July 2002
Link: July 31, 2002 - WOW!!!
#14. "The Herd have swagger, which often is difficult to
develop. Their offense promises to be one of the nation's best,
thanks to Leftwich, a great receiving corps and an underrated running
game." Click
here to read the entire article. Thanks to < MC > for
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Link: July 30, 2002 - Joe
Pa Talks BCS. "As far as the BCS goes, I hope it disappears.
I don't want to do anything to encourage it. (Big Ten Commissioner
Jim) Delany can take his BCS and do what he wants with it. I think
it's been a disaster." Click
here to read the entire article. Reply
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Comment: July 29, 2002 - Job
Opportunity! "Hello, My name is Michael McHale, and I'm
a Co-Administrator on CollegeFight.net.
I recently ran across your HerdRumors site, and you did a great
job on it! I really like the image tabs that have the "Home"..."MU
vs WVU"..."Downloads"..."Contact
Us"...those look really sharp! Anyways, I'm looking for a MAC
football columnist for my site, and was wondering if you or anyone
you know might be interested in the column. My email is collegefight@villagex.com
, so I look forward to hearing from you." Thanks to < Michael
McHale > for this comment.
Link: July 29, 2002 - Who's
On The List! Mel Kiper has a list naming the top 30 college
football top players for 2002. MU has two on the list.... and guess
who's #1? Click
here to read the list. Thanks to < Michael Crisp > for this
comment. Reply
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Rumor: July 26, 2002 - OH
BABY! "A UCF poster by the name of "BamaKnight" has posted
that WJOX Sportstalk in Birmingham afternoon host Herb Winches today
claimed that he had a reputable source(UAB?) that told him that
C-USA discussed and decided earlier this week in Memphis to add
another school: Marshall. He also stated that once that happens
ABC would then come on board to televise the C-USA championship
game prior to the SEC championship game held the 1st weekend in
Dec." Thanks to < Blevins > for this rumor. Reply
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Rumor: July 25, 2002 - C-USA
Coaches Talk Expansion. I found the link to this article on
the HerdSportsPage.com
board. "We need a 12th team, two divisions and a conference
championship game on ABC," said UAB coach Watson Brown. "Our ultimate
goal is the BCS." Click
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Comment: July 23, 2002 - More
Smack From UCF. These quotes from the Orlando Sentinal on the
MAC Meet the Media in Orlando. "It all started with UCF President
John Hitt referring to the MAC as the "Midwest" Conference
twice during his address to the league Sunday night." And this...
"Amstutz chuckled, but some weren't laughing Sunday night when
new UCF Athletic Director Steve Orsini told league reps that the
Knights, although happy to be in the MAC now, hoped to be a member
of a "major" conference within five years. Jaws apparently
dropped as league members looked at each other with a "what
are we, chopped chitlins?" expression on their faces. Some
coaches, including Marshall's Bob Pruett, felt the remark was a
slap at the MAC." And this... "I can understand how some
coaches might have misunderstood," Orsini said, "but I
wasn't excluding the MAC from our future plans. It's our hope that
the MAC will rise with us." Click
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Rumor: July 22, 2002 - New
Bowl Game for MAC? "Expect a major bowl announcement involoving
the MAC and the WAC tomorrow at the MAC media day in Orlando. WAC
commish attended MAC reception at UCF tonight. Chryst mentioned
the "major bowl announcement" teaser in his speech."
Thanks to < Knight Fan > for this rumor. Reply
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Rumor: July 22, 2002 - C-USA
At A Crossroads. I found this very interesting article about
the future of C-USA. "We've got that championship game on a
stick from ABC like a carrot just waiting on us to take it,"
says East Carolina AD Mike Hamrick." Click
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Opinion: July 22, 2002 - Marshall
Tidbits. While cruising theHerdSportsPage.com
I came across this great post by DJdaHERDfan, he talks about a new
kicker, C-USA membership, the JUCO QB transfer AND a pretty intresting
rumor about Watts. "Ran into my good buddy today. I hadn't
seen him in a while. He told me that he just got done talking to
his good friend, a doctor who is MU alumni of course and who give
BIG money to MU. He was told by his good friend that MU football
will be going to CUSA 2003. I immediately said,"ok, I'll believe
it when I see it." Click
here to read the entire thread. Reply
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Comment: July 22, 2002 - More
Smack from UCF. "All you have to do is show these Mid-American
guys what Southern-fried football is all about. (Oops, I promised
Coach K. that I'd be good until after they left town.)" Oh,
and don't forget this one at the bottom of the page.
