Wow @ West Virginia RB Steve Slaton

[BrokenVisage]

Just turn on ESPN2 right now and watch this Sophomore run over Maryland! My nephew actually played with him in High School, but he wasn't all that good from what he told me.

28-0 in the 2nd quarter now. Time to get some more Hesiman numbers.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
Just turn on ESPN2 right now and watch this Sophomore run over Maryland! My nephew actually played with him in High School, but he wasn't all that good from what he told me.

28-0 in the 2nd quarter now. Time to get some more Hesiman numbers.

You mean 150 yards right? Not 150 years?

 

[b0mbrman]

150 years, 2(almost 3) TD's in the FIRST QUARTER

That's a long first quarter :Q

 

[shocksyde]

I'm a MD fan and watching right now. It ain't pretty.

 

[EvilYoda]

He's so fast we count his stats in years!

 

[BrokenVisage]

He's the oldest Sophomore on Earth.

 

[KLin]

8 rushes for 149 yards? DAMN! :Q

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: KLin
8 rushes for 149 yards? DAMN! :Q

He had insane numbers like this in the Sugar Bowl against Georgia too, so it's not just a weak Maryland D.

 

[Fingolfin269]

Maryland blows. They only beat my horrible 109th ranked MTSU Blue Raiders 24-10 last week. If you are in a power conference and only beat us by 14 you suck.

 

[KLin]

Holy crap, WVU's hardest opponent this year is going to be Louisville. Talk about a cake schedule. Slaton should end up with 2500 yards this year with the teams they're playing.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: KLin
Holy crap, WVU's hardest opponent this year is going to be Louisville. Talk about a cake schedule. Slaton should end up with 2500 yards this year with the teams they're playing.

If 2 other teams, in addition to WVU, finish undefeated WVU will be left out of the Championship game.

 

[jaybert]

Originally posted by: Feldenak

Originally posted by: KLin
Holy crap, WVU's hardest opponent this year is going to be Louisville. Talk about a cake schedule. Slaton should end up with 2500 yards this year with the teams they're playing.

If 2 other teams, in addition to WVU, finish undefeated WVU will be left out of the Championship game.

what if its TCU?

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: jaybert

Originally posted by: Feldenak

Originally posted by: KLin
Holy crap, WVU's hardest opponent this year is going to be Louisville. Talk about a cake schedule. Slaton should end up with 2500 yards this year with the teams they're playing.

If 2 other teams, in addition to WVU, finish undefeated WVU will be left out of the Championship game.

what if its TCU?

Then WVU might have a chance.

 

[wyvrn]

The University of North Texas has for the last 3 seasons enjoyed RB perfomances like this. You get a good back in some of these smaller conferences and they can absolutely wreck havoc. It is also interesting to see if these big fish in small ponds end up making it to the NFL. They don't get the weekly national attention and how can you tell if they would perform at the same level at a premium school?

 

[jlbenedict]

I think this running back had a point to prove. Maryland offered this guy a scholarship and then retracted it.
Maryland coach is kicking himself in the ass right about now

 

[MrChad]

*sigh*

<-- MD alum and fan

 

[jlbenedict]

here is another quote from the article:

"He scored twice in the opening quarter of his first career action against Maryland, the school that offered him a scholarship, then withdrew it because Friedgen felt he already had enough running backs."

 

[xaeniac]

Who has W VA played? Oh yeah nobody.... They have one of the easiest schedules.... I would like to see them play a SEC team

 

[sash1]

WVU has such an easy schedule this year. They should easily be unbeaten. I was watching this game last night at work. Go WVU! Slaton is an amazing, young, RB

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: xaeniac
Who has W VA played? Oh yeah nobody.... They have one of the easiest schedules.... I would like to see them play a SEC team

Actually, they do play Mississippi State in a few weeks. However, MSU sucks huge this year, and as a Bulldog fan, fully expect WVU to kill them.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: xaeniac
Who has W VA played? Oh yeah nobody.... They have one of the easiest schedules.... I would like to see them play a SEC team

http://sportsline.com/collegefootball/bowls/sugar

Bowl Recap
Steve Slaton rushed for a record 204 yards and three touchdowns to lead the No. 11 Mountaineers to a 38-35 victory over eighth-ranked Georgia, which couldn't take advantage of the home-field edge in the first Sugar Bowl ever played outside of New Orleans.

There you go, SEC champs, supposedly best running defense, Slaton as a freshmen breaks the Sugar record for rushing yards on them in a Georgia home-game environment. They went up on Georgia big time early on if you remember the game, Georgia had to claw their way to a 3-point loss. I know the Big East is a weak conference, but this teams success if relatively new, and the coach has only been there for 4 years, but already has a respectable record with some good bowl games.

2002 West Virginia 9-4 Continental Tire
2003 West Virginia 8-5 Gator Bowl
2004 West Virginia 8-4 Gator Bowl
2005 West Virginia 11-1 Sugar Bowl

So yeah, they still have some people to convince, but I think if they dismantle Louisville like they did with Maryland a lot of people will take this team seriously. No way they get a National Championship shot if they go undefeated with 2 other undefeated teams, but that's too be expected.

 

[ShockwaveVT]

WVU is overrated.

 

[MikeMike]

i know a former WVU lineman, he went to HS with me, but was a few years ahead, the dude is huge its crazy.

 

[slsmnaz]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage

There you go, SEC champs, supposedly best running defense, Slaton as a freshmen breaks the Sugar record for rushing yards on them in a Georgia home-game environment. They went up on Georgia big time early on if you remember the game, Georgia had to claw their way to a 3-point loss. I know the Big East is a weak conference, but this teams success if relatively new, and the coach has only been there for 4 years, but already has a respectable record with some good bowl games.

While I won't disagree that they dismantled UGA, the dawgs weren't even close to the best rush defense team in the SEC or the country.

 

[IgorFL]

West Virginia vs. Boise State for the national title!