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<title>Dawson wishes he left on his own terms</title>
<description><![CDATA[SURE, Bob Dawson left with a few regrets last week when he walked away from South Charleston High School. You dont spend 29 years of your life at one place - 24 as the head boys basketball coach - without wishing to change a few things.Of course, Dawson to...]]></description>
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<title>Campus stadium would have been a plus for UC football program</title>
<description><![CDATA[IF THE SCHOOLs original plan had been adopted, the University of Charleston would be playing its football games in a quaint and more appropriate setting along the Kanawha River. Earlier in this decade, UC president Ed Welch looked into the future and, as h...]]></description>
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<title>WVU hoops heating up, Ollie and a fan survey</title>
<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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<title>7-1 center from Sudan joins WVUs melting pot</title>
<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - I cant help wondering who is going to interpret the first conversation between Turkeys Deniz Kilicli, the Sudans David Nyarsuk, Brooklyns Truck Bryant and Pocas Noah Cottrill when all four are presumably together on next years West Virginia ba...]]></description>
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<title>Stanfords good Luck</title>
<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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<title>Answer Dude explains curious calls, bowl scenario</title>
<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - In a 1935 football game between Washington and Southern Cal, a Huskies halfback named Byron Haines was responsible for every point by both teams. He scored a touchdown and was tackled by the Trojans for a safety in a 6-2 Washington win.Chicago...]]></description>
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<title>Hurry-up slowing down Herd offense</title>
<description><![CDATA[HUNTINGTON - You know the football season is starting to beat you down when you find yourself reliving a moment from 2007. You know, the year when the Thundering Herd lost Albert McClellan to a season-ending injury before the first full-pads practice. The ...]]></description>
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<title>Additional facts on TV sports: think ESPN and Last Supper</title>
<description><![CDATA[These are 23 (more) facts, tried and true, about the widening world of sports television:  1. When hes at home, I imagine Foxs Tony Siragusa stands in the corner of the backyard and shouts out stuff his family doesnt understand.2. In a lifetime full of mis...]]></description>
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<title>West Virginia players could have used some help</title>
<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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<title>Snyders fate likely sealed with loss</title>
<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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<title>Start of high school playoffs stirs memories</title>
<description><![CDATA[The start of the high school football postseason stirs many memories of past teams, coaches and players. Here are just a few.<li>1986 Stonewall Jackson - The Generals had one of the most amazing playoff runs in state history. Coach Jerry &quot;Moe&quot; To...]]></description>
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<title>Chances for WVU, Big East; Jock and I</title>
<description><![CDATA[The views from here:<li>O. say can UC ... a West Virginia victory today over the No. 5 Cincinnati Bearcats.</li>
Probably not, youre saying.Both are ranked, but if you compare the two on paper, well, WVU is the classic paper tiger. Threatening as a tiger, ...]]></description>
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<title>Cincy coach waiting to see where chips fall</title>
<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - On the one hand, Brian Kelly should be praised for his rationality.Lets face it, how many coaches in his position would be willing to all but dismiss the ever-growing reality that no matter what his football team does this season, it isnt like...]]></description>
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<title>Which prep teams are on their way to Wheeling.</title>
<description><![CDATA[SEVERAL COACHES Ive talked to have mentioned how much theyve looked forward to this years high school football playoffs because there seems to be no overwhelming favorite in any of the three classes.You can make an argument for any number of teams to get h...]]></description>
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<title>Kilicli takes his suspension in stride</title>
<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - There are a whole bunch of people who should be angry as all get out about Deniz Kilicli being forced by the NCAA to sit out the first 20 games of West Virginias basketball season.For starters, try Bob Huggins, who, while he certainly has no s...]]></description>
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<title>A week later, Herd fans still in SADness</title>
<description><![CDATA[MARSHALL COACHES and players had their reasons, all legitimate, for welcoming a week off after that Nov. 1 meltdown at Central Florida. One hopes they hunkered down in their brick cocoon known as the Fred &amp; Christine Shewey Athletic Building, completel...]]></description>
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<title>Expect WVUs Threes to feed off each other</title>
<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - On Sunday, West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins unveiled what he hopes is a masterpiece. (If, that is, masterpieces are unveiled to lights, loud music, video fireworks and a musket shot.)WVU fans that attended their football teams sluggi...]]></description>
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<title>Were a nation of bowlers; heres proof</title>
<description><![CDATA[Yet another Professional Bowlers Association season is upon us. I know, I know, where does the time go. And it is stuffed with more storylines than Don Drapers secret lives. Here are three that keep me dreaming of converting 7-10 splits:<li>There is a left...]]></description>
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<title>WVU win doesnt offer hope with Cincy on deck</title>
<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - Walking into Milan Puskar Stadium Saturday, one had to wonder.How many of the 55,334 in attendance were there to watch Louisville and West Virginia play football.Or were more of the home fans there seeking a little hope. A little hope, that is...]]></description>
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<title>Honoring Fleming, Kilicli and Hamrick</title>
<description><![CDATA[The views from here:<li>Leaves falling and tumbling away, blown by the wind, gently reminds one of the seasons, how they come and go, too fast at times, and how time marches on. (OK, never before have I written such a lengthy and thoroughly corny sentence,...]]></description>
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<title>Williams playing time necessarily curtailed</title>
<description><![CDATA[MORGANTOWN - If theres one thing Reed Williams has always been, above everything else, its a team player.OK, so maybe that sounds corny, but its also true. You want somebody toeing the company line, Williams is your guy. You will never, ever hear a peep of...]]></description>
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