"Morning, Marshall
Q -- How do you get a Marshall grad off your front porch?
A -- Pay him for the pizza. " Click
here to read the entire article. Thanks to < Anonymous UCF
Fan > for this comment. Reply
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Rumor: July 19, 2002 - Randy
Moss! "My neighbor is a MU grad and has a friend in the
public relations business in Charleston and said that Randy Moss
is trying to find investment partners for a semi-pro basketball
team in Charleston. Anyone know about this?" Thanks to <
Jeremy > for this rumor. Reply
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Comment: July 18, 2002 - The
Big Green Pig Out! Stampede Week 2002! "The Big Green Scholarship
Foundation and Buddy's All-American Bar-B-Que have teamed up to
throw a big party and you are invited!
When: Thursday, August 15, 2002 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Where: The parking lot of Buddy's All-American Bar-B-Que
on Third Avenue
Free pig roast!, Special guests and speakers from Marshall University!
Music and Dance! Live Remote by WDGG "The DAWG"! Kick
off the football season the right way!
For more information, call 696-4661
Opinion: July 17, 2002 - Almost
There. "45 days?? unbelievable, I know it may be early
for some predictions, but who cares. All last year, all the talk
was how bad Marshall's defense was and how great the offense was.
Without a doubt the Herd will have more balance. If you don't think
Bobby will have vastly improved the defense, your crazy. I honestly
feel that this team has the potential to be one of the greatest
in Herd history. Maybe not as good as Chad, Grace, Mercer, Hodges,
Chapman, and those cats where, but hey, I am looking for some new
names to step it up on defense, we all know that Bobby gets the
most out of his players. The game in Blacksburg will be tough, but
i absolutely cannot wait for UCF to come to town. Welcome the the
MAC fellaz. Thats enough, i'm out." Thanks to < Brian >
for this opinion. Reply
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Comment: July 15, 2002 - Bob
Marcum. "I'm so excited about the opportunities knocking
on MU's door. I really think Bob Marcum will do an excellent job
at the helm. He has tons of experience and has tons of contacts.
Something that couldn't be said of our previous AD. Everyone, hold
on for the ride and PLEASE..... give, give, give, we can't get where
we want to without the $'s." Thanks to < CrazyHerd >
for this comment. Reply
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Rumor: July 11, 2002 - C-USA
Issues. MAC Comish Rick Chryst is listed as a possible replacement
for former C-USA comish Slive. "Others mentioned as potential
candidates are Western Athletic Conference commissioner Karl Benson,
Mid-America Conference commissioner Rick Chryst, Ohio Valley Conference
commissioner Dan Beebe, and Pac-10 assistant commissioner Duane
Lindberg."What will this mean for the Herd? Who knows, but
the article also talks about adding Marshall and the desire to position
themselves for BCS inclusion when all the TV contracts expire in
2005. Click
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ANNOUNCEMENT: July 10, 2002 -
MU ONLY INTERNET RADIO SHOW. HerdRumors.com
and HerdWaves.com
are now in talks of creating an internet radio show dedicated entirely
to MU sports. Our plans are to interview Coaches, players and fans.
This will should be great news to those of you that live outside
of the Huntington area. Please stay tuned for more. If you have
interview ideas or ideas for specific show topics please
email them to us. Reply
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Rumor: July 10, 2002 - ThunderMix
2002? From what I hear, this years version will include video.
Thanks to < HerdWaves.com
> for this rumor. Reply
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Rumor: July 10, 2002 - MU
& WVU in the Same Conference? I found this posted on the
C-USA board. "It sounds like there is agreement between our
members in the direction of C-USA and what they will look for in
a new commish. In addition, Marshall still tops the list for expansion.
We will move onto expansion very quickly once Slive's replacement
is on board. The money, exposure and the increase in the stength
of C-USA fb are too crtical not to invite Marshall. We've got to
position ourselves for the next round of BCS changes. The presidents
are clearly focused on this issue.
It also appears that the BCS will move to control a national playoff.
One proposal will include the following:" Click
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Comment: July 9, 2002 - New
WRVC Call-In Show. I found this post by G Cy on the GoHerd.com
board pertaining to the new call-in show on WRVC. For those
of you that aren't familiar with this topic, last week WRVC shortened
a two hour Marshall Sports show down to one hour. The second hour
was replaced with another show that has historically been WVU oriented.
