WVU Sports

MORGANTOWN — Sometimes, crunching the numbers in sports is a losing proposition. Take last year’s WVU-Colorado game, won by the Buffaloes 17-14 in overtime. The Mountaineers rushed for 311 yards (Patrick White for 148 and Noel Devine 133) and they still lost the game. Colorado struck fast, quarterback Cody Hawkins throwing for two first-quarter touchdowns [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Colorado has lost seven consecutive road games and 13 of 15 played in Coach Dan Hawkins’ four seasons. West Virginia, which hosts the Buffaloes in Thursday’s 7:30 p.m. ESPN game, has won 15 of 17 home night games since 2000. The losses were against Pittsburgh in 2007 and Cincinnati last season. The [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — After allowing 1,000 yards of offense and 77 points the first two games of the season, Colorado came to a realization it was making things too easy for the opponent because things were too hard for the Buffaloes. Of course, a game in which the defense allows 300 yards rushing and passing [...]

MORGANTOWN – When West Virginia played at Colorado a year ago, one of the hottest topics of conversation prior to the game was geography. No one is saying anything about it this year, though, and with good reason. When the Mountaineers traveled to Boulder, they went across two time zones and up into the high [...]

West Virginia coach Bob Huggins always approaches each new season with the same zeal and zest that he always has. But the third-year WVU coach admits that he is a little more excited about this season. And not so much because most preseason polls and magazines have the Mountaineers listed as one of the top [...]

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia Coach Bill Stewart pledged Monday linebacker Reed Williams and quarterback Jarrett Brown will play in Thursday’s 7:30 p.m. ESPN game from Mountaineer Field, but said he isn’t sure defensive tackle Scooter Berry will go against the Buffaloes. Berry (shoulder sprain) and Williams (foot sprain) both missed the Auburn game after being [...]

By Mickey Furfari MORGANTOWN — Paul Woodside thinks Tyler Bitancurt, West Virginia’s redshirt freshman kicker, is going to be a smashing success. He should be qualified to know. Woodside was WVU’s first placekicker to earn All-America first-team honors from 1981-84. What’s more, he coached Bitancurt for three years at West Springfield High School in Virginia. [...]

A few thoughts: * I spoke at a businessmen’s luncheon recently. They wanted an opinion on the 2009 Mountaineers. I bluffed my way through, because I’m out of the loop. I don’t know any more about them than you do. I did tell them I thought if WVU’s offensive line jells and quarterback Jarrett Brown [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – There probably shouldn’t have been any doubt about it. Noel Devine seemed a tad upset some might have existed. West Virginia’s junior running back, who by and large picked the times he’s spoken to the media and has never said anything close to controversial, simply will not discuss his role in the [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Jarrett Brown had plenty of time between the Sept. 19 loss at Auburn and last Thursday for his first meeting with the media following the four-interception, five-turnover performance against the Tigers. Truth is, the West Virginia senior quarterback didn’t need much time at all to summarize and express what went wrong. “I [...]