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The Mountaineer leads the fans, along with the cheerleaders, on the football field and the basketball court in the Let’s Go Mountaineers cheer and other cheers. The mascot is encouraged to attend certain alumni events and community events, and visit the WVU Children's Hospital.
The West Virginia University Mountaineer Marching Band is nicknamed "The Pride of West Virginia". The 390-member band performs at every home football game and makes several local and national appearances throughout the year. The band was the recipient of the prestigious Sudler Trophy in 1997.
The Mountaineer is selected each year by the Mountain Honorary, composed of members of West Virginia University's senior class. [109] The Mountaineer's costume is tailored to fit each winner, and male Mountaineers customarily grow beards during their tenure to go along with the coonskin cap and rifle, although the beard is not a requirement for ...
Major C. Harris (born February 6, 1968) is an American former college football player who was a quarterback for the West Virginia Mountaineers during the 1980s. Harris was a first-team All-American in 1989 and finished fifth and third in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1988 and 1989, respectively.
The Mountaineers went 5-4 in Big 12 play this season though they lost two of their last three games. WVU lost 49-35 to Baylor before beating UCF by 10 in the penultimate week of the season.
Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium is an American football stadium in Morgantown, West Virginia, on the campus of West Virginia University. It opened in 1980 and serves as the home field for the West Virginia Mountaineers football team. On the day the stadium opened, at an opening ceremony, John Denver touched down on the field in a ...
The Mountaineers went 10-10 in the Big 12 this season and experienced an early exit in the conference tournament last week at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
After going 19-13 overall, and 10-10 in conference play, West Virginia was considered a safe bet to be one of the 68 teams selected to play in the NCAA tournament.