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1 October 2009

Television Bonanza Tonight

By Nicki

I don’t watch a lot of television.  I do listen to a lot of it as I work and have the TV on in the background frequently as “white” noise.  Tonight, though, I am truly torn.

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First off, I have been, since about midway through the first season, a huge Grey’s Anatomy fan.  I did try to watch the season premier last week.  It did not hold my attention.  I was asleep before it was over.

Next consideration for all you out there is that I am fanatical about my West Virginia University sports.  Living a little over an hour from Syracuse University, I do not get to see a lot of WVU sports on TV.  The Mountaineers are playing Colorado in Morgantown tonight and it is being televised on ESPN.

Third, I love Kate Walsh.  She is a wonderful actress.  She exudes sex appeal in almost any role she is in without trying.  She is also not a 20 year old, which is good in my book.  Consequently, I am rather hooked on Private Practice which has its season premier tonight.

Fourth consideration is Ken Burns.  He has this fantastic mini-series on our National Parks system that is airing this week on PBS.  The first run is from 8 to 10pm with a repeat from 10pm to midnight.  I totally missed the first installment on Monday but have watched, or listened to, the remaining installments.

So the big dilemma is … what am I going to watch tonight?  The DVR will only record so much.  Football is at the top of my list but then I would miss the others.  Oh dear!  I will be flipping channels like a madwoman tonight.

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11 October 2008

Homecoming in Morgantown

By Nicki

It is homecoming weekend in Morgantown, West Virginia.  I remember the homecoming parades and big football games when I spent three years in Morgantown in the early 80′s.  I remember the floats and the celebrations and the Pride of WV marching down the street.  This year’s homecoming opponent is Syracuse and you can see the Countdown to the Kickoff.

An extra added to this year’s homecoming festivities were the former midnight madness to start off the NCAA basketball season.  Mountaineer Madness Friday began at 9:30 pm last night and included all kinds of fun at the Coliseum.  While not quite the thrill of a Midnight Madness, this allowed many more to come out and see the competitions the Mountaineers put on.

Go Mountaineers!

And yes, as an addition, homecoming this year came with an extra special surprise.  Michigan loses to Toledo, its first ever loss to a MAC team.

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6 October 2008

A Beautiful Fall Day

By Nicki

That first day that there is frost is always a plus in my book.  The air is brisk most of the day.  The sky is clear.  Saturday was that day.  My son, who was insistent on going to a neighboring school to watch a girls’ diving invitational, had to scrape his car windshield for the first time.  I was going to go but decided to stay home instead.

So, what do you do on a beautiful fall day? 

I baked.  I made apple muffins with a struesel topping.  I made date bread.  I watched my Mountaineers play football.  I went for a walk.  You can see a portion of my day in photos below.  Don’t ask why I am obsessed with the farm equipment in the field.  I just am.

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8 September 2008

The Long Bus Ride Home

By Nicki

I typed up this blog entry yesterday before heading out for Mass but imagine!  My luck with computers and it is off in cyberspace somewhere but not on my blog.

I spent Saturday watching a number of college football games.  The one of most importance to me, though not by any means the most exciting – that designation goes to the UConn-Temple matchup, was my beloved WVU Mountaineers heading into Greenville, NC to take on the East Carolina Pirates. 

I am sure that the bus ride back to Morgantown on Saturday night was a very long ride.  I seriously think Tropical Storm Hanna played harder than the Mountaineers did on Saturday. 

Todd Blackledge – former Penn State QB and NFL QB – did make a point for a real preseason for college football.  I have to say that I don’t see that happening but his statements made total sense to me.  The team that – the weekend before – had actually had to fight for their win, was actually tested played better this week. 

WVU played Villanova opening weekend.  I didn’t even know that Villanova had a football team.  Patrick White, WVU starting QB, even told press that they didn’t bring out everything against Villanova as they wanted to keep some things out of the public eye.  That did not do the team any good.  Now, WVU will spend the next week and a half – thankfully, they do not play again until September 18 at Colorado – working on those issues where ECU stopped them.

ECU, on the other hand, opened their season against a nationally ranked Virginia Tech team.  They had to scrape and get physical for the win.  It tested everything about their team.  This made the Pirates more ready to face WVU than the WVU-Villanova game did West Virginia.

For those of us who are diehard WVU fans, the team will get through this.  I am sure – although I haven’t been reading the local papers – there are those calling for Bill Stewart’s head on a platter already.  I don’t think that is necessary.  I think we all need to see how the team faces adversity, how they pull back together and where a few more weeks of the season go.  This is a team that should be playing in the National Championship game come January.  This is a team that will come back stronger than before.

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14 March 2008

Road Trip!!!

By Nicki

While I am not sure I am happy about missing tonight’s Big East semi-final, I am really excited to be at Niagara University.  My oldest daughter goes to school here and we have tickets to the College Hockey America tournament right here on campus at Dwyer Arena.  Game one is tonight at 7 and two games tomorrow.   Final is Sunday!!

Go Purple Eagles!!  ( and my beloved Mountaineers down in Madison Square Garden)

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21 February 2008

The Out of WV Mountaineer Fan

By Nicki

I am, in case you haven’t surmised it yet, a WVU Mountaineer through and through.  I spent three years in Morgantown on the main and Evansdale campuses and love my college sports.  It doesn’t matter if the Mountaineers are winning or losing – although I admit, I prefer when they win – I watch and cheer them on.

Football is usually a pretty good season for me.  Even though I live in the heart of Big East country and less than an hour’s drive from Syracuse, I only get to see my Mountaineers play in person every other year when they visit the Carrier Dome.  I love this game, especially if both teams are having good years.  I also love seeing The Pride of West Virginia marching band when they get to come to NY with the team.  This is a band full or precision and 300 plus strong.

Basketball season is not usually so good for me.  If my local channels are playing college hoops, it is America East and the local university or it is Syracuse hoops.  I have had a huge surprise in the last four days.  Sunday, I was waiting for the Red Wings game to start at 3:30 pm when I found the West Virginia game on SNY.  I got to watch a very good game.  Last night, SNY had the WVU-Villanova game on.  Unfortunately, last night was worse than the Backyard Brawl from football season.  WVU lost by over 20 and was playing miserably.  But the good news is I got to watch!

Soon, the madness that is championship week and then selection show will begin.  I will be glued to college hoops like a true fan.  I am hoping to not only see my Mountaineers in the Big Dance but also my daughter’s team – the Purple Eagles of Niagara University.

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23 November 2007

Finally, Some Respect

By Nicki

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Yes! I admit – and probably always will – that I am a diehard Mountaineer fan. College football is one of my favorite sports and this year my Mountaineers are really doing well. Unfortunately, their doing well is not consistent. They have been ignored by almost all the major networks when talking about a national championship game. It gets annoying. Lose one game, early in the season, to a team that is now back to playing average and bam! You are not worthy.

So today, November 23, 2007 I went to rivals.com’s college football page. They were doing their look at who will play in what bowl game come the selection show on December 2. Well, guess what!?!?

WVU finally got some respect! They have the Mountaineers playing LSU for the national championship!

Yippee!

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