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<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - West Virginias Big East basketball battle with Villanova may have been the most nationally hyped game in the Mountaineers long history.ESPN promoted it and the following Big Monday game of Kansas-Texas as if they were Ali-Frazier bouts. The ne...]]></description>
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<title>WVU students only hurting themselves</title>
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<title>Staying on point key in Mountaineer victory</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Columnists note: I apologize beforehand if this piece reads a little rushed. The reason is, well, it is BECAUSE OF A 9:05 P.M. CAPITAL CLASSIC START!They came to see West Virginias No. 11 ranked team.They came to see Marshalls 15-2 team.All 12,380 at the C...]]></description>
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<title>Making the call on this midnight ball</title>
<description><![CDATA[    I SUGGEST we change the name of tonights matchup between Marshall and West Virginia from the Chesapeake Energy Capital Classic to Charlestons Midnight Madness.After all, the mens basketball game, which is scheduled to begin at 9 p.m., might not end unt...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[THEYRE OUT there you know.The way-too-early Top 25 college football lists for 2010.Go ahead, Google or Bing, or whatever you do to search. Kind of silly, yes, but also kind of fun. What the heck, right.Of course, not many are taking leaps of faith. Alabama...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[YE OLDE notebook:<li>Those close to the West Virginia mens basketball program have been grumbling of late about the Big East officials.</li>
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<description><![CDATA[FORMER West Virginia coach Don Nehlen watched Thursdays BCS championship football game with his wife Merry Ann at their second home in Florida.They watched as Alabamas Marcell Dareus smashed into Texas quarterback Colt McCoy on the Longhorns fifth play of ...]]></description>
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<title>Bowls bowl polls; MU-WVU and hoops</title>
<description><![CDATA[The views from here - while awaiting the latest wave of snow: <li>If you want a little insight into college football poll voting, print out a copy of the final polls released this morning.</li>
Compare them to the lists released after the regular season.Yo...]]></description>
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Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:44:48 -0500
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<title>More sides to MU than just Whiteside</title>
<description><![CDATA[        HUNTINGTON - Maybe the frigid temperatures outside the Henderson Center were appropriate on Tuesday night. Because inside one could see some cold, hard facts about Marshalls basketball team.In sum, this isnt your fathers MU team. Or, at least, it i...]]></description>
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<title>Smith gives WVU fans early present</title>
<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - Twas the night before the night before Christmas and all through the place, Nothing was as red as coach Bob Huggins face.He stomped and he screamed and he yelled, What the heck.Because his team was dominating, yet winning by a speck.Then out o...]]></description>
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<title>Catching up with Big East, Herd bosses</title>
<description><![CDATA[                THE VIEWS from here:    n Im well aware the Big Ten may pluck a Big East team to make the Big Ten the Big Twelve. (Not really, though. We already have a Big 12. The Big Ten would remain the Big Ten even though, well, it should then be the B...]]></description>
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Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:26:53 -0500
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<title>Doc not a perfect hire, just a terrific one</title>
<description><![CDATA[I DONT KNOW what the fan Web sites are saying about Marshalls hire of Doc Holliday.Ive kind of sworn off the sites. Get enough feedback - and grief - sitting at this desk.So Ill simply offer my opinion of the hire.It was terrific.I wont sit here and write ...]]></description>
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<title>Manchin on Doc; WVU hoop recruits on display</title>
<description><![CDATA[WHEN WORD first broke on the Gazette Web site that WVU associate head coach Doc Holliday was in Huntington and in line to take over as Marshalls head football coach, many sat up and took note.WVU fans expressed concern. Deep concern.Many Marshall fans were...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[THIS IS the Big East song that never ends.Yes, it goes on and on, my friend.And, thanks to the Big Ten Conference, which on Tuesday announced it would examine the possibility of expanding its league, the volume of that song will now be jacked up. And go on...]]></description>
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Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:29:14 -0500
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<title>Perry hoping he can go-round on deciding sport</title>
<description><![CDATA[LETS HOPE the folks in South Charleston are having a happy holiday season.They, of course, are already assured of a very Perry Christmas.Wide receiver Perry Henry and his fellow Black Eagles presented the city with its second straight high school Class AAA...]]></description>
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Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:16:32 -0500
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<title>No warm cup of cheer this weekend</title>
<description><![CDATA[AH, THERES nothing like a good ol fashioned cheerleading controversy.Cheerleaders, well, up in arms.I havent written about one in over four years. And Ive missed it so. (Not.)Right now, however, as I write, another cheerleading controversy is raging. And i...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[THE VIEWS from here:    n As we chug toward Christmas, Marshall Universitys search for a new coach is getting as complicated as finding Zhu Zhu Pets for the little ones.Word out of Huntington is the search is down to seven or eight candidates.That search, ...]]></description>
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Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:01:50 -0500
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<description><![CDATA[YE OLDE NOTEBOOK: n The rumor mill is cranking at top speed in relation to the open Marshall football job.So, on Thursday, I put in a call to MU athletic director Mike Hamrick.The AD is, understandably, being tight-lipped these days, but he did address a c...]]></description>
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Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:28:52 -0500
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<description><![CDATA[Ye olde notebook:<li>The search party is on.</li>
In regard to Marshalls athletic department, the key has been turned to find a new football coach. The search engine has been started.So whats the word.Well, there are many.And the first is Thundering Herd f...]]></description>
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Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:47:24 -0500
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<description><![CDATA[ANAHEIM, Calif. - Another game for West Virginias basketball team. Another game with standout Devin Ebanks on the bench.After the Mountaineers 85-62 romp of Long Beach State on Thanksgiving, though, it didnt seem to be such a big deal.&quot;He didnt play, ...]]></description>
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Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:54:22 -0500
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<description><![CDATA[IT STARTED with a whisper. &quot;Devin Ebanks, the soft voice said, &quot;is out there warming up.&quot;There, of course, was the Charleston Civic Center basketball court. West Virginias No. 8-ranked Mountaineers were in town to play The Citadel and, lo an...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[A FEW thoughts: <li>At the beginning of the season, I never thought Id be writing the following sentence.</li>
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<description><![CDATA[YE OLDE notebook:<li>Its common around this time of year to feel that, hey, college basketball has sneaked up on us.</li>
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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:29:29 -0500
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<description><![CDATA[SOME SAY West Virginias talented football team would have a better record with a little luck.Others wonder what the record would be with a little Luck.Close followers of college football know of what I write. The son of former WVU standout Oliver Luck is t...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[CINCINNATI - Buried in all the hype of Friday nights Big East football showdown between West Virginia and host Cincinnati was a scoreboard film clip.The ESPN2 crew was in the Queen City. There were the parachutes beforehand. Fireworks.Late in the game, tho...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGTON - Marshalls 27-20 Conference USA loss to Southern Miss Saturday was much like West Virginias Big East loss to Cincinnati Friday.There were bad special-teams plays from the Mountain State team.There was an awful officiating call that went against...]]></description>
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