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#28
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The Original Fade said:
What is the average lifespan in West Virginia? 46?
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Much higher.. clean air and hard work are good for the body. If you like hunting, white water rafting, fishing, mountain biking, climbing or any outdoor activity then you might want to visit WV. There's 5,000 miles of atv trails if you into that sort of thing. There's more miles than that of great single track.
 
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Mick said:
Is your sister good looking?
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I don't have a sister, but if I did take a look at my photo and you would have the answer. She would be considered butt ugly by the majority but far too pretty for you I bet.

Just kidding...

Some advice... before you start making incest jokes about WV I would compare the incest rates for WV and Tenn.

Fact: Kentucky has the highest reported incest rates.
 
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WVMULE said:
I think this is a bad matchup for Tennessee. WVU is full of talented veterans. Tennessee is playing new schemes on both sides of the ball. A QB in the second year running Dana's offense usually sees a huge uptick on production.

I really think this is the most talent WVU has had in the history of the program.

I would be more concerned if this were game #5 than game #1 because WVU will never have the depth of an SEC team.

Given what WVU has on offense, given that the defense is finally healthy and for the first time in the history of the program has 8 DL who can play... I see WVU winning by more than 10.

WVU has a habit of getting up big and going to sleep. That's both natural but it shows the drop off in talent between WVU's first and second teams.
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Pat White, Steve Slaton, Noel Devine (and Owen Schmitt) > Will Grier, Kennedy McKoy and whoever your tight end is. Sills is very talented I will give you that. But I just don't see this 2018 squad having more talent than 2007 for example. I am also a WVU graduate in addition to UT so I follow the program closely too,
 
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WVMULE said:
Much higher.. clean air and hard work are good for the body. If you like hunting, white water rafting, fishing, mountain biking, climbing or any outdoor activity then you might want to visit WV. There's 5,000 miles of atv trails if you into that sort of thing. There's more miles than that of great single track.
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There a need for psychiatric nurse practitioners there?

Edit: Welcome to VN, and much props to being classy.
 
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solivols said:
Pat White, Steve Slaton, Noel Devine (and Owen Schmitt) > Will Grier, Kennedy McKoy and whoever your tight end is. Sills is very talented I will give you that. But I just don't see this 2018 squad having more talent than 2007 for example. I am also a WVU graduate in addition to UT so I follow the program closely too,
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Pat White was a great QB but not the best passer. That 2006-2007 WVU team had three superstars.. but this team is loaded. Sills isn't the best WR on the team... both TJ Simmons and Marcus Simms are better. Javoni Haskins transfered to WV from Miami. He's supposedly cut from the same cloth as former TTU TE Jace Amaro.

McKoy isn't nearly as good as Slaton. But Leddie Brown may be.

WVU's 2018 offensive depth chart has 10 kids who will likely play on Sundays... Grier, McKoy, Sills, Jennings, Simmons, Simms, Haskins, Cadjuste, McKivitz, and Hardy. On defense they have about 6 who will be in the NFL: Dante Stills, Robinson, Bigelow, Long, Askew-Henry and Kenny Robinson.

I don't recall WVU ever having that much NFL talent on the roster at the same time.
 
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What kind of success do you expect from WV's O and D lines this season? By all accounts I've heard y'alls O-line should be pretty good. I'm very curious about y'alls D-line with UT having a young or even a new QB in a new system and this being the 1st game.

I'd like to know you guys have a subpar D-line and our QB have plenty of time to get comfortable in live fire. If he cant, I don't like our chances at all.
 
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WVMULE said:
WVU's fans are funny. If you remember in 2006-2007 WVU was a win away from playing in the national championship game. WVU was a 35 point favorite over Pitt and lost 13-9. Our kicker, who want on to have a long NFL career, missed two easy FGs and Rich Rod refused to throw against a cover 0.

So WV's fans expect the worst to happen. Going into the season most are optimistic but certain something bad will happen that will break our hearts.

We expect the worst.

So we hope WVU wins the Big 12, but we know something odd will happen that prevents it.

As far as the Big 12 goes... The Big 12 has been very good to us in terms of money. It's hurt WVU in recruiting and our fans get far more excited to play the Vols or NC St than they do Texas or Oklahoma. We're just too far away.

The hope is that one the next round of realignment hits WVU will get an invite to the ACC or SEC. WVU has been the SEC's second choice three times.

Personally I don't think WVU has the resources to compete in the SEC. Sure WVU is a SEC team by culture, but the ACC is where WVU would have the most success.

I love the Big 12. It's full of great people. Nice people. That's part of the problem there's nobody to hate.
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That's interesting and what I figured. West Virginia does kind of seem like a team without a conference. If you went into the ACC though, it seems like you'd still have a recruiting problem. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like you would target Pennsylvania and Ohio kids given the proximity and amount of talent there. That's Big Ten country, and the only other conference those recruits would probably consider is the SEC.

If you joined either the SEC or the ACC, who would be the other team to join so the divisions stayed balanced?
 
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millst987 said:
How many SEC caliber players does WVU have? More than 10?
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This year? I would say 16 on the 1st team depth chart - maybe more.

This WVU team has more talent than any other in history.

