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  • Smith won’t coach WVU, to stay with Jets

    A couple of days ago, coach Dana Holgorsen, knowing he was going to be changing the defensive schemes West Virginia University runs, was wondering if he would have enough quality defensive linemen.
    A day after recruiting letters were returned and his first recruiting class was on hand, that worry was alleviated.
    But immediately a new worry cropped up.

    February 3, 2012

  • HERTZEL COLUMN: WVU recruit follows in dad’s footsteps

    When West Virginia University announced on Wednesday that Brandon Napoleon, a cornerback from St. Peter’s Prep in New Jersey, had accepted a scholarship to play at the school, they pointed out that he had turned down offers from Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina and Rutgers.

    February 3, 2012

  • WVU recruits have ‘bit of everything’

    You knew this was a special press conference.
    Dana Holgorsen was wearing a sports coat.
    Certainly, it was a special occasion, for Holgorsen was there to introduce his first recruiting class as head coach, a group of 21 players — five had committed earlier and already were in school, preparing themselves to be ready for spring practice.

    February 2, 2012

  • HERTZEL COLUMN: DeForest plans to alter defense

    The biggest news about the West Virginia football team on recruiting day had nothing to do with recruiting at all.
    Finally, Coach Dana Holgorsen admitted what everyone knew was coming, the days of the Mountaineers’ 3-3-5 defense that had served them so faithfully since the second season of the Rich Rodriguez regime are over.

    February 2, 2012

  • WVU announces football signees

    West Virginia University announced the list of 2012 football recruits on Wednesday:

    February 1, 2012

  • Mountaineers set for signing day

    The most over-hyped, yet most important day of the year arrives today in college football as teams across the nation gaze into that hazy crystal ball of recruiting and sign their future.

    February 1, 2012

  • WVU women hit road, visit South Florida

    The West Virginia University women’s basketball team will take to the road as it faces USF at 7 p.m. today in Tampa, Fla.

    February 1, 2012

  • WVU’s slide is longest under Huggins

    West Virginia’s freshman-dominated roster is showing its age.
    For the first time at his alma mater, Bob Huggins has lost three straight games. A combination of mishandled passes, poor shot choices, and a lack of hustle and ball movement has led to the slide.

    February 1, 2012

  • HERTZEL COLUMN - Former WVU star Thomas lends a hand

    A chance meeting last November in Chicago changed former West Virginia University linebacker J.T. Thomas’ life and with it the life of young Anthony Grandberry, 14, who suffers from epilepsy.

    February 1, 2012

  • Brawled out: VIDEOS

    Deniz Kilicli probably shouldn’t go into public relations when his career as a West Virginia basketball player is over.
    He tells the truth too often.

    January 31, 2012