Ranking The Best WVU Seasons Of The Pat White Era

Even though there’s one more game to go in this WVU football season, I think it’s fair to say that whether it ends up as a 9-4 or an 8-5 season, it will be the worst of the past four seasons, otherwise known as the Pat White Era. White was redshirted his first year at WVU, so we’ll call his era the 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 seasons. During that time, WVU has ascended consistent heights not seen before. The team has had single better seasons -- the 1988 and 1993 undefeated seasons, both times playing, more or less, for the national title -- but under White, WVU notched three straight 11-win seasons for the first time in school history and played in two BCS bowls. From 2005-2007, WVU finished ranked in the Top 10 each season. Here is a ranking of the past four seasons, beginning with No. 4 and ending with No. 1: 4. 2008: In a tumultuous offseason during which WVU loses former head coach Rich Rodriguez to Michigan and instigates a long, painful and public legal action to claim its ... (link)