The Shotgun/Throwdown: St. John's Gameday (1/25/12) Edition

by WVUIE97 on Jan 25, 2012 8:22 AM CST on The Smoking Musket

Welcome, By-Godders, to the Shotgun/Throwdown, WVU's nationally recognized best place for sports links, information, sophomoric humor and daily distractions. We're being brought to you today by Storm Brewing's Red Dawn Bronze Ale, in preparation for tonight's opponent. Bob Huggins leads his...

The Shotgun/Throwdown: Wednesday (1/11/12) Edition

by WVUIE97 on Jan 11, 2012 8:24 AM CST on The Smoking Musket

Welcome, By-Godders, to the Shotgun/Throwdown, WVU's nationally recognized best place for sports links, information, sophomoric humor and daily distractions. We're being brought to you today by Radeberger Pilsner. Well, it seems it's all over but the presser. WVU's defensive coordinator Jeff...

Links: Jeff Casteel looks to be headed to the Arizona Wildcats, reports say

by K_Zim on Jan 5, 2012 8:36 PM CST on Arizona Desert Swarm

Jeff Casteel, the architect of the West Virginia Mountaineers' defense, is working on completing a deal with the Arizona Wildcats to join head coach Rich Rodriguez's staff, according to a tweet by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter Colin Dunlap. Jeff Casteel "finalizing deal" w/ Arizona today. Jeff...

Open Letter To Dabo Swinney From The Product

by JohnRadcliff on Dec 27, 2011 8:01 AM CST on The Smoking Musket

A Celebrity Roast of John Marinatto

by JohnRadcliff on Dec 19, 2011 12:00 PM CST on The Smoking Musket

A gathering of Big East celebrities have joined for a special Christmas Roast of the commissioner, John Marinatto. This once proud union comes together for their last Christmas as a conference to stab back at the one they call Brutus. I remember when John came to me as a young intern and asked me...

Film Study | The Vanderbilt Offense

by Matt Opper on Dec 16, 2011 3:00 PM CST on Down The Drive

Follow Down The Drive on Facebook/twitter and check out the store. One of the interesting things about Bowl Games, for me at least, is seeing the wrinkles that teams come up with in the course of a season to win ball games. College Football more than almost any other sport is such a coach driven...

The First Annual Smoking Musket Year End By-Godder Awards

by WVUIE97 on Dec 13, 2011 3:04 PM CST on The Smoking Musket

Welcome to the first annual Smoking Musket Year End By-Godder Awards, where we celebrate those who achieved glory (and some dubiousness) on and off the field/court in 2011. Mueller Athletic Tape Award for Spraining Ankles: Tavon Austin CERN Award for Best Use of Lasers: Frank Martin - check out...

West Virginia Mountaineers Football Recruiting Update: Class of 2012

by Country Roads on Dec 15, 2011 10:00 AM CST on The Smoking Musket

Now that the football regular season has ended and the players are taking their finals before the bowl prep really gets underway, the coaches are out tearing up the recruiting trail. This is a huge time for recruiting, as the majority of the class is in place and coaches work to fill needs and...

BCS Programs Making Coaching Moves While Boston College Stands Still

by Brian Favat on Dec 13, 2011 11:00 AM CST on BC Interruption

Brian: It has been a big, big year for the college football coaching carousel. To date, a total of 24 Division I-A programs will be breaking in new coaches in 2012, including 11 from BCS AQ conferences. Within the conference, North Carolina just hired Southern Miss's Larry Fedora to replace the...

Bruin Bites: We Still Don't Have a Head Coach Edition

by Bellerophon on Dec 7, 2011 5:00 PM CST on Bruins Nation

Yeah, so Rick has been out 10 days and Chianti Dan has managed to completely flounder with a coaching search that has been a total joke. Of course, for those who have been following Chianti Dan's every-increasing tone-deaf stupidity, it is hardly asurprised that our coaching search feels sloppy...