Happy Holidays Lone Star Chapter!!
Bowl season is here, and the Mountaineers are all set to take on Florida State in the Gator Bowl this Friday at noon, CST. Coach Stew and Co. are coming off a great win against Pitt to cap off a 9-3 regular season and are hoping to hand Coach Bobby Bowden his last loss as the Seminoles head coach. The Midtown BW3’s has agreed to host the Mountaineer faithful that can’t make it to Jacksonville, so come on down and meet up with the Houston area Alumni!!!
Hello Lonestar Mountaineers!
The holiday season is coming up fast and so is the last Mountaineer football game of the regular season. The Lone Star chapter is planning a Rutgers game watch combined with our first-ever HOLIDAY PARTY on Saturday, December 5th at 11 AM. What better way to ring in the holiday season than with a Mountaineer win to finish the season along with some homemade goodies?
We will also have the boxes set up for our annual Toys for Tots toy drive to benefit those children less fortunate in the Houston area. Please bring an unwrapped gift with you to the party. Just so you don’t feel like you’re missing out on shopping while you’re there, we’ll have a Steve Slaton autographed jersey to raffle off along with some other items to make the Mountaineer fan on your list a happy camper come Christmas morning. Of course, nobody could blame you if you wanted to keep it for yourself either! Save the date and please plan to attend our first-ever Lonestar Chapter holiday party!
RSVP to jason.d.smith@comcast.net
Let’s Goooooo Mountaineers!
Happy Holidays Lone Star Chapter!
I am very happy to attach the Lone Star Chapter Fall 2009 Newsletter. This year’s newsletter includes information on current Houston area students, recent alumnus, upcoming events, and ongoing Alumni Association projects. Enjoy the read, and please join me in thanking Mrs. Terry Bearce for a wonderful job of assembling this years newsletter. Thanks Terry!
And please don’t forget about this weekend’s final game watch against Rutger’s and our Lone Star Chapter Holiday Party. Details are in the newsletter.
WVU Lonestar Chapter Newsletter Fall 2009
Happy Holidays,
Raymond and Gelareh Chafin
Greetings WVU alumni in Houston TEXAS!!! I just wanted to send you a quick note that ESPN 97.5FM (local radio) will be carrying the WVU game THIS FRI starting at 6:00pm in case any of your alumni can’t get it on TV or are in the car! Good luck and have a great game!!
Maggie Wessel
Marketing ESPN 97.5 FM
@espn975 = Twitter
MORGANTOWN The UConn Huskies were welcomed to Mountaineer Field on Saturday by a group of kinder, gentler West Virginia fans.
Sure, it’s not easy to forget that ugly 1996 incident in which a fan hurled a 55-gallon garbage can onto the field that wound up hitting Randy Shannon, who was then the linebackers coach and today is Miami’s head coach.
Rather than having one person step up and admit they’re the one who threw it, several fans have done so during the years, as if to suggest they take some kind of pride in it. There have been similar stores involving whiskey bottles, batteries, and well, just about anything within reach.
Saturday was different. So very, very different.
Mountaineers fans united in a way few in sports had ever seen from opposing supporters in the wake of the tragic death of UConn defensive back Jasper Howard, a 20-year-old who died as the result of a senseless on-campus stabbing last Sunday morning.
West Virginia fans made a large sign that read: ”today we are all HUSKIES.” It was signed by thousands of WVU fans and hanged just inside the tunnel the UConn players ran through when they entered the field.
When they did that, nearly all of the 58,106 in attendance stood, clapped, and cheered for the Huskies.
”I thought the fans from West Virginia were very gracious and very humbling,” UConn coach Randy Edsall said. ”I’ve come down to West Virginia when I was at Syracuse and with Boston College, and even here with Connecticut, and I know what type of fans are here and how they root so hard for their football team.
”The sportsmanship and the love and concern they showed for our team – I don’t know if you’ve ever seen that in sport. My hat is off to them. Those were a bunch of class fans, and this is a class coach staff and athletic administration. I would just like to say thank you to them.”
Huskies running back Andre Dixon carried Howard’s No. 6 jersey with him onto the field. It, along with his helmet, stayed on the UConn sidelines during of the game, which was won by West Virginia 28-24.
Prior to kickoff, a moment of silence was observed as both teams stood holding hands along the hash marks before they met at midfield for a handshake.
”I was just thinking about Jazz and his family (during the moment of silence) and hoping that we could really do him proud,” Edsall said. ”I told the team that I think he is proud of us and that he is disappointed that we didn’t come out on the right side of the column.
”I know this: He is going to give us more strength. We have one more tough thing to go through Monday (the funeral). We will get through that and be ready to go next week.”
West Virginia coach Bill Stewart said he’d never seen anything like what the Mountaineers supporters did for the Huskies on Saturday. Though it had been talked about on various Web sites, it’s not as if the WVU coaches or administration came out and asked the fans to show that kind of support.
