Posted on 08/21/2008 4:26:06 PM PDT by GOP_Raider
Put the shovel down. West Virginia is far from dead.
Yeah, Rich Rodriguez is now coaching Michigan, and offensive sparkplugs Steve Slaton, Owen Schmitt, and Darius Reynaud are gone, but the Mountaineers are still the class of the Big East. The one constant amid all the change in Morgantown is QB Pat White, the dynamic dual-threat that’s capable of carrying the program to a third BCS bowl game in the last four years. That said, the ‘eers have too many question marks on defense and on the sidelines to be considered a legitimate threat to run the table and play for a national title. Oh, and if White ever winds up on the shelf, there are a half-dozen opportunistic schools eagerly lurking behind the frontrunners.
The pack forming behind West Virginia is deep, upwardly mobile, and evenly matched. At the head of the line is South Florida, a rising force in the league that ascended to No. 2 nationally last October before acting its age with an inconsistent stretch run. The Bulls return their most valuable player on offense and defense along with a coach, Jim Leavitt, who’s obsessed with proving last year’s fast start was no fluke.
Cincinnati is moving in the right direction under Brian Kelly, who milked 10 wins out of a program that’ll only get better as it spends more time in the coach’s system. Ditto Randy Edsall, who led Connecticut to an improbable 9-4 record and a first place tie with the Mountaineers. His Huskies welcome back 19 starters from a young team with an old school mentality. Even without RB Ray Rice, Rutgers will be a tough out as long as Greg Schiano resists the temptation to leave New Jersey.
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How could you not PING biggirl on this.
What, she’s on the college football ping list...it takes me a few minutes to find the right pics for the pings you know. :)
I loved the way our USA womens beach volleyball team won last night/this morning. Then they thanked President Bush after the match. OK...now back to football.
Thanks for the ping with a lot of hard work WVU can win the Big East this year.
Hail to Pitt!
GooooooOOOOO BULLS!!!
I love how Kerri and Misty look in-—well, I better not say it and simply keep that to myself. :)
S’ok, four years ago, Trev Alberts and Craig James thought Utah (yes GOP_Raider’s Runnin’ Utes) was “overrated”. And they say “any press is good press”...
Have you read Colin’s power rankings yet?
I haven’t. I’m probably going to post the Big XII preview tomorrow and if I can get a link for it I’ll post it here in the near future.
Thanks for the Big East football conferance update. Please do put me on your CF PING list if you have not already have done so. Let me know by mail please. Thanks! :) =^..^=
GO UCONN HUSKIES FOOTBALL, BEAT HOSTRA NEXT THURSDAY!
Thanks for your help. Nice to see you again in posting for for college football. :)
Now that the olympics are now winding down, looking forward to the sports of fall, college football.
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