WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS RUMORS & GOSSIP

West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen talks about the 2012 signing class. Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012       (Video by MSNSportsnet.com)

Ex- WVU Mountaineers Coach Bill Stewart Dies at 59The Washington Post is reporting former West Virginia Mountaineers coach Bill Stewart has passed away at the age of 59 from a heart attack. image credit: post-gazette.com Stewart suffered the attack on the golf course at Stonewall Resort in Lewis County.  He was then taken to Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital via ambulance. After...

Former West Virginia Mountaineers head coach Bill Stewart has passed away at the age of 59 this afternoon from a heart attack he suffered while at a golf tournament.Stewart is best known to those outside of West Virginia for the Fiesta Bowl blowout of Oklahoma in 2008.Stewart had a 28 and 12 overall record as head coach.He resigned after three seasons after he attempted to dig up...

Former West Virginia Mountaineers head football coach Bill Stewart collapsed on a golf course at the Stonewall Resort and was rushed to Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital in Weston, West Virginia where he has died. Initial reports are Stewart suffered an “apparent heart attack” which led to his passing. Bill Stewart was the head football coach at West Virginia until...

Former West Virginia head football coach Bill Stewart died on Monday, after he reportedly suffered a heart attack while out on the golf course. 

A few West Virginia football players -- Darwin Cook and Terrence Garvin -- were arrested for stealing drinks and snacks.According to police, surveillance footage shows the two men taking a plastic Sheetz bag from behind a counter, as Cook allegedly took three bottles of Gatorade and two bags of Doritos. Garvin can be seen swiping a couple of bags of pretzels. The two placed the items...

When Dana Holgorsen inherited the West Virginia football program, he did so with the thought of making a few changes. Some areas we were all aware of, some not so much - and some not at all. I prefer to categorize them as the obvious, somewhat obvious, and the not so obvious.   The obvious - we knew the offense would change. Holgorsen's background was a pass-happy, air...

Going back to 1991, West Virginia has been a member of the Big East Conference. Nothing against the Big East, but it hasn't exactly been known as a great football conference, especially of late. Miami and Virginia Tech left the conference in 2004. Boston College followed in 2005. Syracuse and Pitt announced last fall they were hitting the road after the 2013 season, as well...

Geno Smith completed 23 of 29 passes for 281 yards and two touchdowns Saturday in West Virginia's spring football game. As the Mountaineers prepare for their first season in the Big 12, the offense returns Smith and other playmakers from the team that beat Clemson 70-33 in the Orange Bowl. And they hope to get contributions from freshman Jordan Thompson, who caught eight passes...

Hey, I like this new guy. The Big 12 is expanding!  Well, no, but I like to hear the talk. West Virginia's athletic director, Oliver Luck, told ESPN's David Ubben on his recent visit to Morgantown, the Big 12 should look at expanding. "My recommendation would be to look long and hard at moving up, whether it’s to 11 or 12, particularly when you look at how big the...

Reports indicate that West Virginia and the Big East have finally settled their dispute with the terms being that the Big East will receive $20 million and the Mountaineers will join the Big 12 for the 2012 season.

Via Dominion Post What’s worse than getting destroyed by West Virginia 70-33 in the Orange Bowl? Having West Virginia put up a sign of the score 70-33 for recruiting purposes on highway I-79. It just so happens that the highways speed limit is 70 miles per hour so of course they incorporated that into the billboard. It’s important to drive safe. WVU spokeswoman Becky...

West Virginia will apparently be wearing some, less than appealing, grey jerseys for a few games next season. I don’t know about you guys, but man, these are NOT GOOD!

West Virginia started selling beer during its home football games to, yes, curb drinking incidents.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

The Big 12 looks like it's going to add West Virginia, but do the rest of the conference's schools support the move?