Big Ed releases stops along the way to 2008 national championship

Good news, ladies and germs...Eddie Pastilong announced WVU's 2008 football slate this morning. Revel in the glory that is the road to the national championship game (gator bowl?):

Sat 8/30: Villanova

Sat 9/6: at East Carolina

Thu 9/18: at Colorado (ESPN)

Sat 9/27: Marshall

Sat 10/4: Rutgers

Sat 10/11: Syracuse (homecoming)

Thu 10/23: Auburn (ESPN)

Sat 11/1: at UConn

Sat 11/8: Cincinatti

Sat 11/22: at Louisville

Fri 11/28: at Pitt (ABC)

Sat 12/6: South Florida (ESPN)

Big Ed Pastilong approves.

But wait just a minute: that Auburn game is on Thursday night, not Saturday. WTF mate? That game has all the makings of an awesome out-of-conference hatefest, complete with flying D-cells and Old Crow whiskey bottles. Mark Schlabach has Auburn ranked at #16 in his preseason rankings, and numerous other pundits have us ranked in the top 10...So why not throw us a bone here? We haven't had a Saturday night national showcase since Pitt in 2003.

But it's not just the networks' fault, I'm sure - WVU has been wary to schedule a Saturday night game at home for the past five years. Thursday, sure...Kids have class the next day. Saturday? Ehhhh. Not sure how many students are getting up to go to the early service after a full day and night of doing kegstands and whippets on Grant Avenue.

But hey - if the administration does finally agree to schedule some Saturday night games, maybe there's hope for the rest of the dwindling WVU party scene. What's next? The return of Milk Fest? Sunnyside block parties? A Fallfest that doesn't completely fuckin' blow? For the sake of the children, let's hope so.