re: WVU showing they deserve an SEC bid with their quality

Actually WVU does not have a weak schedule as it had Penn state, Miami, VT on it every year for years when PSU was elite. Cuse was very tough as well.

Yes the BE sucks now, but WVU has scheduled good teams ooc. regrettably we had 3 years under stew between rrod and DH. and we got LSU in game 4 of the DH era.

WVU beat OU and sec champ UGA(after they waxed lsu btw) in the georgia dome in bcs bowls. we beat VT 2 of last 4 before we got pat white/slaton. shrug.

Under DH WVU is going to be a very good football program. Just like it was under rrod. If WVU was in the sec that would be a major boost to wvu's recruiting and make wvu a power in the area.

WVU is not getting offers to conferences not because of its football team(hoops team was in final four 2 years ago), but because it has a small number of tv sets in its home state.

there is nothing wvu can do to change that fact. But tv ratings also produce money, and wvu does enjoy good tv ratings for its games.

LSU is my 2nd fav team having lived in new orleans many years.

/peace. great win over hated Gators and Tebow pass was awesome.

exactly Geaux,

everyone is nitpicking WVU's football strength, but the fact is had they upset LSU it likely would not have changed much. WVU would be 6-0. higher ranked.

But WVU has been there and done that. And I think most realize that WVU in the SEC will be a killer in 3-4 years with sec recruiting. WVU will compete for the East.

But expansion seems to be all about how many cable subscribers you bring to the table. I am not sure winning the Sugar Bowl this year helps WVU's cause that much. shrug.

8 new staers on defense this year. in baton rouge the year before, wvu had a top 10 ranked defense.

again, wvu can only do so much with the recruits it gets against the likes of LSU this year. Last year WVU's defense was fairly stout and lsu only got 1 td, and that on a 5 yard drive caused by a turnover.

WVU has had a pretty decent defense over the years. The year they spanked OU in the fiesta they shut down sam bradford and company until the game was out of reach. i think OU had 6 points at the half.

Again though, in the sec wvu would take recruits from VT, Pitt, and a few from psu and osu they are not getting now. since the sec takes nonqualifiers, wvu would benefit immediately by that rule change as well. the be changed the rule, over wvu's objection, because of wvu. A lot of WVU's best players under rrod were non qualifiers.

Not p white/slaton though. they were good students.

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Um, they would not compete because they don't play defense.

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Never go full retard

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8 new staers on defense this year. in baton rouge the year before, wvu had a top 10 ranked defense.

again, wvu can only do so much with the recruits it gets against the likes of LSU this year. Last year WVU's defense was fairly stout and lsu only got 1 td, and that on a 5 yard drive caused by a turnover.

WVU has had a pretty decent defense over the years. The year they spanked OU in the fiesta they shut down sam bradford and company until the game was out of reach. i think OU had 6 points at the half.

Again though, in the sec wvu would take recruits from VT, Pitt, and a few from psu and osu they are not getting now. since the sec takes nonqualifiers, wvu would benefit immediately by that rule change as well. the be changed the rule, over wvu's objection, because of wvu. A lot of WVU's best players under rrod were non qualifiers.

Not p white/slaton though. they were good students.

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Your defense is solid, but gets a lot of bump from playing in the Big East and a weak OOC for the most part. Think about the fact you have 5 OOC games, and playing shitty offensive teams doesn't make them great.

You aren't going to get more recruits by being in the SEC. Sorry. It doesn't work that way. You'll be the team furthest from everyone else in the conference and be 3 states away from 4 of your 6 divisional opponents and bring t he same issues Mizzou would have in that regard.

WVU will suffer competitively going to the SEC or ACC. They simply aren't that good to handle week in and week out playing those types of team, just like a Boise St.

That doesn't mean WVU can't be a decent program in the SEC, but they'll at best be #5 in the conference because I can't see them surpassing UF, UGA, LSU, Bama, Auburn, Arkansas and A&M on a regular basis. I can see a coupe here and there, but no, you won't be a competitor for divisional titles, much less conference titles.

Your coach is also a nutjob as are many of your fans. You are not better than A&M and even their fans realistically realize where they will stand in the SEC pecking order and they have the state of Texas to recruit.

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You aren't going to get more recruits by being in the SEC. Sorry

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The recruiting of Ohio,PA, NJ and The DC area would just get better

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Your defense is solid, but gets a lot of bump from playing in the Big East and a weak OOC for the most part. Think about the fact you have 5 OOC games, and playing shitty offensive teams doesn't make them great.

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This.

This year? Ummm.. USCe, UF before the Brantley injury, and UGA would all beat you.

especially if you have to play them mixed in with the likes of LSU, Bama, Auburn, Arkansas, MSU on a weekly basis.

Some of you WVU fans are really delusional, I'll give you that.

Your best win is against a Maryland team that got embarrassed by freaking Temple.

304eer =

Seriously dude. You still living off those passing yards to justify how good y'all are?

How about the fact MSU only lost by 13 or half of what you lost by.

Despite starting a true freshman in his first start, UF only lost by 4 more points on the road than you lost by at home to the same team.