Spread 'Em: NFL Draft Destroying WVU

Things aren't going so well in Morgantown West Va. right now. First they lost to Pitt, then they lost their coach. Then they won the Fiesta Bowl (that was the one bright spot) and then they hired Bill Stewart. Now they've lost speedsters Steve Slaton and Darius Reynaud to the NFL. With both players skipping their final year of eligibility to test the draft waters with graduating fullback/manchild Owen Schmitt the wheels are starting to fall off the proverbial wagon (we say this because its a saying not because they still use covered wagons in West Virginia) in Morgantown. Some NFL franchise's scout team just got really expensive thanks to Slaton entering the draft, where he will probably get drafted in the first or second round only to not see the field. Don't get us wrong, we are big fans of Steve Slaton here at Understanding Lou, but he began to get exposed towards the end of the season this year, and we're not sold on him as an NFL back right now.
With Schmitt, Slaton, and Reynaud gone that leaves Pat White, a definitie heisman candidate, Noel Devine (grill included), and Tito Gonzalez left to carry the load for the Mountaineers. Theres still a lot of fire power left, but it will take a lot for this team to get back to where it was this season.

No More Text Messaging for Coaches

An August ban on text messaging has been upheld by the NCAA in a victory for blue chip recruits everywhere. No longer will they have to change their text messaging plans to avoid extra charges when college coaches across the nation try to contact them. Imagine the creepy text messages players like Terrelle Pryor would be subjected to if this ban hadn't been upheld.

RichRod: yo terrelle wut r u doin?
Terrelle: Hey coach, um Im in math class right now....
RichRod: kool. I got some calculus for u...u + me at michigan = national championship
Terrelle: um...sounds cool coach. I'm going to go though. I'll talk you later.

Luckily, for the sake of Terrelle and five star recruits everywhere, they will only have to worry about cars and other gifts from coaches, not text messages.

And speaking of Terrelle Pryor, it's time to start bidding for his letter of intent, Michigan, Ohio State and Oregon fans. For a mere $350 you can buy game worn Terrelle Pryor sweat bands. Don't think hes not checking to see which schools boosters are buying these sweatbands either. So get out your check books and show Terrelle that you want to make him your school's next great quarterback.

What The F*** Happened This Weekend?...Recap

It was a long weekend in college basketball with nearly every team playing a game. So like Sidney Lowe we found our best Wolfpack red coat, are dressing like the Kool Aid guy and breaking down a few of the games from this weekend.

4) Washington St. 74 UCLA 81- Wazzu got more love than it could handle as Kevin Love dropped 27 giving Washington State its first loss of the season. The freshman phenom also added 14 rebounds for his eighth double-double of the season.

6) Michigan St. 36 Iowa 43- The Spartans set modern basketball back a few years with this performance - a school record in the shot clock era. Iowa's Tony Freeman almost single handedly beat Michigan State dropping 22 points. Things were so bad for Michigan State that Tom Izzo's 7 year old son's youth team had a better shooting percentage than the Spartans did on Saturday.

8) Georgetown 72 Connecticut 69- Roy Hibbert shocked everyone with a 20 footer from the wing as the shot clock was winding down. It was the 7-2 center's second three point attempt of the day and his second make of the season.

12) Vanderbilt 76 Kentucky 79- After nearly blowing a lead late in regulation the Wildcats knocked Vanderbilt from the undefeated ranks in double overtime. The win will certainly quiet many of Billy Gillispie's critics who are unhappy with the coach's team who has sputtered to a 7-7 start this season

Pete Carroll is Still a Child of Mother Nature

I am shocked and surprised to announce that Pete Carroll is reported to be staying in California at least for now. I mean with all those perks of going to the Falcons with their star player in jail, players that have less talent then USC, and an owner that lets just say is a little "over controlling" its really shocking. Can't blame a guy for picking Song Girls, Snoop (see above), and SoCal Sun over Lil' John, Joey Harrington (we still think you're a first round pick Joey), and Aurthur Blank

Man I Hate My Life: Week Recap

Long week? We've all been there, but as bad as things seem here are a few people who have had worse weeks than any of us. It's the top 4 (not top 3 or top 5...but top 4. Deal with it)


4. Rich Rodriguez- The week started with RichRod's kids getting harassed at school in West Virginia then ended with him finding out that he was losing Ryan Mallet (better hope he gets Tyrell Pryor now) to another school and star wide recievers Adrian Arrington and Mario Manningham to the NFL. With nearly 100% of the offensive production gone, its going to be an interesting year at Michigan next year.


