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Overusing horns down will dilute its effect
When David Sills V threw the horns down after scoring a touchdown against Texas last season, time stood still for Mountaineer fans everywhere. #HornsDown Photo by Temitayo Adesokan The horns down is one of the best taunts in college football. It takes one of the most recognizable and storied symbols in the nation and literally turns it on its head. It is also a great wrinkle in the budding rivalry between the Longhorns and Mountaineers.
Lineup set for WVU wrestling following 2019 Wrestle-Off
With the start of the wrestling season fast approaching, the Mountaineers’ starting lineup was solidified at the 2019 WVU Wrestle-Off on Saturday. The Wrestle-Off was the first appearance of the season for the Mountaineers with veterans and newcomers alike showcasing their skills. Wrestlers in each weight class competed against each other in a round-robin format to determine who will start in each weight class.
Can the bye week prep help WVU against Texas?
For a football team, a bye week means having some time off where the team does not have to be preparing for any specific opponent or practicing any one specific thing. #HornsDown Photo by Temitayo Adesokan With the Mountaineer football team on bye this week, head coach Neal Brown is spending the time focusing on development. “The bye week is here and it comes at a very good time for us,” Brown said during his Tuesday press conference. “This is a critical week for our development.
Overusing horns down will dilute its effect
When David Sills V threw the horns down after scoring a touchdown against Texas last season, time stood still for Mountaineer fans everywhere. #HornsDown Photo by Temitayo Adesokan The horns down is one of the best taunts in college football. It takes one of the most recognizable and storied symbols in the nation and literally turns it on its head. It is also a great wrinkle in the budding rivalry between the Longhorns and Mountaineers.
Don’t throw drinks at football games
Sept. 22, 2018; Kenny Robinson hi-fives the WVU lower student section following the Mountaineers' 35-6 win over Kansas State. Photo by Temitayo Adesokan With the WVU football game this weekend, it’s time to remind fans of something that really shouldn’t be an issue, especially considering the price of stadium drinks. Don’t throw drinks at football games.
Top 10 sports moments of 2018-19
1. #HornsDown The game that started a movement. In what ended up being the Mountaineers’ final road win of the season (and Dana Holgorsen’s WVU tenure), Will Grier and wide receivers David Sills and Gary Jennings dazzled a national television audience in a 42-41 win over Texas. With 16 seconds remaining, Grier found Jennings for a 33-yard touchdown to potentially set up overtime.
Student journalism will always be vital to a college campus
Student newspapers are responsible for two basic things: being a voice for students on campus and holding our University accountable. A week before classes began last August, our editorial staff read through a readership survey about the DA taken last summer. The results were humbling. Hardly anyone read us, nobody knew who we were and those that did read us didn’t know we were independent from the University. Even better, almost all of our editorial staff had never had a leadership position before.
New leadership transforms dynamic of offensive line
In his first season at the helm of the offensive line of the West Virginia football team, Matt Moore has his work cut out for him. Like head coach Neal Brown, Moore comes to WVU from Troy University, where he coached the offensive line since 2016. Despite losing three starters from last season, Moore will work to retain the progress of an offensive line that helped to lead the Mountaineers to the second-ranked offense in the Big 12 Conference last season. “We’ve gotten better up front.
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2019 quarterback competition: A battle of four
Jack Allison warms up during spring practice. Photo by Temitayo Adesokan New head coach Neal Brown will face one of his toughest first-year challenges as he tries to find the right quarterback to lead the West Virginia football team. After two-year starter Will Grier departed for the NFL and Austin Kendall transferred to WVU from Oklahoma, the Mountaineers are facing a genuine quarterback battle for the first time since 2013.
Joe Mama’s facing a dogfight in Best College Bar elite eight
Joe Mama's bar at 345 High Street in Morgantown Photo by Temitayo Adesokan After cruising through the first three rounds of Barstool’s Best College Bar bracket, Morgantown’s Joe Mama’s is now in the fight of its life in the elite eight. Up against Rutger University’s Scarlet Pub, Joe Mama’s has been trailing for much of the voting period.
