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Tiger To Watch: Dwayne Allen
Something the West Virginia defense has had trouble with this every year is tight ends. Most notably against Syracuse. Nick Provo had a field day with six catches for 61 yards and three touchdowns. And not once was he touched at the line of scrimmage. If you go back and look at the drive charts...
West Virginia Game Set For Noon Kickoff
Follow Down The Drive on Facebook/twitter and check out the store. The Cincinnati Bearcat's game against West Virginia, which is being played at Paul Brown Stadium, will kick off at noon and be carried nationally on ABC. I know that the time sucks. It's hard for everyone to work up a proper lather...
West Virginia Athletic Director Oliver Luck Statement On Big East Meeting
Well, we didn't have to wait long after the UConn email about doing "what is in the best interests for the University of Connecticut" to hear from West Virginia. Here is Oliver Luck's statement which Blue and Gold News tweeted in two parts: President Clements and I represented West Virginia...
Dr. Gross or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the ACC
I'll preface this piece by saying that I'm a lifelong Big East fan. I grew up rooting for Notre Dame and UConn (due to family ties and state pride respectively), and the Big East had a huge impact on my college decision process; I had a top four of Notre Dame, Syracuse, Villanova and UConn, and...
July 7th Jump Off
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West Virginia AD Oliver Luck Talks Big East Expansion & Villanova
West Virginia Athletic Director Oliver Luck broke the silence tonight on the possible Big East Expansion, pretty much confirmed what everybody thought about Villanova's potential move to the conference in football. Luck was a guest on MetroNews Statewide Sportsline tonight and put a few things out...
2011 Big East Tournament: Second Round Stays the Course
The 2nd round of the 2011 Big East Tournament was intriguing with some great close games. That’s as far as the intrigue went as all higher seeds won. As the quarter finals start, all top 8 seeds remain. Here is a recap of the 2nd round games: (8)Georgetown 61 vs. (9)Syracuse 60: This was a...
Change Is Here? The new coach smell
Change Is Gonna … Change Is Finally Here! For Big East Basketball, the past few years have solidified a caste system of basketball, a list of regular haves and have-nots. The narrative, summed into bullet points: Rutgers is hopeless. St. John’s has seen its best days of ...
Game 22: West Virginia 79, St. John's 60 Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of an Upset
St. John's is 12-10, 2-8 in the Big East. Photo courtesy of Red Storm Sports. Box score At halftime it seemed like St. John's could create a moment that they would use to define "Garden Magic" - defeating the 6th ranked West Virginia Mountaineers at home in front of a nice cozy crowd of 6,157...
St. John's vs West Virginia: 5 Questions with The Smoking Musket
5 Questions (posted late, I know), with The Smoking Musket. My answers to their questions on St. John's on the Smoking Musket site; apologies for not being able to post the responses until now, TSM, won't happen again. Later I'll post on the savage street beatdown that was the loss against West...
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