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NCAA Tournament: The Geography Method

As many teams are there in the NCAA tournament, there are infinitely more ways to fill out your bracket. Some people pick by school mascot, some people pick by school colors, and some even pick by simple…Read More

Aaric Murray Draw Heat for Tweets

Isn’t it amazing the kind of scrutiny we put our athletes under? An athlete, college or professional, cannot say anything without the public tearing them apart. Aaric Murray was shown that treatment…Read More

Former Mountaineer Star Ready For The Big Stage

West Virginia Mountaineer star Eric Shoenle is getting ready to play in the United States Major League Soccer. The 6 foot 2 central defender, who had a standout career at West Virginia, was recently selected…Read More

HailWV Bowl Pick ‘Em Update: Segment 1

Through the first 11 games of the bowl season, Patrick Pishko is in the lead in the HailWV Bowl Pick ‘Em competition. Pishko correctly forecast 10 of the 11 games, winning on the tie-breaking combined…Read More

Last Minute Gift Ideas for WVU Fans

I know, this is a sports blog and not a shopping site, but with Christmas one long weekend away, I found it important to provide some last minute suggestions for the Mountaineer fans on your list. Let’s…Read More

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What a 16 Game College Football Playoff Would Look Like This Year

This is definitely out of scope for our Mountaineers dedicated commentary, but with the FCS playoffs…Read More

Big East Moves Quickly While Big XII Sits Idle

Today, on As Conference Reaglinment Turns, the Big East has reportedly added Tulane in all sports and…Read More

Big East Rumored to Implode

Multiple outlets across the internet are propogating rumors that indicate the Big East is soon to go…Read More

How the Latest Round of Conference Realignment is a Mirror of Back to the Future

If you are a fan of bad 1980s movies like I am, you have watched the Back to the Future trilogy countless…Read More

HailWV.com & SOPA/PIPA

HailWV.com is officially taking a stand against SOPA & PIPA, joining sites such as Wikipedia and…Read More

Tailgate Cruiser available to WVU fans heading to College Park!

Are you heading to College Park, MD on Saturday to watch the Eers make soup out of the Terps? OK, good!…Read More

9/11/01 – Never Forget. 10 Years Later

The staff at HailWV.com joins with the rest of America in remembering what happened on that fateful day…Read More

We’re taking a vacation

That’s right, faithful readers… it is time for me to take a long vacation. In fact, I am…Read More

In Memory of Princess

Our Lead Blogger, Jim, lost a beloved member of his family this week.  Please leave some encouraging…Read More

Follow-up interview: Brian Frederick, Sports Fans Coalition

Back on November 17th, 2010, I interviewed Brian Frederick, Executive Director of the Sports Fans Coalition.…Read More

AQ stats before the 2010-11 season

So, doing some digging around, I found some interesting stats regarding the BCS and their Auto-Qualifier…Read More

Site5 and FanSided Holiday Season Charity Drive Update

OK, I admit it, I rushed out the last entry pertaining to Site5 and Fansided’s Holiday Season Charity…Read More

Official Retraction of the Bill Stewart Retirement Story

Mountaineer Nation… I am sorry. I am sorry for posting a false story pertaining to the Head Football…Read More

Site5 and FanSided Holiday Season Charity Drive

This is Fansided and Site5’s first Holiday Charity Drive, and I’m glad to be a part of it! This year,…Read More

Interview with Brian Frederick, Sports Fans Coalition

Does it frustrate you that the price of nachos at Mountaineer Field is around the $4 mark? Does it frustrate…Read More