Tim Pownell
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@SeanManning_1 Sabins is the coach that can get us to the next level. Thanks Ollie for investing in baseball
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I was at the last game at Hawley during Mazey’s second season against Texas. Texas, one of the marquee college baseball programs, came to town and played at a stadium where we had to use a porta pot.
To where we are 12 years later is incredible.
TonyCaridi@TonyCaridi
Difficult to put into perspective what @WVUBaseball is doing right now. One victory from a @Big12Conference tournament title which would earn their 40th win. Big picture: Back-to-back Super Regionals and now getting ready to host an NCAA Regional next week.
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@roblowe93 @PoptartLudwig @Brett_McMurphy Grant of Rights will keep those schools from leaving. They don’t have all the leverage
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@PoptartLudwig @Brett_McMurphy They might, and they would replace them with teams like ND, Clemson, UNC, FSU, Miami, etc. I am not even saying I like it but I can see reality. It's big business and a world of haves and have nots.
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Iowa State AD Jamie Pollard on SEC/Big Ten threatening to break away to form its own league:
“Let them break away. We should break away from them. Let them go, but they have to go in all their sports & see how fun it is to play baseball, softball & track when it’s just the 20 of you. That’s what I think we should do, but I'm one person & that’s probably a little more draconian. That’s how I feel about it. Like, let’s quit talking about it. Quit threatening. Go do it. But if you’re going to do it, you don’t get to just do it in football & then keep all your other sports w/us. No, take them all. See how fun it is.”
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@GiovanniLenhart The other thing is just play more games, it’s seems we played about 5 less games.
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@PownellTim No our rpi is a lower. I’m pretty sure 19, I think it’s worse amongst teams that are able to host (not 100% sure though)
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If WVU baseball doesn’t host they have to do a better job with non-conference scheduling…really no excuse to not play a team Like UK for a weekend serious, Va Tech, UVA…
Replace a series like Columbia (where you lost a game anyways) and replace them with those teams.
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In on this! Pizza Hut was fine dining growing up in rural Oklahoma in the 80s and 90s. AND the Book It program pretty much served as the primary inspiration to read books 😂.
The personal pan pizza was 🔥
Matt Van Swol@mattvanswol
🚨WOW!!! Tim Sparks has confirmed he purchased 80 PIZZA HUTS and brought back EVERYTHING that made them iconic! Pac-Man is back. Salad bar is back. Red cups are back. Booths for families. "I want to rebuild places for families to connect and put their phones down..."
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@WVUBagMan We also have the right coach in Sabins. Not recruiting some of the top end instate talent hurt Mazey(ie Witt, Dawson and DeLauter).
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@WVUBagMan When WVU built the new stadium this is the success I expected. We competed for a Natty in football 8 yrs after opening Mountaineer Field. I would think the same would be true in baseball. Sabins is taking us to that level imo.
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WVU has some work to do but it’s undeniable that they are trending in the right direction.
Coach stability, institutional investment and innovation through GBE, The MAC & Mountaineer Sports Properties has WVU primed for a big jump in Rev over the next 3 years.
Jeff Fuller@jjfuller72
Updated revenue data for Big12 schools, both from MFRS reports for public schools and EADA reports for ALL schools In general, the MFRS data is more vetted & detailed and does include the amount of revenue that is actually from subsidies (student fees, governmental-/institutional-support, etc) for a clearer picture when all taken together.
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@Jeffery_Cobb We have always needed to punch above our weight. Grit and Determination gets you along way in life
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Mountaineer Sports Properties needs another homerun similar to the Hope Gas deal.
WVU Bag Man@WVUBagMan
WVU has some work to do but it’s undeniable that they are trending in the right direction. Coach stability, institutional investment and innovation through GBE, The MAC & Mountaineer Sports Properties has WVU primed for a big jump in Rev over the next 3 years.
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@MonRiverShakes Would have been nice to have Tyson Bagent on this list
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Came across this on Facebook..
My opinion, he had some amazing flashes but you gotta drop Grier for maxing 8 wins, 2 fumble 6s vs Oklahoma & opting out of his final bowl game.
Pure heart elevates Howard, Greene & Trickett.
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Is this a fact or opinion? Da’Sean Butler is certainly in the conversation. NBA career shouldn’t factor in being the greatest Mountaineer of all time IMO.
WVU Men's Basketball@WVUhoops
The greatest Mountaineer of all time. Jerry West: The Logo is now streaming on @SportsonPrime 📺
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WVU needs to make sure Maddox stays in Morgantown. Don't let this generational talent get away like they did with Tyson Bagent
Maddox Twigg 3⭐️@MaddoxTwigg
Thanks to @CoalfieldsCo Congrats to my brother @ColtonRoberson4 and the other great athletes on this list! 🔥 @Akingwvu @maydaymckenzie @CoachBiserMHS @247Sports @Rivals @RivalsHS @210ths @BrianDohn247 @QBHitList
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@SportsTalk_304 I agreed, but honestly outside of those schools we can’t really compete. Bridgeport and Frankfort can and I actually think Frankfort plays the Cumberland schools
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@PownellTim Yeah, but teams outside of Martinsburg and Huntington need to start scheduling premier out of state games. Right now WV really only has 1 or 2 teams that people in other states respect
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I wish West Virginia #wvprepfb teams played more high profile Virginia teams in football. Give me Martinsburg vs Maury, Huntington vs Highland Springs, Morgantown vs Stone Bridge, Bridgeport vs Salem, Fairmont Sr vs Verina, etc. I love that we've played high profile teams from Canada, New Jersey, Michigan, Tennessee, etc recently, but I'd love to see us really build a Virginia rivalry.
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@CFB_Signals Iowa state and Kansas were horrible. No excuses from Dana for not doing better
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Thinking back to WVU’s entry in the Big 12. My gosh it was fun early. Those first games against Baylor & Texas. The shootouts against Oklahoma. The wind at TTU… how damn ferocious KSU was…. Feisty ISU. Steady TCU always catching a break against WVU. Holgy’s WV hand-sign.
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Orioles fans…. Take your orange colored glasses off for JUST a minute and be completely honest here.
This “young core” isn’t very young anymore, and IMO is full of MID talent at best living on the coattails of early success before the league figured most of these guys out.
Gunnar - Enjoy him while you can (Boras)
Cowser - JAG (What are his strengths?)
Westy - Mr IL 🏥 (Best ability is avail..)
Adley - 🤞🏻 Maybe Wieters 2.0 at best
Basallo - Promising
Mayo - AAAA (Trying to hold hope)
Holliday - TBD
Beavers - Maybe Surhoff, Maybe Rickard
Kjerstad - 🤷🏻♂️ (Scooby Doo Mystery)
I don’t feel these are reactionary feelings to the slow start. This is based on what I’ve seen since July 2024. Logically tell me where I’m wrong. I WANT to be wrong. But……
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@JohnAntonik @WVUBaseball Ollie deserves the credit And Steve Sabins is a championship coach.
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Having watched @WVUBaseball since the late 80s, it continues to amaze me where this program is right now. The vision by Oliver Luck in 2013 to invest in college baseball has not only benefitted baseball in the state, but it has served as an economic catalyst for the entire area!
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