The Times West Virginian Mickey Furfari

FURFARI COLUMN - City council to honor Mountaineers

2012-01-30T05:00:00-05:00

It seems fitting that Morgantown City Council has decided to honor West Virginia University’s 2011 champion football team.
Mayor Jim Manilla will preside at a committee of the whole meeting on Tuesday evening in the council chamber.

FURFARI COLUMN - Cronin says Kevin Jones is NBA caliber

2012-01-25T05:00:00-05:00

Kevin Jones, the leader of the surprising West Virginia University men’s basketball team, continues to be No. 1 in the Big East in both scoring (20.7 ppg) and rebounding (11.3).

FURFARI COLUMN - Admirers will miss Joe Paterno

2012-01-24T05:00:00-05:00

I am deeply saddened by the tragic death of Joe Paterno last Sunday at 85 in State College, Pa.

FURFARI COLUMN: WVU football captains named for 2011 season

2012-01-21T05:00:00-05:00

Coach Dana Holgorsen has announced that a junior and three seniors have been named permanent captains of West Virginia University’s 2011 football squad.
They are quarterback Geno Smith, offensive tackle Don Barclay, linebacker Najee Goode and cornerback Keith Tandy.

FURFARI COLUMN: WVU to receive fourth Lambert Trophy

2012-01-19T02:04:06-05:00

West Virginia University’s earth-shattering 70-33 victory over favored Clemson was witnessed by football TV viewers from coast to coast.
But the fact that the Mountaineers won another Lambert Trophy in the process hasn’t become as well known. That is symbolic of NCAA Division I supremacy in the East.

FURFARI COLUMN: Hinds doing ‘great job’ as new WVU point guard

2012-01-18T05:00:00-05:00

Coach Bob Huggins thinks freshman Jabarie Hinds has done a great job as a point guard for the West Virginia University men’s basketball team this season.
The 5-foot-11, 175-pound native of Mount Vernon, N.Y., signed with WVU in November 2010 as a shooting guard.

FURFARI COLUMN: WVU’s 43-0 win at Syracuse a Nehlen Favorite

2012-01-17T05:00:00-05:00

West Virginia, ranked No. 11 at the time, smashed Syracuse 43-0 in football on Oct. 30, 1993 in upstate New York in what remains the Orange’s biggest beating in this old and at times, bitter, rivalry.
It has to be one of the most cherished victories in Hall of Famer Don Nehlen’s 21 years as the Mountaineer head coach.

FURFARI COLUMN: What is Dunlap going to do?

2012-01-16T05:00:00-05:00

Where will veteran Steve Dunlap end up as West Virginia University puts together a new defensive coaching staff?
That is, if he decides to return to his alma mater through the 2012 football season as stated in his contract.

FURFARI COLUMN - Cignetti not surprised by Saban’s success

2012-01-11T05:00:00-05:00

Frank Cignetti, head coach at West Virginia University from 1976-79, has been a longtime admirer of Nick Saban’s football coaching ability.
He gave the Marion County native one of his first jobs, as coach of the Mountaineers’ defensive secondary in 1978-79.

FURFARI COLUMN - Austin’s return is great news for WVU

2012-01-10T05:00:00-05:00

I know a guy who couldn’t be happier that Tavon Austin has decided to return for his senior year of West Virginia University football.