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Eleven people served arrest warrants for involvement in Spruce Street snow day riot
Eleven individuals have been served arrest warrants over their involvement in the Spruce Street riots on Feb. 1.
The DA's 2019 SGA endorsement: No one
Polling locations are open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday at the Mountainlair, the Student Recreation Center and the College of Law. By Temitayo Adesokan In the past, the Daily Athenaeum has endorsed candidates in the WVU Student Government Association election. This election, we will not be making an endorsement. The lack of endorsement has nothing to do with incompetence from any of the candidates.
Mountaineers set to begin Big 12 Tournament
The Mountaineers finished the regular season with a dismal 4-14 record in duals in coach Tim Flynn’s first year. 125-pounder Devin Brown locking arms with a West Point wrestler Photo by Temitayo Adesokan However, the team went 3-6 in what the NCAA sees as the second toughest conference in wrestling, based on the qualifier allocations, the Big 12 was given 53 automatic qualifying spots, second only to the Big Ten with 78.
WVU gymnastics travels to Columbus for tri-meet
The WVU gymnastics team will travel to Columbus, Ohio, to take on No. 23 Ohio State and Temple this Saturday. McKenna Linnen poses after her performance on the balance beam. Photo by Temitayo Adesokan Coming off of a loss to top-ranked Oklahoma last Sunday, the Mountaineers now sit at 24th in the Road to Nationals rankings thanks to their eighth-ranked floor routine (49.23 national qualifying score) and 22nd-ranked vault (48.93 NQS).
Need a place? You can buy former WVU football head coach Dana Holgorsen’s house for $3 million
Former WVU football head coach Dana Holgorsen’s Morgantown house has hit the market for $2,950,000. Holgorsen’s house has hit the market for nearly $3 million. Photo by Temitayo Adesokan The house, at 214 Mystic Drive, has an estimated monthly mortgage of $11,508, according to Zillow, an online real estate database. The house has five bedrooms, four full bathrooms and one half bathroom, according to Zillow. It is 7,733 square feet and sits on 3.62 acres, which is more than 2.5 football fields.
Mountaineers eyeing NCAA Tournament
As the season dwindles down, the Mountaineers are looking forward to the postseason and qualifying wrestlers for the NCAA tournament in March. But first, West Virginia has one final regular season dual on Feb. 24 at South Dakota State. Redshirt freshman Noah Adams lifts Army wrestler off the mat. Photo by Temitayo Adesokan Following the dual with South Dakota State, WVU has two weeks to prepare for the Big 12 Tournament.
24-hour campus closure snowballs into a five-day weekend
What was supposed to only be a 24-hour campus closure due to “deteriorating conditions and bitterly cold temperatures” turned into three straight campus-wide snow days, which created what essentially was a five-day weekend. Woodburn Hall looking beautiful covered in a fresh blanket of snow.
Police disperse crowd on Spruce Street
A gathering of hundreds on Morgantown's Spruce Street was dispersed by police on Friday, a s…
Sororities welcome new recruits on bid day
Excited sisters gathered in the Mountainlair on Sunday to find out which sorority they had been invited to join. The Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority celebrating after spring bid day 2019. Photo by Temitayo Adesokan “I am very proud of the work of the Panhellenic leadership over the course of the last two weeks,” said Matthew Richardson, director of Greek Life at WVU. “For the first time in many years, all of our chapters matched to the maximum number of women per new member class.
WVU takes on powerful competitor in No. 3 Oklahoma State
Following three straight losses, the WVU wrestling team looks to right the ship on Friday against their biggest test of the season — the No. 3 Oklahoma State Cowboys. WVU wrestling has had a tough season with their record sitting at 2-9. photo by Temitayo Adesokan This season has been a tough one for head coach Tim Flynn’s squad as the team currently sits at 2-9. They have lost nine of their last ten head-to-head matchups, with the last victory coming on Dec. 30.
