 4.53 and 4.58. In the fourth quarter, that’s when he is at his fastest.”
The transfer from Wisconsin-River Falls finished with three carries for 64 yards and finished his career with 1,003 yards.
“I’ll tell you what, the story could not be written any better,” he said, making his way to the WVU lockerroom late Wednesday night. “I’m just glad I got to be a part of these guys, this family.”
He’s even sure that somewhere, Rich Rodriguez, the man he said gave him a chance to play at WVU, was watching.
“I’m sure he was proud,” Schmitt said. “There were a lot of things that happened behind the scenes that nobody really knows. We’ll figure it out whenever. It is what it is.”
As he leaves WVU, he said he takes one thing.
“Memories,” he said, before disappearing into the loud, celebratory lockerroom.
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Post by mountaineer501 on Jan 24, 2008 19:21:39 GMT -5
well had the fastest time but only 8 correct. need both catagories I guess
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Post by mountaineer501 on Aug 29, 2007 17:00:03 GMT -5
OK I sent my picks. Let me know if you didn't get em.
How many do you have in the contest.
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Post by mountaineer501 on Jan 20, 2008 15:01:36 GMT -5
You got it. Just as a side note.. Bob Huggins was a starting guard in that game.
Go on for # 7
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Post by mountaineer501 on Jan 20, 2008 9:27:14 GMT -5
Four times in WVU history a player has accomplished a Tripple Double.
Who was most resent? When? Against what team?
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Post by mountaineer501 on Feb 9, 2008 18:25:25 GMT -5
One Rod Thorn 61-65 This I know because that was when I attended WVU
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Post by mountaineer501 on Jan 25, 2008 14:29:37 GMT -5
OK enough fun with that one. Jerome Anderson was drafted in '75 and played for a couple years. In 1980 Lowes Moore was drafted by NJ and played 2 yrs. Lowes was a freshman when Huggs was a senior. Lowes took over Huggs guard position the next year and started all games in 78 79 and 80.
What surprised me most was that it has been 28 years since a WVU player has made the cut. Good job Smurph. Take # 15
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Post by mountaineer501 on Jan 25, 2008 11:49:41 GMT -5
OK Ray you're in the right era now find someone drafted by NJ.
Mo didn't make the cut for opening day.
Huggins teamed with him only 1 season
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Post by mountaineer501 on Jan 25, 2008 9:12:27 GMT -5
Thanks Davey You are correct in what I meant. Sorry I wasn't clear.
I posed this trivia because I was surprised (NO make that Shocked) as to the answer
Just a little hint. The player in questioned was a teammate of Bob Huggins at WVU.
Now after all those years we expect Huggs to bring that streak to an end.
Hope this hint makes it easier
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Post by mountaineer501 on Jan 24, 2008 21:48:50 GMT -5
Gordon Malone drafted in 97 by Minn. but did not make the roster. I think he played some for Souix Fall in the CBA. They also drafted him that same year.
Try again
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Post by mountaineer501 on Jan 24, 2008 19:16:20 GMT -5
Maybe a littlr harder this time???
Who was the most resent WVU player drafted by the NBA that actually made the team and played in the league.
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Post by mountaineer501 on Jan 20, 2008 19:14:22 GMT -5
I heard that it was Pizza and Doritos. Don't know how true that is. I wasn't invited
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Post by mountaineer501 on Jan 20, 2008 22:40:23 GMT -5
Good Job Go for # 10
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