Brown goes back where it all started
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — In some strange, metaphysical way, Jarrett Brown returns to the scene of the crime today. While the original site where the West Virginia University senior quarterback stole something very valuable away from Rutgers — a rare victory over the Mountaineers — was Mountaineer Field, it amounted to breaking into the Scarlet Knights’ [...]
Life unchanged for WVU’s Bitancurt
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - For years, Wendy’s had a snappy little slogan to sell its fast food: Eat great, even late. Tyler Bitancurt would agree. West Virginia’s redshirt freshman kicker spent a long time Friday night and then early Saturday morning celebrating and discussing his 43-yard field goal that gave the Mountaineers a 19-16 victory against Pitt. [...]
’06 Rutgers game gave hint of Brown’s future
MORGANTOWN – One would think that after spending his days in class, his afternoons in practice and his evenings studying film, the last thing Jarrett Brown would want to do is go home and watch more West Virginia football on television. But this was a little bit different. It wasn’t the current Mountaineers who were [...]
Bitancurt earns place in WVU football history
MORGANTOWN — You have just put your name alongside the legends of West Virginia University football … Major Harris, Amos Zereoue, Patrick White, Steve Slaton, Sam Huff and … Tyler Bitancurt? You are legend in the state, a redshirt freshman who single-footedly beat Pitt with a 43-yard field goal as time ran out. Now it’s [...]
Bitancurt kick adds to Brawl history
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Tyler Bitancurt was tackled and mobbed by West Virginia teammates after he finished a Backyard Brawl and nationally ranked Pitt at Mountaineer Field on Friday night. To say that the redshirt freshman place-kicker was overwhelmed by his game-ending, 43-yard field goal for a 19-16 victory would be wrong – well, unless you were [...]
Bitancurt had feeling about his winning kick
MORGANTOWN — Tyler Bitancurt had a premonition. It started Thursday night and the West Virginia redshirt freshman kicker couldn’t shake it Friday. “I just had this feeling,” he said. “I was walking around the hotel today and I kept thinking, ‘I think I’m going to kick the game-winner.’ I just kept thinking that. It was [...]
Williams’ prep work on Bitancurt pays off
MORGANTOWN – Reed Williams was just like pretty much everyone else on West Virginia’s sideline at the end of Friday night’s Backyard Brawl with Pitt. He couldn’t bear to watch. That didn’t mean, however, that he didn’t play a part in Tyler Bitancurt’s game-winning, 43-yard field goal in the Mountaineers’ 19-16 win at Mountaineer Field. [...]
USF’s Daniels winning as he learns on the job
TAMPA — The rapid development of quarterback B.J. Daniels may be the biggest reason South Florida has remained a Top 25 team after the loss of Big East career total offense leader Matt Grothe. Since taking over when Grothe was sidelined for the season with a knee injury, the redshirt freshman has emerged among the [...]
No changes for Mountaineers
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Bill Stewart isn’t planning significant changes after West Virginia’s first Big East loss. The Mountaineers struggled on offense and defense against South Florida in the 30-19 defeat Friday night in Tampa. Instead, the coach wants his team to focus on the future, which starts Saturday with a noon kickoff against conference bottom-feeder [...]
Young QBs have picked apart WVU’s defense
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Young quarterbacks have thrived lately against West Virginia and the Mountaineers need some fast fixes if they hope to stay in contention in the Big East. West Virginia (6-2, 2-1 Big East) will face another first-year starter Saturday against Louisville (3-5, 0-3). Due to injuries, Cardinals coach Steve Kragthorpe plans to make [...]
