WVU Sports

By Jim Workman It’s difficult to shake that image of the bloodied face of Owen Schmitt as he paced the sidelines in Morgantown. He had either just drilled an opponent with a head-on collision, claiming yet another broken facemask, or bashed his helmet against his own forehead in an attempt to motivate or admonish himself. Despite that, Schmitt [...]

By Bob Hertzel MORGANTOWN — Funny isn’t it, how much time and money and effort is spent on recruiting a class of 19 freshmen football players by West Virginia University when, in reality, no matter how good the class turns out, it doesn’t include their best two recruits. No less an expert on the matter of recruiting [...]

By Bob Hertzel MORGANTOWN — The last two years West Virginia University has come up short against Cincinnati and because of it failed to win the Big East Conference football championship. Bill Stewart plans to take steps to rectify coming up short. How? “I told them I wanted taller players,” he said Tuesday as he spent his final 24 [...]

MORGANTOWN – Last summer, when Geno Smith arrived for his first summer at West Virginia, he promptly broke his foot and was limited during his first fall football camp. By Dave Hickman MO// RGANTOWN – Last summer, when Geno Smith arrived for his first summer at West Virginia, he promptly broke his foot and was limited during his [...]

MOBILE, Ala. — For the second straight year the Under Armour Senior Bowl will feature a West Virginia quarterback on its South roster. Jarrett Brown has officially accepted an invitation to the 2010 game, officials announced Thursday. Former West Virginia quarterback Pat White earned Most Valuable Player honors in last year’s game. Kickoff for the 61st [...]

CHARLESTON — For most of this year in the universe in which he exists, which is a universe without many stars being known as Conference USA, Marshall’s Hassan Whiteside has been something of a defensive beast. Through the season’s first 17 games, this 7-footer from Gastonia, N.C., blocked more shots than any player in Division I [...]

Dave McMichael MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University Football Coach Bill Stewart has announced the hiring of David McMichael, today, as an assistant football coach “David’s ability as a coach and recruiter are exceptional as his 35-year coaching resume can attest,” Stewart said. “I was very impressed with the job he did as a member of the [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - The first of Michigan football Coach Rich Rodriguez’s three annual payments to West Virginia University is due Monday as part of the settlement to their legal entanglement in 2008. WVU Deputy Director of Athletics Mike Parsons said representatives of the former Mountaineers’ coach have been in contact with WVU about making a wire transaction [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University Football Coach Bill Stewart has announced that running back Noel Devine and wide receiver Jock Sanders are returning for their senior years of eligibility. “On behalf of the Mountaineer football family, we are excited that Noel and Jock will remain as student-athletes here for their senior years with the Old [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Latwan Anderson, one of the top overall and uncommitted high school football players in the country, told a national television audience Saturday he plans to attend West Virginia. The 5-foot-11, 185-pound native of Cleveland announced during the U.S. Army High School All-American Game he would join Jason Gwaltney and Noel Devine as the [...]