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The Shotgun/Throwdown (1/27/25): WVU Strengthens 2025 Class with Latest Round of Commitments

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Welcome to The Shotgun/Throwdown, your daily West Virginia sports roundup (that we didn’t already talk about in another article) with some sophomoric humor and daily distractions thrown in for good measure. And if there’s something we missed, be sure to talk about it in the comments.

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Happiness is a winning football team | Blue Gold News (Hertzel)
Certainly, a case can be made that Patrick Morrisey became the most important man in West Virginia with his election as governor of the state and others may hold out for Jim Justice as he moves from governor into Joe Manchin’s Senate seat.