BUCKHANNON – Okay, let’s get this out of the way.

West Virginia beat Pitt Saturday in spite of Rich Rodriguez, not because of him. Pulling quarterback Nicco Marchiol in the third quarter, deep in our own end, for a true freshman against Pitt was beyond stupid. Rich Rod took a 14-3 lead and turned it into a 24-14 deficit with that move. A dipstick move by a dipstick coach. Look around too, the move has been lambasted by more than just me on the world wide web.

Again, some have misconstrued my words about this situation. I love WVU and will, never, ever wish them to lose a game, especially against Pitt, but I remain steadfast that Rodriguez isn’t the right coach to lead this team. And he proved it even more to me Saturday night.

My other outrage of the week goes to Travis Kelce and some of his teammates. They decided to wear “Free 4” shirts in support of their teammate Rashee Rice, who is serving a suspension for his involvement in a high-speed car crash that injured several people. 

Rice was going 119mph before crashing his Lamborghini, hitting six vehicles, injuring four people, then fleeing the scene. He’s lucky nobody died. So, Kelce and teammates wear “Free 4” shirts to support him? How about you guys quit being tone-deaf idiots? Kelcie’s star is almost diminished when it comes to his playing days. He is overexposed at this point. Just go away already. The Chiefs being 0-2 makes me happy.

Now onto the important stuff, the My Buckhannon standings.

STANDINGS (WEEK 3)

Name     Week      Overall

Duane    6-1           18-3

Brian       7-0           17-4

Katie       3-4           12-9

Monica  4-3           10-11

Brian, by picking WVU last week, went a perfect 7-0 to pull within one game of me as I went 6-1. Katie and Monica had rough weeks as Katie maintained her spot in third place.

When it comes to our readers, we had four go a perfect 7-0 – Two Chidester, Steve Hollen, Mackenzie Michael and Jeremy Harsh. Going to the tiebreaker of total points for the WVU-Pitt game (55 points, 31-24 WVU), the win goes to JEREMY HARSH who actually picked 55 points, edging out Chidester who picked 54. So, congrats to Mr. Harsh who will be receiving a gift certificate for his win.

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