Fan Vote: Great Moments
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'88 Team Wins Fan Vote
Based on fan voting conducted throughout the summer on WVUsports.com, 16 of the best football teams in the 125-year history of West Virginia University football have been pared down to just one...
"Jumbo" Joe Stydahar Was WVU's First Pro Football Standout
How is it that one of the greatest two-way lineman in professional football history could barely make the opening kickoff of nearly every pro football game he ever played?...
Turn-of-the-Century College Football - America's Serial Killer
At the turn of the century, there was a serial killer on the loose preying on boys and young men and its name was college football. That's right, college football, today the game so many of us have grown to love...
The Big Four
Believe it or not, there was actually a time when Pitt, Penn State, West Virginia and Syracuse all got along...
Seven Football Hall of Famers Who Likely Won't Be Hall of Famers
By my count, the West Virginia University Sports Hall of Fame presently has 68 Mountaineer football players and coaches enshrined among the school's all-time athletic immortals...
The Spears Years (1921-24)
A fiery, young, coach whose innovative offensive system based on speed and precision elevates Mountaineer football to unprecedented heights before abruptly resigning for greener pastures in the Big Ten Conference ... sounds a lot like Rich Rodriguez, doesn't it?...
What-Ifs in Mountaineer Football History
The professional historians call it counterfactual history, or virtual history, the form of history that attempts to answer the what-if questions that can make up any number of alternative versions of history. For instance, what if Adolph Hitler had been assassinated in July, 1944 instead of committing suicide nearly a year later in 1945?...
125 Years of Mountaineer Football
It all began 125 years ago on a snowy Saturday afternoon in Morgantown when Washington & Jefferson introduced West Virginia University to the great game of football...
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Fan Vote: Top Team of All-Time
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1988
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For decades, hundreds of photographs chronicling some of the greatest moments in West Virginia University football history have been hidden away beneath piles of dusty media guides, tattered game programs, and yellowed newspaper clippings. Within the annals of the WVU athletic department, these archival treasures have been overlooked and forgotten over the years. That is until now.
With nearly twenty-five years of experience in intercollegiate athletics at West Virginia University, John Antonik brings these long-lost photographs to life with a narrative that highlights the key players, coaches, and the greatest moments in Mountaineer football history. Saturday Snapshots spotlights the dirt and grime, the sweat and tears, and the pageantry and tradition behind a team that has captivated the Mountain State from its inception. With stunning pictures, exclusive stories, and fascinating facts and statistics, it is the ultimate resource for the faithful West Virginia University football fan.
By spanning WVU football’s entire history—from that first game in snowy Morgantown on Saturday, November 28, 1891, to West Virginia’s appearance in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee, on December 29, 2014—these snapshots will keep you turning the pages until the clock runs out.
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