Clarke turns in heroic performance for WVU
West Virginia running back Ryan Clarke runs for a touchdown against Cincinnati in the second quarter during an NCAA college football game, Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 in Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI — In a game that played itself out the way West Virginia University’s 24-21 loss to Cincinnati did on Friday night, the Mountaineers had to have a hero.
And that hero was fullback Ryan Clarke, mostly an unsung hero, but heroic nonetheless.
Overlooked for much of the year as a running threat, Clarke was unleashed inside and provided a 37-yard touchdown run that gave WVU a 14-7 lead in the second quarter.
“I just read Ricky’s (Kovatch) block, hit the hole. They arm tackled and I broke clean and kept running,” Clarke said.
Clarke, who came into the game with 91 yards rushing in nine games, finished the game with 60 yards on just five carries.
Also, late in the fourth quarter, when quarterback Jarrett Brown scrambled in a desperate attempt to bring the Mountaineers back, Clarke laid the game’s most devastating block, crushing a pair of Cincinnati tacklers and allowed Brown to escape.
“I was just looking for someone to block,” Clarke said.
He found him.
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