3. Hawaii- It really been a bad 10 day for the Rainbow Warriors (a name that strikes fear into the hearts of opponents). The new year started in New Orleans where the warriors got washed away (too soon?) by the Georgia atack en route to the 41-10 loss. Days later, Head Coach June Jones, who brought Hawaii from a winless season to the BCS in 9 years, resigned and headed for the mainland. Jones departure led to the firing of AD Herman Frazier, and now a program that was politicking for a national championship two weeks ago is in turmoil.

2. Bowling Green- you make a Bowl Game things are looking up for your program...then you run into Paul Smith and the Tulsa offense. Bowling Green's loss in the GMAC bowl was a historic one. Their 56 point loss was the worst in bowl history. How convincing was the win for Tulsa? Roy Roberts hit on Antonio Smith basically sums of the night for the Falcon faithful:



1. Jim Tressell and Ohio State- Jim Tressell and the Buckeyes have been through a lot of highs and lows in the past 12 months. After the highs of beating such powers as Youngstown State and Akron and the low of a loss to Illinois, Ohio State found itself the default participant in the national championship without playing a game in two weeks. For the second year in a row Tressell's team looked overmatched against the SEC Champion en route to a convincing loss. The back-to-back national title losses may have set back an average Big Ten champion for years the way Hawaii surely did for non-BCS teams.
Now it is up to USC to quickly put Ohio States 2008 title hopes to rest with a convincing victory in the Collesium during week two to spare the entire country another Ohio State title game meltdown.

What the F*** Happened Last Night?...Recap

(1)UNC 93, UNC-Asheville 81-I've seen the giant and his name is Kenny George. 7'7" 360 pounds of awkwardness, scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the 24 minutes he played, not bad. Tyler Hansbrough got frustrated and dunked over the stonewall. I do enjoy the nickname they gave him "psycho T."

(2) Memphis 99, East Carolina 58- My favorite freshmen Derrick Rose scored 19 and Robert Dozier grabbed 10 boards in this rout.

(7) Duke 74, Temple 64- Johnny "I believe in Santa" Christmas scored 23 but it wasnt enough to take down those pesky Blue devils.

(15) Mississippi 83, (9) Tennessee 85- Tennessee plays hard and Bruce Pearl is one of the best coaches in NCAA. Mississppi gets its first loss, but real good SEC game.

On a lighter note I'd like to give Pete Carroll a little advice on thinking about leaving for the Falcons. Don't do it. Without a guy like this, the team is going nowhere.

Bill Stewart Just Can't Say The Right Things These Days

So by now you've heard the story of Bill Stewart. After spending over ten years as an assistant coach for West Virginia he was promoted to be the interim head coach for the Mountaineers following Rich Rodriguez's departure. Facing an uncertain future the Mountaineers rallied around Stewart and upset Oklahoma in convincing fashion. The next day Stewart was signed to a five year deal and his long journey to the top was complete. We laughed, we cried....and then we found out that he was a racist.

Our very own Big Ron has the scoop on another instance in Bill Stewart's career where he crossed the line with his comments....














Big Ron Investigates

Ayo, so we all know that ish that Bill Stewart said at VMI (that Rush Limbaugh ass Mother F*****), but none of you have heard about his first coaching job at Mt. Sinai Hebrew High School (home of the Fighting Rabbis!).
It was the week of the big interfaith rivalry game against St. Pius V (the Catholics called it the Inquisition game). Before the game, in the lockerroom, Stewart talked to the team and made his first wack comment, saying:
"We got to play to our teams stregnths...so we're going to nickle and dime it down the field today, fellas."
I aint done yet either. During the second half star offensive tackle Arnie Rabinowitz sucker punched Mike Dalessandro forcing Coach S. to say to Arnie:
"Do not ever give them a reason to call you cheap...especially a greaseball like him."
Mt. Sinai kept it real and fired his ass a week later. Good luck West Virginia with that one...