The 2008 pre-season power rankings have the Ohio State Buckeyes in first place, followed by Georgia. The Oklahoma Sooners come in third.
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Devine was among the top 25 incoming freshmen recruits last season and despite his lack of playing time, the West Virginia faithful had high expectations - and look to carry that momentum in 2008.
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This ugly story has finally reached a closing mark, as West Virginia and Rich Rodriguez finally agree to a settlement on the terms of his recent departure from the school to take over the Michigan job. Rodriguez and Michigan will split the $4 million settlement in order to put the incident to rest   more...
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West Virginia Cheerleader Kendr Bryant is this week's SI On Campus Cheerleader of the Week.
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Outside of Florida, there may not be a team that leans more on one player than the Mountaineers do with Pat White. White enters his senior year as one of the nation's top dual-threat quarterbacks and a frontrunner to contend for the Heisman Trophy.
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So the day has finally arrived for those die-hard NCAA Football gamers, because 2009 comes out today. The question is, as always, how different is it from 2008 aside from the roster changes? Are there enough changes to motivated consumers in this economy to purchase the $60 game (PS3/XBOX)?   more...
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"Rodriguez complained about criticism that followed the Mountaineers' Dec. 1 loss to Pittsburgh, which kept West Virginia out of the national championship game."You've GOT to be kidding me.
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Wow, this settlement came quicker than I thought, and I'm surprised it's the full buy out, too. Wonder where Rich is getting the $$$...
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. â€" West Virginia running back Noel Devine was among four Mountaineers' football players to plead no contest to misdemeanor battery charges after being arrested Thursday.Police said the charges stemmed from an altercation outside Club Z in Morgantown on Feb. 16 but did not provide   more...
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I think he is but why would Pryor want go to Michigan than only start there. Rodriguez might have been paying him to stay all along. Maybe did this while at WVU who knows. We'll I don't know why a number one recruit would go to Michigan. One thing if they were good but they are really down. All   more...

West Virginia RB Steve Slaton announced Sunday that he will skip his senior season and enter the NFL Draft. This season, Slaton ran for 1051 yards and scored 17 TD's. "I just told my coaches," an emotional Slaton said. "This is hard for me. But my coaches that knew me best have left. And now it's   more...
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Here is my list of the top ten mascots in college football. I have ranked them from ten down to one, and you can view a picture of each by clicking on the team name.www.rawsportsblog.com
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Apologies to those who are just a few weeks removed from their contract law final. Feel free to stop reading now.By now you probably know that West Virginia University's Board of Governors is suing former football coach Rich Rodriguez (inset) in order to collect a $4 million buyout of his contract   more...
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Since I have done the way, way too early Top 25 in college basketball I figured that, as I sit down at my computer after a great Fourth of July, a way too early Top 10 in college football can be done as well.
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Richie Rich will be a little lighter in the wallet soon. The woodchucks new coach has settled his contract dispute with WVU. In the end Rodriguez will pay $1.5 million (spread over three easy installments of just $500,000 each) while the U of M will pay $2.5 million up front. Oh, and they are going   more...
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