WVU women's basketball cruises past Pitt 77-43
After falling to Missouri on Dec. 2, the West Virginia women’s basketball team rebounded and got back to their winning ways in the Backyard Brawl knocking off Pitt, 77-43 on Saturday afternoon. The Mountaineers (5-2) seemed to take control of the momentum from tip off after beginning the game on a 14-0 run through five minutes of action behind junior guard Tynice Martin’s six points.
From 'Horns Down' to his family life, Grier’s star power has been the heartbeat of WVU
Whether it’s seen through the stat sheets, the bootleg customized football jerseys rampant on gamedays or the mantra of “Horns Down,” Will Grier has left his mark on the Mountaineer football program in his two seasons as starting quarterback. Quarterback Will Grier walking out to the field at the beginning of the game. Temitayo Adesokan/ The Daily Athenaeum Coming out of high school, Grier committed to play quarterback at the University of Florida.
Old Big East rivals meet in Camping World Bowl
West Virginia finished with an 8-3 record, good enough to earn a trip to Orlando, Florida for the Camping World Bowl. WVU has gone to a bowl game the past four seasons but only won one of them (the 2015 Cactus Bowl against Arizona State). The Mountaineers opponent on Dec. 28 will be the Syracuse Orange. Syracuse is coming off of a 9-3 (5-2 ACC) record, which saw them sit in second place in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Coastal, one spot behind conference champion Clemson.
Short-handed WVU loses to Missouri
Oct. 30, 2018; Tynice Martin going up for a mid-ranger. Temitayo Adesokan On Sunday night in the Coliseum, Missouri defeated West Virginia, 68-51. WVU played their best in the first and third quarters, falling significantly behind in the 2nd with a FG% of 12.5. A lot of missed layups and easy shots where the pitfalls for the Mountaineers. The loss was disappointing but head coach Mike Carey believes mistakes were made because he is lacking players.
'Coachable’ Matthews ascends into key role off WVU bench
Jordan McCabe has seen this all along. Forward Emmitt Matthews Jr. goes up in an attempt for a layup. Photo by Temitayo Adesokan The West Virginia freshman point guard has known about freshman forward Emmitt Matthews Jr. dating all the way back to their days in Washington, where Matthews hails from and played for a team from Tacoma while McCabe spent a little time and played for a team based in Seattle in between his two stints in Wisconsin.
Hopeful applicants learn firsthand what it takes to be the Mountaineer
The Mountaineer is, for all intents and purposes, the face of WVU. Mascot Trevor Kiess celebrating with fans after a WVU football game. Photo by Temitayo Adesokan Seen at almost every athletic event, countless promotional materials and basically all over campus, being the Mountaineer is a big responsibility. An information session for WVU’s next Mountaineer was held Tuesday evening. Trevor Kiess, the University’s current mascot, attended and explained his role at the University.
Holgorsen: Long is the best linebacker in college football
West Virginia head coach Dana Holgorsen does not hold back when discussing what type of recognition redshirt junior linebacker David Long should get. “I don’t know how we’re not looking at him being National Player of the Week on a lot of different things,” Holgorsen said. “I don’t think he’s been Big 12 Player of the Week yet this year. How can that guy not be Big 12 Player of the Week?
WVU cannot overlook its trip to Stillwater
The upset-minded Oklahoma State Cowboys are looking to knock West Virginia off the top of the conference mountain. This game cannot be overlooked by the Mountaineers. WVU still controls its own destiny in reaching the Big 12 championship game after last week’s 47-10 drubbing of TCU. Oklahoma State beat Texas at Boone Pickens Stadium a few weeks ago, so the Mountaineers do not have it easy on Saturday. “They’re used to winning 10 games a year,” said head coach Dana Holgorsen.
Grier, WVU show they have what it takes
The great ones find a way.Down 41-34 with 16 seconds remaining, West Virginia’s Big 12 title hopes were hanging in the balance. The 100,000-plus fans of Texas were loud. They were ready to watch their Longhorns get one step closer to playing at Cowboys Stadium on Dec.
