Steve Slaton

Five games into the 2008 season, WVU is 3-2, averaging about half as many points as it did last year and has had three straight games with its starting tailback failing to gain 100 yards.
I tossed this question out to some friends today so I’ll do the same here: What would be the current record […]

For years, conventional wisdom said college speed resided only at the Florida schools, in the SEC and in certain Big 12 schools: Chiefly, Texas, Oklahoma and Nebraska (backfield only, for the Huskers). The Big 10, the Big East, the ACC—those were the conferences of thick-necked plodders, players with the build and 40-yard-dash time of Peter […]

For years, conventional wisdom said college speed resided only at the Florida schools, in the SEC and in certain Big 12 schools: Chiefly, Texas, Oklahoma and Nebraska (backfield only, for the Huskers). The Big 10, the Big East, the ACC—those were the conferences of thick-necked plodders, players with the build and 40-yard-dash time of Peter […]

I was scanning down Mark Schlabach’s 2008 Top 25 college football teams the other day on ESPN to see where the Mountaineers fell.
Not in the Top 5. Okay, I thought, and scanned further down. Exited the Top 10. No Mountaineers. Say what? Went further down. Number 11, 12, 13…what the…? I whizzed past Mizzou, […]

Coach Bill Stewart introduced WVU’s 2008 football recruiting class yesterday. If you’re to believe him, every one of the student-athletes is a world-class athlete, “fast,” “strong” and with a “high-motor.” Further, they are all fine young men, a credit to their wonderful family and terrific high school coach. Also, I believe, at least one cured […]

Never mind that West Virginia routed a supposedly far-superior Oklahoma team in the Fiesta Bowl.
Never mind that they did it without star running back Steve Slaton.
Never mind that his replacement, Noel Devine, is coming back next year.
Never mind that quarterback Pat White, maybe the best […]

WVU's student newspaper, The Daily Athenaeum, for which I have a soft spot (editor, '88-'89), is reporting that running back Steve Slaton has decided to come back for his senior season.
If this turns out to be true, it is a good decision for both sides.
But first, a little digression to a past WVU […]

I’m certain that my tens of readers have wondered where I’ve been, thus far failing to blog on West Virginia’s glorious Fiesta Bowl victory over Oklahoma last Wednesday.
The answer is, I was at the game, in what turned out to be the best travel decision of my life, and then took a couple of days […]

In my day job, as a business reporter, I hear these terms a lot: "disruptive technology" and "creative destruction."
The former refers to something like MySpace or Facebook or the iPod: A piece of technology so revolutionary that it disrupts the marketplace and forces others to react radically. […]

I re-watched the WVU-UConn game last night for the first time since seeing it live, and the television broadcast revealed some interesting things about WVU's two star running backs, Steve Slaton and Noel Devine.
By now, most people are aware that Slaton has had a sub-par year, rushing for about 600 fewer yards than last […]