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Bizjack is the scorer that WVU has needed

MORGANTOWN — For the most part, this new era of college athletics has been, shall we say, annoying, especially the idea of every year in darn near every sport fans — to say nothing of coaches and even the players themselves — have to learn a new roster of players. By the time the coach had shaped them into what he wanted and by the time the fan had decided just who his or her favorite player was, he found himself wishing him well at his next school, in the professional ranks here or abroad, or simply going out to earn a living like all of us working stiffs. That hurt, not helped, ...

Rodriguez ready to embark upon an interesting second season

MORGANTOWN — A week before West Virginia opens fall camp of Year 2 of Rich Rodriguez 2.0, about the only thing certain about the product that he will put on the field is the uncertainty of what lies ahead. Call it a sign of the times. RichRod's Homecoming a year ago was more the stuff nightmares are made from than dreams, leading him to a 4-8 season that avoided being a complete flop by a revenge victory in the Backyard Brawl against Pitt. It did little for his record, but it certainly did wonders for persona and kept the local off his tail. RichRod has some breathing room in this ...

Summer with Big 12 coaches, No. 8 Houston’s Willie Fritz

MORGANTOWN — Sometimes coaches are more alike than we think they are. Take West Virginia's Rich Rodriguez and Houston's Willie Fritz who meet in Morgantown for the final home game of the season on Nov. 21. It seems Rodriguez has been in the public eye for a long, long time. Like could it ...

Only 50 days until WVU football kicks off, yet there’s a lot to do

MORGANTOWN — On July 17, West Virginia football released a hype video on its social media platforms. It showed moments from the past, including Tavon Austin, Pat White and Pat McAfee, and showed some highlights from last season. The 17th of July marked 50 days until the Mountaineers run out ...

A hunter’s attitude and spring gobbler season

Some friends and I were talking a few weeks ago about the current attitude of some hunters these days and hunters’ ethics in general. I know hunting has changed from the days I was growing up and a whole generation of hunters that were my mentors in those days are no longer around. I have touched base on some of these subjects before, but they still are an issue that I can’t get a handle on. Most hunters in my day, at least the ones I was around, were not so envious and begrudging about some of the things that go on these days. We were ALL hunters; we were members of the ...

Spring gobbler harvest numbers and rattlesnake encounters

If procrastination was an Olympic sport, I would have been in Paris collecting my gold medal. Here it is the first part of September, and I am just getting around to reporting on Spring gobbler harvest numbers. I, myself, did not have a very good season. Although I didn’t hunt very many days, I was unable to hear a single gobbler during the season. Also, I really didn’t see very much sign in the areas I usually hunt. Some other hunters must have run into the same difficulty as 11,650 bearded turkeys were harvested down from the 12,217 that were taken in the 2023 Spring season. ...