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And We're Out
Moving day has come. We'll be over here at Eers To You. Come join us.
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March 24, 2010
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Mild TBI and Sports Related Injuries
We here at Mountainlair care as much about the athletes that wear the Old Gold and Blue when they leave as when they get here. It's important to remember the person as much as it is the athlete that wore the uniform. Otherwise, the young men that play for WVU would just be hired guns, disposable after their eligibility is used up. That's unacceptable, because once a Mountaineer...
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March 23, 2010
Moving Day is Almost Here
We'll be moving to a new blog in the next few days. We'll have a link and all that when things are ready. It should be fun, the new site will be loosely based around drinking and sports. Two things that go great together. Until then, here's some moving music.
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March 23, 2010
Talent Show
In my waxed up hair and my painted shoes Got an offer that you might refuse Tonight, tonight, we're gonna take a stab Come on along, we'll grab a cabSeriously, these things just write themselves. If you haven't seen Joe, Jonnie, and Da'Sean doing the Night at the Roxbury dance yet, here's your moment of Zen.
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March 22, 2010
Color Me Impressed With Truck Bryant
If you asked me what I thought would happen in today's game, the last thing that would have come to mind was how impressed I was with Truck Bryant. Looking at his stats for the game tells you very little about how important he was. Missouri earned the respect I had for them coming into this game by leading the nation in turnovers forced. In my mind, I could just see him getting...
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March 21, 2010
Unsatisfied
Look me in the eye and tell me I'm satisfiedHeadlines tomorrow will question the validity of the Big East. This much is sure. All of it will be deserved. What we don't know is if someone didn't dance themselves onto the hot seat. I don't have anyone in mind. That picture up there is totally random and without premeditation.The bad news is that the Big East was 1-3...
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March 18, 2010
Hey! Big East Champs!
I wanted to hold off on this until I had something to say about it. I still don't. But in a good way. For this team, this year, despite the record there seemed to be a lot of close games and I was never quite sure they deserved the ranking they were getting. I would be lying if I told you that I haven't been a glass half empty guy through the snopocalypse of 2010. Luckily...
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March 14, 2010
Good Enough To Win Is Better Than Losing
I've done enough poo-pooing on Elmo to last a life time. So let's instead remember that on a day when the high seeds were going down left and right, West Virginia found a way to win. Maybe it's the two days off, or maybe it's the Moon's orbit. It doesn't really matter. Yesterday was a day for upsets, and the only rule on days like this is survive and advance...
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March 12, 2010
Punch Me Elmo Assumes The Position
It's early, too damn early. So this is the kind of photo-shopping you get. I was wrong about the winner of the UL-UC game, but the reason the Bearcats won wasn't because of Elmo. If he was any kind of coach, Sosa would have never made it across half court at the end of the game. UC just wanted it more, and the way they were shooting they had to. Because they couldn't...
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March 11, 2010
Big East Tourney Day Two: The Electric Boogaloo Edition
Well, yesterday went pretty much as planned. These are the kind of things I can do with a case of beer and a dart board. Anyhow, if you thought yesterday's games were intense (they were), wait until you see what happens today. First up is Georgetown and South Florida. Dominique Jones just missed his season average, but he didn't miss on some monster dunks. I don't know...
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March 10, 2010
Big East Losers Bracket: Scalpers Need Not Apply
I remember many years ago when Michael Jordan returned from his attempt at baseball to the Bulls. It was also the day the Bulls were in New York to play the Nicks at MSG. My dad and I thought it would be cool to take the tour of MSG. It was. But damn, trying to get past the scalpers was a nightmare. That shouldn't be a problem today, though as the first round of the Big East...
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March 09, 2010
Admiral Ackbar's Theme
This is a re-post from my other site. You'll have to go there to hear the song. I know this probably sounds like a crazy idea for a song, but then again I am the guy that brought you Plastic Lover. So maybe you aren’t shocked. Anyhow, Ole Miss is looking for a new mascot and I can think of no one better to lead the Rebels that Admiral Ackbar. Neither can the fine folks...
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March 07, 2010
Guess Who Represents Big East Refs In This Video
If you said Stevie Wonder, you probably watched the WVU-Villanova game today. Of course we are happy with the win, but that game was so poorly officiated today it seems unfair that either team should have to take the loss.It was a game that meant a lot to both teams and the eventual seeding in the Big East tournament. Check in with I Bleed Blue and White for their prospective on...
