Free Hit Counters

Rutgers. better than USF?

I hope that Rutgers is not as good on the defensive end as USF was during our last game. Since the offensive could not get there butts in gear and turned the ball over way to many times (4), they need to be able to move and hold unto the ball. Hopefully, they will be able to stop Bush and move against the defensive. Our defensive will have to put pressure on Teel and maybe he will throw and interception or two.

Backyard Brawl

Been awhile since I've posted but the Backyard Brawl was a game of 2 halves. WVU had a semi bad first half but had a great second half.


Scoring Summary

FIRST QUARTER WVU PITT
TD 11:08 NATE BYHAM 23 YD PASS FROM TYLER PALKO (CONOR LEE KICK)
Drive info: 9 plays, 81 yards.
0 7
TD 6:25 STEVE SLATON 15 YD RUN (PAT MCAFEE KICK)
Drive info: 9 plays, 80 yards.
7 7
TD 0:00 STEVE SLATON 11 YD PASS FROM PAT WHITE (PAT MCAFEE KICK)
Drive info: 9 plays, 71 yards.
14 7

SECOND QUARTER WVU PITT
TD 11:25 ODERICK TURNER 15 YD PASS FROM TYLER PALKO (CONOR LEE KICK)
Drive info: 7 plays, 84 yards.
14 14
FG 7:29 PAT MCAFEE 51 YD FG
Drive info: 8 plays, 43 yards.
17 14
FG 4:26 CONOR LEE 43 YD FG
Drive info: 8 plays, 39 yards.
17 17
TD 2:18 DARRELLE REVIS 73 YD PUNT RETURN (CONOR LEE KICK)
17 24
TD 0:59 STEVE SLATON 67 YD PASS FROM PAT WHITE (PAT MCAFEE KICK)
Drive info: 3 plays, 74 yards.
24 24
FG 0:03 CONOR LEE 39 YD FG
Drive info: 4 plays, 61 yards.
24 27

THIRD QUARTER WVU PITT
TD 14:12 PAT WHITE 64 YD RUN (PAT MCAFEE KICK)
Drive info: 2 plays, 74 yards.
31 27
TD 5:03 PAT WHITE 19 YD RUN (PAT MCAFEE KICK)
Drive info: 4 plays, 97 yards.
38 27

FOURTH QUARTER WVU PITT
TD 11:05 STEVE SLATON 55 YD RUN (PAT MCAFEE KICK)
Drive info: 3 plays, 68 yards.
45 27


West Virginia Passing

C/ATT YDS TD INT
White 11/16 204 2 0

West Virginia Rushing

CAR YDS TD LG
White 22 220 2 64
Slaton 23 215 2 55
Schmitt 1 3 0 3

West Virginia Receiving

REC YDS TD LG
Slaton 6 130 2 67
Reynaud 4 62 0 25
Myles 1 12 0 12


Certain people keep saying that Pat White isn't a good passer but he was 11 for 16 and had 204 yards and 2 touchdowns and NO interceptions. This is what kept us in the game during the first half.

What was a good sign for WVU is that they only had 4 penalties for 40 yards. That was the fewest penalties for the season and the least amount of yardage due to penalties. The most penalties happened in the Cincinnati game where there was 12 called and the most yardage lost to penalties was during the Mississippi State game when there was 132 yards lost.

Now if we can just win out and have some help.

USC still has to play California, Notre Dame and UCLA.
Florida still has to play West Carolina, Florida State and the SEC championship game.
Notre Dame still has to play Army and USC.
Rutgers still has to play Cincinnati, Syracuse and WVU.
Arkansas still has to play Mississippi State, LSU and the possible SEC championship game.
LSU still has to play Ole Miss, Arkansas and the possible SEC championship game if they have help.

As you can see WVU needs a lot of help from many fronts to be able to play in the BCS championship game.