”I was so proud,” he said. ”I want to thank each and every person in the stadium for the class that the Old Gold and Blue showed toward the reception of the UConn Huskies. I’m so proud to be a West Virginian today.”
Stewart went on to praise Edsall for the leadership he’s shown in the days since the tragedy.
”This was one of the toughest weeks of my life. I can only imagine Randy Edsall, what a class, class man,” Stewart said. ”When I call him my friend, he’s my friend, and I truly am one of his big admirers. I haven’t said much about opposing coaches this year. Well (Saturday) I am. I don’t know how they got them ready as good as they did ”
Jim Elliott can be reached via e-mail at: elliott@theintelligencer.net
All Football Watching Parties will revert back to the Ragin Cajun on Gessner and Westheimer. Two Rows will be unable to meet our expectations this year for watching parties.
The chapter would like to apologize for the late change in plans and hope everyone can still attend the Watching Party this weekend at the Ragin Cajun.
Hey fellow Lone Star Mountaineers! It’s that time again. September is here, temperatures are getting cooler and Mountaineer football is in the air! The first official Lone Star watching party of the season is coming up this Saturday as our boys in gold and blue travel to Auburn for a 6:45 central kickoff. The team is finding its rhythm and is getting votes for the top 25. A win this weekend would surely put them in that position. Come out and join us at Two Rows at 2400 University Blvd in Rice Village the Ragin Cajun on Westheimer and Gessner to hopefully see the new lady Mountaineer do her best Annie Oakley imitation, and shoot the Auburn war eagle out of the sky, just like our Mountaineers are going to snare the Tigers on the field! Please RSVP to Jason Smith at jason.d.smith@comcast.net if you plan to attend so we can let our new friends at Ragin Cajun know how many tables to reserve around their big screens.
LET’S GOOOOOO MOUNTAINEERS!!!
We look forward to seeing you there!
The WVU Lonestar Chapter Football Watching Party schedule has been set!
Saturday – 9/19 – WVU vs Auburn – 6:45pm kickoff
Saturday – 10/17 – WVU vs Marshall – 2:30pm kickoff
Friday – 11/13 – WVU vs Cincinnati – TBD
Saturday – 12/5 – WVU vs Rutgers – TBD
All time are Central
2009-10 WVU Mens Basketball Schedule
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (September 10, 2009) West Virginia University Director of Athletics Ed Pastilong and the BIG EAST have announced the 2009-10 mens basketball schedule.
At least 15 regular season games on national television highlight the schedule with three games on ESPNs Big Monday (Villanova, at UConn, Georgetown) and three games on CBS (at Seton Hall, Ohio State, at Villanova).
BIG EAST schools visiting Morgantown will be Pitt, Louisville, Villanova, Seton Hall, Georgetown, Syracuse, Rutgers, Marquette and Cincinnati. For the third year in a row, the BIG EAST will play an 18- game format that allows teams to play each opponent once and three teams twice. West Virginia will play home-and-home games with Pitt, Villanova and Seton Hall.
The Mountaineers will play 12 non-conference contests, including three games in the 76 Classic in Anaheim, Calif. WVU will open 76 Classic play against Long Beach State on Thanksgiving and will face either Texas A&M or Clemson the next day. The Mountaineers will wrap up play against either UCLA, Portland, Minnesota or Butler.
West Virginia will open the regular season Nov. 15 at home against Loyola University Maryland and will also play Ohio State, Ole Miss, Duquesne and Coppin State at the WVU Coliseum.
The Mountaineers will open BIG EAST play at Seton Hall on Saturday, Dec. 26. WVU will play its home BIG EAST opener against Marquette on Tuesday, Dec. 29.
WVU will play road games at Purdue and Cleveland State. The Mountaineers will play The Citadel and Marshall at the Charleston Civic Center.
WVUs nationally televised games this season will be Long Beach State (ESPNU), Texas A&M or Clemson (ESPN/ESPNU), final day of 76 Classic (ESPN2/ESPNU), Ole Miss (ESPN2), at Seton Hall (CBS), at Purdue (ESPN), Syracuse (ESPN), Ohio State (CBS), Louisville (ESPN), Villanova (ESPN), at Pitt (ESPN), Seton Hall (ESPN), at Connecticut (ESPN), Georgetown (ESPN) and at Villanova (CBS). All remaining league games will air on ESPNU, ESPN Regional/BIG EAST Network or ESPN 360.
We are obviously excited about the national television exposure for our basketball program, the University and the state of West Virginia, says coach Bob Huggins. Top to bottom, this is probably as tough a schedule that weve had in a long time.
The Mountaineers will play an exhibition game on Sunday, Nov. 8, against Mountain State at the WVU Coliseum. WVU will also play the University of Charleston in an exhibition on Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Coliseum.
Game times and the rest of the television games will be announced in October. Basketball practice begins Friday, Oct. 16.
Clips from the 1975 Season at Old Mountaineer Field. Enjoy!