MU fans protested and were told that the show would be changing
formats to include Marshall as one of it's sports topics. The following
is G Cy's post..."Tony said on the show tonight (he was on
vacation last week) that it was his show and he would decide the
topics and if you called and didn't want to talk about his topic
you weren't getting on the air. He said the format would not change
because he was going to talk about what he was knowledgeable about
and that was WVU athletics, one because he did their games and two
because he was close to the coaches and athletic staff and he was
also in Morgantown and this made it easy to get info and informed
guests. He did say he might occasionally ask Mitch Vingle about
MU when Mitch is on and he knows Mitch has attended a MU practice.
I figured that was how it was going to be because the hosts and
the guests on the show spend so much time around WVU they are not
very knowledgeable about other areas of sports and that is really
to be expected of them." Click
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Question: July 8, 2002 - New
Uniforms? "Has anyone been hearing anything about the new
uniforms for football this season? Last year at this time it was
all that was being talked about,...we are still change our color
of GREEN??? I've been asking around and everything seems to be very...hush
hush. All I have heard has been the same talk from last year...new
color of green...and the new logo will be featured on the uniforms.
But I'm hopeing for some stripes, is it just me or has anyone else
noticed we need some." Thanks to < FEELtheThunder > for
this question. Reply
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Between The Horns: July 8, 2002
- Laugh A Little. Our very own Secret Agent #70 is at
agian. "CUSA doesn’t have the attendance everyone thinks.
Do you recall a game on ESPN between TCU and Southern Miss last
year? Probably not. Let me fill you in - NO ONE WAS THERE! CUSA
is in the same boat as the MAC. A few cash cows and lot of parasites
along for the ride. It wouldn’t surprise me one bit to see
the biggest of the MAC join with the biggest of CUSA to form a new
conference in the next year or two." Click
here to read the entire Editorial. Reply
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Opinion: July 6, 2002 - Nothing
to Prove. "Do we really need to play WVU? Its simple to
see which directions the two programs are heading. We are scheduling
big name schools to play, while the mountaineers are scheduling
doormat teams that secure at least a couple of victories for there
pride. YES, I agree that WVU is in a much tougher conference but
it doesn't mean anything when you consistently lose to every big
team in your conference. WVU's only victories last season were against
two MAC schools and a POWERFUL (catch the sarcasm) Rutgers team.
WVU went 3-8 overall and 1-6 in the their conference. One would
almost feel compelled to count the loss to Temple as a double loss
since they played them at home. we have nothing to prove by beating
the mountaineers. All it proves is that we can beat a team who Temple
can consistently handle. Nothing to prove! Go Herd!" Thanks
to < CC > for this opinion. Reply
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Movie: July 3, 2002 - For
Those of You Out of Town. Here's a little QuickTime video I
took while driving past Marshall Stadium... Enjoy! (you'll
need the QuickTime
PlugIn to view it.) Reply
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Opinion: July 2, 2002 - Fight
the Good Fight. "On 7-1-02 Kindred Communications and WRVC
AM 930 announced plans to reduce Sideline Sports from a 2-hour show
to a 1-hour show. This decision was bad, but it became offensive
when they announced the 2nd hour would be replaced by Metro News
Statewide Sports Line, a WVU oriented program. We should expect
better treatment and concern from our local media outlets. We must
let them know that we will not allow this to happen without a fight."
Click
here to read more. Thanks to < Herdfaninindy > for this
opinion. Reply
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Rumor: July 2, 2002 - MAC
Might Lose GMAC Bowl? "The WAC is expected to announce
later this month that it has re-acquired a spot in the GMAC Bowl
in Mobile, Ala., for its EasternDivision champ, after losing that
tie-in last season." Click
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Opinion: July 2, 2002 - WV
Gagzette. "Please let Dave Hickman of the GAZETTE know
that we would be more than happy to play WPU's schedule ANY TIME
(see his 7/2 column) - dphickman1@aol.com.
GO HERD!" Thanks to < Dennis Fravel > for this opinion.
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Rumor: July 1, 2002 - Sive
to SEC. "Slive is leaving C-USA and will be the new Comish
of the SEC. Rumor has it that Slive will boot Arkansas and add Marshall
OR that Chryst will leave the MAC and be the new Comish for C-USA
and take Marshall with him!" Thanks to < CrazyHerd >
for this rumor. Reply
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