White outruns Oklahoma as West Virginia wins Fiesta

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Good morning, blogosphere!
Published 1/3/2008 by Devin Clancy at Sports Scope
Here's a look around this morning's paper as West Virginia fans celebrate a Fiesta Bowl win and coach Bill Stewart celebrates a permanent job as the school's head coach. Cover story: Eli Manning is still chasing playoff success. In focus: Ohio State receiver Brian Robiskie learned football at his dad Terry's knee. Dad is an LSU alum, but he's rooting for the Buckeyes in the BCS championship. Christine Brennan: Our columnists tells the presidential candidates what they can learn from Bowl season. Orange Bowl: A preview of ...

West Virginia tabs Stewart as Head Coach
Published 1/3/2008 at Fanblogs.com
West Virginia looked high and low to find its next head football coach, and then settled on someone the Mountaineers already knew - promoting interim head coach Bill Stewart to head coach. On the heels of WVU's win over Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl, Stewart will be named the new head coach in a press conference scheduled for 11am EST today. Fullback Owen Schmitt, who scored on a 57-yard run, called Stewart the "glue" that kept the Mountaineers together during a rocky month. "We're a family," Schmitt said. ...

Hitting the snooze bar, 1/3
Published 1/3/2008 by Jack Ryan at MVN Outsider
... WVU throttles OU in Fiesta (USA Today) Vicki Michaelis of USA Today recaps the 48-28 throttling by WVU over Oklahoma at the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl. “Big Game” Bob Stoops loses his fourth straight BCS bowl game. ...

A Moratorium on the Rich Rod vs. WVU Athletic Dept. issue
Published 1/21/2008 by MountaineerBob at WVMountaineerSports.com
... We need to refocus. It’s freaking Basketball season! Football recruiting is in High Gear! Our Women’s Basketball team is ranked and rolling and soon the Men’s will be back in the top 25. March Madness is little more than a month away. The Football Spring Game will be here before you know it! AND WE KICKED OKLAHOMA’S ASS IN THE FIESTA BOWL. I don’t know about you guys but I’m not finished celebrating that win!!! ...