Morning Mashup - 8/16

Your morning look back, around the headlines and into the future.

On This Date:

- In 1980, former defensive tackle Kevin Freeman was born. In four years in Morgantown, he registered 86 tackles, three fumble recoveries and two sacks.

- In 1928, former basketball coach George King was born. King went 102-43 as head man for the Mountaineers, but his teams steadily got worse once his own recruits played prominent roles. His first year - playing primarily with players recruited and coached under Fred Schaus - King went 23-4. Four years later, he went 14-15 and left for Purdue.

- In 2006, former defensive back P.J. Shirdan committed to West Virginia. He suited up for the 'Eers in 2007 and 2008, but never accumulated any statistics.

In The News:

Woods works way up the ladder (Hickman - Gazette)

Among WVU Personnel News: Shaq has attacked (Vingle - Gazette)

Mountaineer freshman corner is a late bloomer (Hickman - Gazette)

WVU football: Dillon yet to realize full potential (Casazza - Daily Mail)

WVU football: Freshman receives preseason accolades (Casazza - Daily Mail)

Spain likely a starter for WVU (Furfari - Register-Herald)

Huff can't wait for WVU-JMU game (Huffman - Register-Herald)

Alston stays at #1 Running Back (MetroNews)

Secondary to feature first year talent (Bacaj - MetroNews)

New kicker Lambert, a football vet (Hertzel - TimesWV)

Frosh Kyeremeh shows off unique skills (Hertzel - TimesWV)

Nugget of The Day:

- 2014 OL Richard Bush out of Plant HS (FL) has been hearing from West Virginia, recently receiving mail and an invite to last month's camp. He was unable to make it, but is interested. More in a story.

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