FRIDAY NIGHT WARNING

as any regular of pilotpicks knows the birdman and i have been on the mountaineer bandwagon for the last three years. ever since white and slaton starting getting quality playing time three years ago, and wvu rattled off 8 straight ATS i've been hooked. so i'm a homer now and this is your warning.

well this year they've run up 4 straight ATS & SU (my favorite being noel devine's late TD to cover against marshall) and tonight will be playing with a little extra motivation.

but first, an apology. i saw the birdman last friday and we started talking about saturday's games. i told him i was leaning ECU. i guess i must have been drunk because I cant think of any other explanation. i woke up saturday morning with the realization that the mountaineers were going to steamroll ECU but by the time i talked with him he had already bet and posted ECU. i took WVU anyways. so sorry (but in all fairness he screwed me last night when I took Ark State at -4.5 so i guess we're even).

the mountaineers lost last year against the bulls and this year will be looking for a little revenge. wv's d looks like it is returning to form, but i havent seen enough out of usf's weak link O to make me believe that they'll be able to score enough to stay within the number. i think coach rod learned his lesson last year and look for wv to throw the ball a little more than normal in the first half. in the second they'll do what they do; run the ball down team's throats and score at will.

WVU -6.5(**)