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<title>Answer Dude heals wounds from losses</title>
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<title>At times, you stop passes by a nose</title>
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<title>The truth on WVUs new shooting star</title>
<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - Just for the record, lets get a couple of things straight regarding West Virginias newest marksman, junior college transfer shooting guard Casey Mitchell.For starters, hes not 6-foot-5, as the schools original press releases indicated. Thats b...]]></description>
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<title>Huggins sees potential in Mountaineers</title>
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Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:05:29 -0400
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<description><![CDATA[    MORGANTOWN - I know stuff. Way too much stuff, in fact. Useless stuff.Like why golf is called golf. Its because when the game was invented in Scotland it was for, get this, Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden. Get it. G-O-L-F.Tongue prints are just as uni...]]></description>
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Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:42:25 -0400
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<title>Some good news on injury front</title>
<description><![CDATA[        MORGANTOWN - Bill Stewart said Monday that linebacker Reed Williams seems good to go for West Virginias Thursday game against Colorado. Ditto quarterback Jarrett Brown.Defensive lineman Scooter Berry. Well, that might be iffy.&quot;Scooters still h...]]></description>
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Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:12:19 -0400
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<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - Bradley Starks managed to do something Saturday night at Auburn that he wasnt able to do in West Virginias first two games.No, it wasnt making a rather spectacular 58-yard catch early in the game to set up a touchdown. Hed already made some gr...]]></description>
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Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:33:10 -0400
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Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:54:00 -0400
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<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - Anyone who watched West Virginia lose 41-30 to Auburn late Saturday night came away with pretty much the same conclusion: Had Jarrett Brown not turned the ball over five times the Mountaineers very likely would have won. Its hard, though, to p...]]></description>
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Sun, 20 Sep 2009 22:28:26 -0400
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<title>Special teams stats can be deceiving</title>
<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - Cleaning out a crowded notebook and a cluttered mind while considering the absurdity of some statistics:For instance, take the early numbers regarding West Virginias special teams play. The Mountaineers rank No. 106 in the country in punt cove...]]></description>
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Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:49:57 -0400
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<title>WVU offense starting to hum</title>
<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - Perhaps its way too early to be addressing this issue. After all, performances against Liberty and East Carolina do not a season make.But throw in the game against North Carolina in Decembers Meineke Car Care Bowl, too, and there could be a pa...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - If you dont know what happened to Brandon Hogan and Keith Tandy a year ago at East Carolina, well, you just havent been paying attention. They werent the only reason West Virginia lost 24-3 in Greenville. Shoot, when a team loses by three touc...]]></description>
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Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:07:16 -0400
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<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - If youve been paying attention for, oh, the past six months, youll know that there has been a theme running through West Virginias football practices from the spring through the fall.Toughness.And this weeks game against East Carolina is the r...]]></description>
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Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:55:04 -0400
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<description><![CDATA[        MORGANTOWN - Bill Stewart said this week that he was anxious to see his West Virginia football team play and find out what the Mountaineers might be made of this fall.Hes certainly not alone.There have been seasons that perhaps held greater promise...]]></description>
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Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:44:19 -0400
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Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:03:28 -0400
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Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:51:32 -0400
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<description><![CDATA[                                    MORGANTOWN - There are days when Nate Sowers thinks back to what it was like when he arrived at West Virginia four years ago. He remembers his goals and his dreams and the way it was all supposed to play out.And he remem...]]></description>
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Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:48:14 -0400
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<title>Big East bowl picture: It is what it is</title>
<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - It is what it is. Are you like me. Do you hate that. Does it conjure up nightmarish flashes of Dennis Green incoherently screaming, &quot;They are who we thought they were!It is what it is. I suppose you could say, &quot;Get used to it, or &qu...]]></description>
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Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:24:22 -0400
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Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:59:17 -0400
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<description><![CDATA[    MORGANTOWN - In a way, not much has changed for Pat Lazear in the past year.Yes, he has a lot more hair now, although even that has been shorn by roughly half, thanks to a pre-camp haircut. A month ago he looked like a cross between a 1970s rocker and ...]]></description>
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Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:23:27 -0400
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<description><![CDATA[    MORGANTOWN - If Josh Lider were anything like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, he would have turned to his dog - or at least to some imaginary friend - on his first day of football practice at West Virginia and said, &quot;Toto, Ive a feeling were not in K...]]></description>
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Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:41:51 -0400
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