WVU is the 14th best program in CFB from a historical standpoint. WVU has the most wins of any program without a national championship. The Mountaineers have played for the national championship in 1988 and just missed out in 2007. WVU has 3 BCS bowl wins and a .500 record against the SEC.

This team... is loaded... and we know that another like it may never come again.

Look, WV has a total population of 1.8 million. The program has always done more with less. It's always been good, but rarely great. And when its had the chance to be great something has happened.. like Major Harris separating his shoulder against ND or Pat White breaking his hand against Pitt, to break our hearts.

The downfall has always been depth. WVU's starters are as good as anyone in the country. This year that's especially true... but they can't afford any injuries. If Grier goes down the season is over. If David Long gets hurt the defense is toast.

The Vols get a fresh injury free WVU.

WVU doesn't have the resources of Tennessee. It doesn't often get a five star recruit. But this season Tennessee gets to play a WVU team with the chance to be more than special.

Think of the 2018 Mountaineers as if they were a thousand year flood...
 
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bristolguy said:
What's your score prediction?
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I think the Vols come out with double-coverage on David Sills and play some combo coverage that floods the passing lanes and forces WVU to run.

WVU has the horses to run. They have sets with a h-back and two TEs. They used them extensively in 2016.

When Tennessee is forced to bring help up agains the run WVU takes advantage of the double-coverage on Sills to take the top off the defense with long strikes to Simmons or Simms.

Grier rarely makes a bad read. He rarely makes a bad throw. He gets the ball out quick.

WVU 45 Vols 24
 
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I've read WV is replacing some players in the secondary and one of your prospective starters was recently injured. What is the talent/experience level of your secondary?
 
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Are the coaches and those close to the program as confident as the fans up here?
I've heard all about the DL transfers, but what makes them the saviors of the D. I've been told the D was so putrid last year bc of lack of gap assignment and those that transferred out were the problem. The transfers in are coming from a 4-3, and did not contribute a whole helluva lot wheee they were, not to mention the knee issues the USC grad has.
We have some stud receivers as well, not as experienced as yours, but some big, fast WRs, how do you see the wvu secondary holding up?
Also, Oline is huge, no debating that. I believe most of them are from instate. How do you think they'll stack up to the speed we will bring with our d line and pass rushers?
Thanks for the candid answers too!
I live up here, but grew up in E TN. It's nice to see some rational retort from a wvu fan!
 
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WVMULE said:
Pat White was a great QB but not the best passer. That 2006-2007 WVU team had three superstars.. but this team is loaded. Sills isn't the best WR on the team... both TJ Simmons and Marcus Simms are better. Javoni Haskins transfered to WV from Miami. He's supposedly cut from the same cloth as former TTU TE Jace Amaro.

McKoy isn't nearly as good as Slaton. But Leddie Brown may be.

WVU's 2018 offensive depth chart has 10 kids who will likely play on Sundays... Grier, McKoy, Sills, Jennings, Simmons, Simms, Haskins, Cadjuste, McKivitz, and Hardy. On defense they have about 6 who will be in the NFL: Dante Stills, Robinson, Bigelow, Long, Askew-Henry and Kenny Robinson.

I don't recall WVU ever having that much NFL talent on the roster at the same time.
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Once again, how do you know that TJ Simmons is better than Sills when you haven't seen him play? I don't understand this. And no, right now, Sims isn't better than Sills. Catching the ball matters, and Sims hasn't shown he can reliably do that yet.

Are you getting some legitimate inside info on Leddie being some program changing back or are you just projecting based on his high school cut-ups?
 
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Z06VolinWV said:
Are the coaches and those close to the program as confident as the fans up here?
I've heard all about the DL transfers, but what makes them the saviors of the D. I've been told the D was so putrid last year bc of lack of gap assignment and those that transferred out were the problem. The transfers in are coming from a 4-3, and did not contribute a whole helluva lot wheee they were, not to mention the knee issues the USC grad has.
We have some stud receivers as well, not as experienced as yours, but some big, fast WRs, how do you see the wvu secondary holding up?
Also, Oline is huge, no debating that. I believe most of them are from instate. How do you think they'll stack up to the speed we will bring with our d line and pass rushers?
Thanks for the candid answers too!
I live up here, but grew up in E TN. It's nice to see some rational retort from a wvu fan!
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WVU's OL is from all over. They are huge and there's depth. I don't think any of them are from WV.

Last year the defense was hampered by David Long's absence and the slow recovery of David Askew-Henry. The Mountaineers had a lot of kids playing without experience.

On the DL the kids who transfered out were cancers. Robinson and Bigelow are big time players. Darius and Dante Stills are WV born and bred. Both are blue chips. Their dad was a great LB at WVU and played in the NFL. Dante had offers from everybody including Alabama and Georgia.

In the back end Derrick Pitts is also from WV but he's a blue chip too. He had offers from just about everybody.
 
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WVMULE said:
Much higher.. clean air and hard work are good for the body. If you like hunting, white water rafting, fishing, mountain biking, climbing or any outdoor activity then you might want to visit WV. There's 5,000 miles of atv trails if you into that sort of thing. There's more miles than that of great single track.
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I know, I’m just messing with you. You’re being a good sport.
 
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