Hoppy and Tony were crying on their show this morning. You would have though there was a death in the family. After his meltdown, they are all starting to realize they made a mistake in extending ole Holgieson's contract. Best thing that could have happened for us!
On a more serious note, the Mountaineers did have a death in the family when Billy Noel, Jerry West's nephew and one of their strongest supporters ever, passed away of cancer, after a quick, four-month on illness, on Dec. 17. Bill, his dad Jack and I worked on the railroad together; we attended many ball games in both Morgantown and Huntington (back when we had Randy and Chad). Bill had a sports talk radio show in the Charleston area, and he loved WVU so much that he donated his body -- as a final act of giving -- to their medical school.