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TAMPA — Apart from a 27-0 lead against Syracuse earlier this month, West Virginia has had halftime leads of 4, 1, 1, and 13 points this year, the last one coming in the season opener against Liberty, a Football Championship Subdivision program. The Mountaineers have trailed by 4 and 3 points the past two games, but [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Given the way South Florida has defended the West Virginia offense, Coach Bill Stewart could have done without two things preceding Friday’s 8 p.m. ESPN2 game at Raymond James Stadium. One was the decision by defensive end George Selvie to delay his NFL career and return to USF for his senior season. “I wish [...]

MORGANTOWN – It’s not often at a defense can give up 501 yards of total offense and still manage to come out looking like a stabilizing force. But that’s just what happened to West Virginia Saturday. Yes, the Mountaineer defense surrendered 501 yards to Connecticut in a 28-24 win. The Huskies passed the ball for 378 [...]

MORGANTOWN – Former Connecticut football player Jasper Howard will be buried Monday. His teammates will be there. Undoubtedly, the nation, via the media, will mourn the tragic homicide. On Saturday, though, the Huskies played, and lost 28-24, at WVU’s Milan Puskar Stadium. Many said they did so with Howard watching from above. “I think Jazz was out there [...]

MORGANTOWN – One day, years from now, I’ll reflect on Saturday’s 28-24 West Virginia win over Connecticut. My memory has a limited capacity, so I won’t remember much. I probably won’t recall how the pressure applied by West Virginia’s Sidney Glover on UConn quarterback Cody Endres sealed the game. I may not remember Tavon Austin’s electrifying 98-yard [...]

The answer? Devine MORGANTOWN – In the wake of all that had happened during the week leading up to West Virginia’s game with Connecticut Saturday, the Mountaineers were pretty sure they were going to get UConn’s best shot. The Huskies, after all, had spent a week grieving the loss of murdered teammate Jasper Howard and needed [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia plays host to Connecticut in a Big East match up on Saturday, October 24, 2009, at Milan Puskar Stadium in Morgantown, W.Va. Saturday’s game is homecoming for the Mountaineers, now 5-1 following a 24-7 victory over Marshall last weekend in the Friends of Coal Bowl. Connecticut brings a 4-2 record into Morgantown, [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – Over two tumultuous days, Connecticut coach Randy Edsall identified the body of slain cornerback Jasper Howard, delivered the news to his devastated teammates, and met with the 20-year-old’s parents. The Huskies coach has consoled grief-stricken athletes, choked back his own tears, received words of kindness and consolation from people too numerous to [...]

Students at West Virginia University are making plans to honor slain Connecticut cornerback Jasper Howard. Players will wear number 6 on their helmets, and the Mountaineer Maniacs are distributing thousands of blue ribbons. But 21-year-old Brittany Franklin of Delaplane, Va. is doing more. She and her friends are busy making white cotton armbands to distribute to students. Franklin [...]

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Beyond the tragedy and the tributes to fallen Connecticut cornerback Jasper Howard remains one truth: The Huskies have to play a football game Saturday. “Actually,” running back Andre Dixon said, “it’ll be good for us.” The 22nd-ranked Mountaineers (5-1, 1-0 Big East) play host to UConn (4-1, 1-1) at noon Saturday in a conference game [...]