College Football Team News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumors
The Big XII is in a state of transition. New schools are coming in. Texas and Oklahoma are in their last year before they bolt for the SEC. And some pretty top-end talent at the running back position moved on to the NFL for the 2023 season. At Last Word on College Football, we are […] READ MORE
To put it bluntly (but perhaps mildly), the West Virginia Mountaineers find themselves reeling after seven games. Head coach Neal Brown finds his leash shortening and his seat’s temperature rising quickly. Through 42 games under Brown, the Mountaineers post a 20-22 record. As Bill Parcells said, “you are what your record says you are.” If […] READ MORE
Previewing the Backyard Brawl Soon enough, we will stop speculating on what could be and start talking about what actually happened. That is right, fans. The college football season is upon us. This Thursday, September 1, the West Virginia Mountaineers and Pitt Panthers will renew a rivalry that spans 104 prior meetings. The opening kick […] READ MORE
Mountaineer Moments in Adversity Part Nine As we round into our pre-season coverage for the West Virginia Mountaineers 2022 football season, we also round out of our series on Mountaineer moments in adversity. WVU has been on its share of lopsided rivalries in its favor, but it has a few where the tide pulls against […] READ MORE
Mountaineer Moments in Adversity Part Eight Fall Camp for the West Virginia Mountaineers began Saturday. The 2022 edition of the Backyard Brawl kicks off in four-and-a-half weeks. As the season opener approaches, we enter the home stretch of our Mountaineer moments in adversity series. We continue in this part eight as we began in part […] READ MORE
Mountaineer Moments in Adversity Part Seven In the last iteration of our Mountaineer Moments in Adversity series, we visited West Virginia’s 70-33 Orange Bowl win over Clemson. In the process, we talked about how Bill Stewart‘s short tenure as WVU’s head coach came to an end. Now, we talk about how it began. Indeed, in […] READ MORE
Fall camp gets underway in a matter of days. The West Virginia football team finds itself just five weeks shy of the season-opening Backyard Brawl. As the news cycle shifts soon to pre-season camp battles, we look to round out our series on Mountaineer Moments in Adversity series. After taking a look at everything from […] READ MORE
Mountaineer Moments in Adversity Part Five The college football community at large may be surprised by this, but the West Virginia Mountaineers have accumulated 767 wins. Only 20 teams have gathered more. If we remove teams that no longer play FBS football, West Virginia is actually 15th all-time in win total. Even so, Mountaineer history […] READ MORE
Mountaineer Moments in Adversity Part Four As Fall Camp rapidly approached, we turn up the heat on our Mountaineer Moments in Adversity series. We already covered the Mountaineers’ first-ranked win (over Pitt), their move to the Big XII, and a season-shifting win over number-three Baylor. This time, we continue the trend from part three by […] READ MORE
Mountaineer Moments in Adversity Part Three We continue our mid-Summer coverage of the West Virginia Mountaineers by tracking the theme started two weeks ago in Mountaineer Moments in Adversity. We offered Part Two last week. This week, we bring you part three and look at one of the moments since joining the Big XII when […] READ MORE
Travis is a commercial litigation and bankruptcy attorney for his day job. A lifelong sports fan, Travis also covers the West Virginia Mountaineers football program and provides insight on issues of national interest. Travis is also a loving husband and proud father of three.