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March 06, 2010
About This AD Thing
I can barely remember a time when Ed Pastilong wasn't the AD at WVU. That might be from all the drinking, etc. that has taken place since he took over. Anyway, we've taken some shots at him and the department in general over the past few years. Mostly out of anger that everything didn't come up smelling like roses. Even though I think you would be hard pressed to find...
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March 05, 2010
65 Is One Too Many
As I was driving in this morning I was listening to Mike & Mike interview Jay Bilas and asked him his opinion about changing the NCAA tournament to 96 teams. Normally I wouldn't be the one to quote Jay Bilas, but this time I think he got it right. He said, "This is the national championship, not little league where everyone gets three innings and a trophy. "I would...
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March 04, 2010
Let's Honor Jack Fleming
A friend of mine started a Facebook Group to have the press box named after Jack Fleming. So if you are on Facebook, click the link and join.
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March 02, 2010
Let's Destroya the Hoya
We're basically going to steal from Hoya Suxa to get you ready for tonight's game against Georgetown.West Virginia can lock up a top four seeding in the BE tourney with a win tonight. As well as adding in another win over a ranked team as we position ourselves for a high seed in the NCAA tourney.We'll never match the hatred Hoya Suxa has for Georgetown. But for one night...
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March 01, 2010
It's "Punch Mick Cronin In His Crap Lousy Face Day!"
Trademark pending, but this has to be one of the best days of the year. It really has nothing to do with West Virginia's losing ways against Cincinnati over the last few years. We just don't like the way he looks, or talks, or moves.In previous years, we may or may not have made a cutout for people to print off and attach to a stick. We would look back, but it's Saturday...
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February 27, 2010
How Can There Be A Jihad Without WVU?
Tongue firmly in cheek with that headline, but this is what I'm referring to. We certainly don't like DickRod, but knowing him, anything he does at Michigan was at least tried out in Morgantown. And don't lie, until he left WVU we were all for this guy that turned two and three star recruits into world beaters.Personally, I doubt anything he has done at Michigan relating...
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February 26, 2010
Basketblog Poll
RankTeamDelta1Connecticut 2 2Pittsburgh 1 3North Carolina 1 4Oklahoma 2 5Louisville 6Memphis 7Kansas 8 8Michigan St. 9Duke 5 10Villanova 11Wake Forest 12Marquette 5 13Louisiana St. 3 14Gonzaga 3 15Arizona St. 3 16Clemson 3 17Missouri 8 18Purdue 19Washington 1 20Xavier 3 21UCLA 22Butler 23Florida St. 24Illinois 3 25Utah Last week's ballot Dropped Out: Texas (#19...
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March 02, 2009
Around the Big East Blogs
When we're too tired to do any real writing, we link up. And sadly, we haven't been linking to our friends and enemies too much lately. Shameful, but true.As we get closer to the draft, you probably start wondering what happened to your favorite Mountaineer. Well, there's a blog for that, Eers in the Pros.Luke Harangody gets the treatment over at the Wire on WMITC.Mike...
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February 25, 2009
Mick Cronin Motivational Speaker
This was a bad idea to begin with and worse considering how nice the folks have been to Huggins. Apologies.
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February 24, 2009
Spreading the Wealth to Beat Rutgers
Rather than Da'Sean Butler or Alex Ruoff doing all the scoring this time, West Virginia had to rely on some unfamiliar faces to get some points. The game started off with West Virginia scoring like they were playing the Washington Generals. The Mountaineers jumped out to a 21-4 early lead. But when Rutgers switched to an odd three man-two zone defense, WVU went cold.Some point in...
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February 22, 2009
Bully Game Goes Well For West Virginia
If you were tuning into the WVU-ND game to see offensive precision, you probably like the first five minutes of the game. After that, it got personal.West Virginia came out flat and Notre Dame made nifty cuts to the basket and hit threes like they were layups. Honestly, they were hot the whole first half. But at least the Mountaineers made them work for baskets after the opening...
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February 18, 2009
Worst School Ever Coming To Morgantown
It's not that I really really really hate Notre Dame. It's a little bit that I've been way to nice here lately, when I have been here. It's a little bit hate since I've really enjoyed Notre Dame falling out of the polls with a huge thud. And of course the whole thing about having a D1 football team but not being in the football side of the Big East. I just think...
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February 17, 2009
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