By Ryan Decker

Wednesday’s post gave Mountaineer fans a task they were up for: create the best WVU football team possible using $15 of fictitious money.

The responses were great, and the suggestions for additions of Marc Bulger, Jeff Hostetler and Stedman Bailey are duly noted if I ever try this again.

Here are a few takeaways from the process:

• Major Harris edged out Pat White by two votes, while Noel Devine beat his former teammate Steve Slaton by one vote, and Tavon Austin got just four more votes than Kevin White.
• Austin tied Bobby Bowden for the highest percentage of votes (42%) for a single player or coach. They were only outdone by the 2007 defense, which collected nearly half the votes.
• The top vote getters at each position – Major Harris, Noel Devine, Tavon Austin, the 2007 defense, and Bobby Bowden – collectively create a team within the price range, and actually leave two dollars to spare.   However, not a single person picked that exact team.
• The combination of P. White, Devine, Austin, 2007 D and Bowden was picked by two different people, as was the team of P. White, Slaton, K. White, 2007 D and Bowden.
• Biggest surprise: The great Don Nehlen only received two votes.
• Favorite answer: A commenter by the name of “ML” created a team that only cost him $14, and he said the “extra dollar goes to Stewart’s charity.” Despite it being fake money, it was a great sentiment.

Below you’ll find the final results from all the entries.