Friday Feedback
October 23, 2009 by Mike CasazzaWelcome to the Friday Feedback, which would like to begin today by addressing three things:
(Pours Johnny Walker Green, taps mic…)
1) I’m not a Marshall beat writer and I have no agenda, but thank you for asking.
2) I’ve never been contacted by John Calipari and I’m not even sure what that means.
3) I prefer weeks that don’t contain the unfortunate stories and issues contained in this week.
Thank you for your time.
Moving on, just a final note on Jasper Howard. You may recall Rob Lunn, the Fat White Guy, from years and posts past at UConn. He had a fine editorial this week for the New England Sports Network that put things in a pretty proper perspective. The word most commonly used by West Virginia’s players this week was “weird,” but the Mountaineers have to play the Huskies Saturday.
The Mountaineers are 71/2-point favorites against UConn, led the series 5-0 and have beaten the Huskies the past two years by a combined score of 101-34.
In a way, though, they are not the favorites. They know who virtually all of college football will cheer.
“I would, too, but now that they’re playing us I can’t,” WVU cornerback Brandon Hogan said. “I know there’s going to be a lot of emotion in this game, but we’ve still got to do what we’ve got to do. It’ll be difficult, but we’ve still got to get that victory.”
This is not an ode to “Woe is WVU,” but it is indicative of what that side is going through this week, as well. Emotion will be a key and if WVU is to win, it’ll have to match and stay above UConn’s level — and that could be really difficult. You know they Huskies are well-coached and Randy Edsall will have that team humming with a singular focus. This should be a very good football game.
Onto the Feedback. As always, comments appear as posted. In other words, don’t be so lackadaisical.
Erinn said:
Geez, Mike. When did your blog turn into another one of those ridiculous message boards?
I’m telling you, it was that kind of week. And to think, it all began with a rather ordinary post early Saturday afternoon showing scenes from Mountaineer Madness. And that’s all I’m going to say about that for now.
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