Worldwide Leader of Expansion Unmasked

ESPN hates your team. ESPN hates your conference. ESPN is an evil corporate conglomerate that exists for the sole purpose of sucking the joy out of your sports viewing life. ESPN pays off refs to get the results they want to make millions all at the expense of your team. They ignore games your team [...]

Oliver Luck Dips Into His Rainy Day Fund ….Again

We learned last month that Oliver Luck has no problems speaking plainly and making bold statements.  In a wide ranging interview during the lengthy rain delay of the WVU / MU game, Luck took shots at Rutgers, the current bowl system & (long before the defection of Syracuse & Pitt) made clear WVU had a [...]

Worth a SECond Look

  In 1863, the area of northwestern Virginia, in protest of the state’s decision to leave the Union, itself seceded from Virginia.  The state of West Virginia was formed and a veil forever drawn between the Mountain State and it’s former brethren in the South.  If you are to believe the churning rumor mill, however, [...]

Oliver Luck Doesn’t Take a Raincheck

It’s not often that I find myself fortunate to not be at a WVU game (but instead in the middle of nowhere, NC) but today was that rare opportunity.  In an effort to simply kill time during an extended rain delay, Tony Caridi fell into an interview with athletic director Oliver Luck that was as [...]

Cosa Nostra: “Our Business” Part I

With the Big East meetings coming to a close, the expansion talk is once again heating up. So I thought, why not throw my hat into the ring and give my take on strategy.  And what better way to analyze a set of strategic moves than comparisons to “The Godfather,” a study in strategy

Luck Favors the Prepared

Reading the comments of WVU AD Oliver Luck regarding the possible addition of Villanova as a Big East football member, I couldn’t shake the feeling that, in that smoke (and rosary) filled room where the decisions

Truck Spot

After notching a much needed win against top 10 Notre Dame, WVU fans are left to stare at the TV, shake their heads and wonder exactly where in the hell this Truck Bryant came from and how long he’ll stick around. Standing in stark contrast to the consistency of guys like John Flowers and Cam [...]