The awards for Week Seven are:

The West Wing Award

West Virginia's Joe Manchin III is a bright star on the Democratic horizon, a fine governor, and a tremendous politician. He's also a stand-up guy. My wife knows him through a mutual friend. I've talked to him enough that he's genuinely nice to me even though he knows there is absolutely nothing I can do for him.  

So much for the name dropping.

Finally, the point: I completely disagree with him on his influence with this Friends of Coal Bowl tripe. The governor makes West Virginia play Marshall when it should be left up to the free market.

Two things: (a) In the four years of the current contract, WVU is 4-0 with a total...

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