http://www.timeswv.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:32:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_251113601.html http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_251113601.html If forced to pick a play, Pat White's early fumble could have been the turning point for West Virginia in Saturday's upset loss to East Carolina, the Charleston Gazette reported. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:09:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_251021023.html http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_251021023.html The color purple was everywhere in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium here on Saturday afternoon, except on the faces of the West Virginia Mountaineers.They were red.Red with anger, red with embarrassment, for Skip Holtz’s upstarts from East Carolina did everything to expose their weaknesses except depants them in upsetting the nation’s No. 8 team, 24-3. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:08:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_251020917.html http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_251020917.html Seems you can never find a hurricane when you need one.Certainly, West Virginia University would never have complained if Hanna had come to town sporting driving rain and winds of 125 mph, forcing postponement of what turned into one of the worst moments in recent WVU football history. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 11:04:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_250110647.html http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_250110647.html Perhaps more than anything -- even the threat of tropical storm Hannah -- West Virginia coach Bill Stewart is worried about the experience East Carolina brings entering today's game, the Charleston Gazette reported. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:04:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_250020502.html http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_250020502.html Come rain, wind or high water, West Virginia University and East Carolina were gearing up Friday afternoon for a non-conference football contest which was still scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Saturday at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:31:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_249223221.html http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_249223221.html So this is the calm before the storm.Seems as though we have a bowl for everything, so might as well call this matchup between West Virginia and East Carolina “The Postal Bowl.” Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:22:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_249112907.html http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_249112907.html It's not that Pat White is conveniently forgetful and chose this week of all the others to fail to remember the events of past games against Saturday's opponent, East Carolina."I honestly can't remember," he said.To review, in 2005 and 2006 the Pirates stymied West Virginia's running game and held the Mountaineers to 280 total rushing yards and 47 total points. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:07:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_249111215.html http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_249111215.html West Virginia and East Carolina officials are bracing for tropical storm Hanna. Officials aren't changing the kickoff time, but have altered some game-based events, the Charleston Gazette reported. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:00:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_249110607.html http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_249110607.html With non-conference games against Virginia Tech, West Virginia, N.C. State and Virginia, East Carolina's schedule makers won't back down from a challenge, the Charleston Gazette reported. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:58:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_249110030.html http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_249110030.html It's only the second week of the season, but Bill Stewart's first big test as West Virginia's coach will take place Saturday, the Charleston Gazette reported. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:55:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_249105723.html http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_249105723.html If things had gone differently, East Carolina's Skip Holtz could have been West Virginia's next head football coach, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:39:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_249003949.html http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_249003949.html Despite the forecast of inclement weather, West Virginia University quarterback Patrick White said the eighth-ranked Mountaineers can’t expect to beat East Carolina without its “A” game on Saturday at Greenville, N.C.Hanna is headed for the Carolina coast, according to The Weather Channel. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:35:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_249003543.html http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_249003543.html It doesn’t happen often, but the other day the tables were turned on me.In the midst of research for today’s chapter in a lifelong drive to reach sports writing mediocrity, West Virginia University quarterback Patrick White was being grilled on how computers have affected the game of football. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:33:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_249003437.html http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_249003437.html Take linebacker Mortty Ivy’s word for it, East Carolina’s football team is for real.“That 27-22 upset of No. 17 Virginia Tech wasn’t any fluke,” the 6-3, 235-pound senior said. “The Pirates have a really good team. They play hard and they play as a unit.” Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:32:00 +0000 http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_249003304.html http://www.timeswv.com/wvu_sports/local_story_249003304.html West Virginia University Athletic Director Ed Pastilong and the Big East announced the 2008-09 men’s basketball schedule on Thursday.Big East schools visiting Morgantown will be Pitt, Connecticut, Louisville, Villanova, Providence, St. John’s, Notre Dame, DePaul and USF.