Second-seeded Mountaineers looking to wrangle Longhorns again
After defeating the Oklahoma Sooners on Sunday, this is the sixth straight season in which the WVU women’s soccer team has advanced to the semifinals in the Big 12 Tournament. Lauren Segalla boxing out Texas defender. Photo by Temitayo Adesokan “We felt that we had unfinished business against Kansas. We were disappointed in the loss,” head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown said in a phone interview on Monday when asked about bouncing back from the regular season finale.
WVU doesn't win or lose the bye week
For the second week of the season, the WVU football team found themselves sitting at home over the weekend.The Mountaineers remained at No. in the AP Poll after not playing this weekend, but there were plenty of other games in the Big 12 and beyond that affected the team moving forward.No. 9 Oklahoma 52, TCU 27 While the Horned Frogs made it interesting in the second quarter, they were no match for Kyler Murray and the Sooners.Murray got most of his yardage through the air, completing 19 of...
Ernest and Lobban named Homecoming royalty
The 2018 Homecoming king and queen are ready to accomplish great things at the University after being crowned on Saturday.Seniors Douglas Ernest Jr. and Kendra Lobban took their crowns during the halftime ceremony at Milan Puskar Stadium.Ernest said winning the crown felt amazing. “I almost passed out on field.” Ernest said. “It’s a moment I’ll never forget.”"A Homecoming king has a big role at WVU and I can use that for good,” Ernest said.
Women’s soccer aims to continue success against Iowa State
After rebounding from their first conference loss of the season by defeating Texas on Sunday, the WVU women’s soccer team is aiming to keep their success going into Friday’s match against Iowa State.Since joining the Big 12 Conference in 2012, the Mountaineers and the Cyclones have matched up six times. WVU has come out victorious each of those times.While anything can happen in a match, the Cyclones do not have much going for them.
West Virginia invades Texas Tech in what could be a shootout
Two weeks ago, West Virginia was supposed to travel to Raleigh, North Carolina to face off against the NC State Wolfpack.That game was not played because of Hurricane Florence making landfall in the Carolinas the day before the game was scheduled to kick off.WVU is still without a true road game, as NC State would have been its first test on the road and really its first test all season.
Colorado Boulder’s fraternity disassociation story very similar to WVU’s
Over the course of about seven weeks, five fraternities have disassociated from WVU, including three in the last five days.Sigma Chi, Kappa Alpha, Phi Sigma Kappa, Theta Chi and Alpha Sigma Phi have severed ties with the University. The organizations are working toward creating an independent Interfraternity Council (IFC) in Morgantown.Disassociation across college campuses has happened before and has gone many ways.
Pros and Cons of WVU not playing on Saturday
The West Virginia-NC State football game on Saturday in Raleigh was cancelled due to Hurricane Florence.
United by brotherhood
This past weekend was Alpha’s Probate, or “The crossing of Pledges” which was very lively, vibrant, energetic atmosphere. The Probate was an eye-opening experience. The love, friendship, bond that was shared in the Probate room was unbelieve. The Alpha’s represent more than just themselves, they represent a bigger community, they represent the Black community. It’s more than just a friendship or connection that is important to these brothers.
Three WVU wrestlers advance to NCAA Championships
Three Mountaineer wrestlers got bids for the 2018 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, held at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, this season.Redshirt junior Zeke Moisey was one of seven Big 12 wrestlers to earn a spot in 125. He finished the 2017-18 season with 20 wins, a team record. He has also recorded 28 takedowns and five pins, both team season records. To end the regular season, he was ranked at 12th in the polls.
Three WVU wrestlers advance to Big 12 Championships
Three Mountaineer wrestlers got bids for the Big 12 Championships, held at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this season.Redshirt junior Zeke Moisey was one of seven wrestlers to earn a spot in 125. He finished the 2017-18 season with 20 wins, a team record. He has also recorded 28 takedowns and five pins, both team season records. To end the regular season, he was ranked at 12th in the polls. Moisey spent all of last season nationally ranked and was Big 12 Championship runner-up in 2014-15.
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