WVU needs overtime to remain unbeaten
NEWARK, N.J. – Devin Ebanks leaned against a wall deep in the bowels of the Prudential Center early Saturday evening, looking every bit like a guy who had just played a full 45 minutes in one of the most bizarre Big East basketball games this season is likely to see. “We keep saying we want [...]
Brown’s stiff-arm put exclamation mark on WVU’s win
MORGANTOWN – It wasn’t exactly what Jarrett Brown expected to see when he turned and, by design, ran away from the rest of his West Virginia teammates. There, in his way, was Rutgers defensive end George Johnson, all 6-foot-5 and 265 pounds of him. “I thought I was going to be one-on-one with a cornerback,” [...]
Savage has already earned Mountaineers’ respect
West Virginia has won 14 straight against Rutgers, the last loss coming in 1994 when starting quarterback Jarrett Brown was 8 years old. Rutgers quarterback Tom Savage was barely out of diapers. All that means nothing Saturday when the Mountaineers visit Piscataway, N.J., to face the Scarlet Knights at noon. The game will be televised [...]
WVU’s Sands is a force in the Big East
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Much has been made in recent weeks of the regained health of West Virginia’s football defense. While Mountaineer Coach Bill Stewart and defensive coordinator Jeff Casteel have remarked repeatedly about WVU finally getting all of its early season starting cast back on the field, that’s not really true. As West Virginia (8-3, [...]