If I drank I would get drunk

As you can see from my title depression is a bad thing. After last nights game I've hard a bad day. Nothing seemed to go right and I wanted to cuss out many people today. It really started last night at the beginning of the 3rd quarter and really got bad when a 15 yard face mask penalty was not called against Louisville.

So now I am praying that Rutgers beats Louisville and we beat Rutgers so that there will be a 3 way tie in the Big East. At the present time I'm getting a little better but I did have a piece of chocolate, known as every woman's prescription for depression. Now I'll have to work out longer tomorrow.

Now we will have to see what happens on Saturday with the one loss teams, hoping that they become 2 loss teams. Our next game is against Cincinnati at home (11/11) hope we have a blowout.

Game Night

Some interesting information from ESPN.com and Pat Forde


Tale of the Tape: West Virginia -Louisville

Record 7-0 7-0
BCS Rank 3rd 5th
Points per game 40.9 38.7
Points allowed 12.7 12.6
Yards per game 459 496
Yards per play 7.3 7.4
Sacks 3rd nationally in fewest sacks allowed
Leads the nation
Turnover margin 16th nationally 89th nationally
Big East leader in 5 statistical categories 4 statistical categories
Streak 14 straight wins anywhere
15 straight home wins
Kentuckians on roster 1 30
West Virginians on roster 19 0
Floridians on roster 19 24
All-Time record 630-433-5 421-404-7
Fan vice Burning couches Bourbon and gambling
Signature style Pittsnogle's tattoos Pitino's suits
Military rank Major. As in Harris. Colonel. As in Sanders.
Gold medalist Fairmont, W.Va., native Mary Lou Retton
Louisville native Muhammad Ali
Program patriarch Don Nehlen Howard Schnellenberger
Former coach who won a title elsewhere
Bobby Bowden (at Florida State)
Howard Schnellenberger (at Miami)
January bowl games Seven Two
High point Right here, right now Right here, right now
Previous high point 1988 unbeaten regular season
1991 Fiesta Bowl rout of Alabama
Low point Four straight losing seasons in the '70s between Bowden and Nehlen
Considered dropping the sport in the early '80s
Neighboring rival Pittsburgh, 75 miles north Kentucky, 75 miles east
1950s athletic icon Jerry West Johnny U
Bad-ass linebacker Sam Huff Tom Jackson
Mouthy cornerback Pacman Jones Frank Minniefield
Heartbreaker vs. the other Blew 20-point lead in 2005 regional final
Blew 17-point lead in Morgantown last year
Local hero who starred elsewhere
Randy Moss
Paul Hornung
Festive drink Moonshine Mint juleps
Don't call 'em Hillbillies Little Brother to Kentucky's Big Brother
Pat Forde is a senior writer for ESPN.com. He can be reached at ESPN4D@aol.com.

As can be seen both teams are closely matched so how the players handle the stress of a BIG game will be the determining factor. Will be watching and screaming along with the good and bad plays, hopefully more good than bad for WVU.

WVU vs Louisville

The Big East game of the season will be tomorrow night on ESPN when WVU plays Louisville at Papa's Johns Stadium in Louisville. To this WVU fan it could not be better than being #3 and playing the #5 team when both are undefeated. Hoping and praying that WVU stays undefeated. With 2 explosive offenses playing and defenses who are also pretty good this could be a very interesting game. WVU is 12th in the nation and Louisville is 22nd in the nation in total defense.

Some interesting information from the ESPN website vote.

1) Which team will win Thursday's showdown in Louisville?
61.7% West Virginia
38.3% Louisville

2) Will the winner of Thursday's game play for the national championship if they finish the regular season undefeated?
79.9% Yes
20.1% No

3) Which of these conferences is the strongest this season?
70.0% Big East
16.6% Big 12
8.5% Pac-10
4.8% ACC

4) If all scenarios developed, which team would be more deserving of a spot in the title game against an undefeated Big Ten team?
75.2% Undefeated Big East champion
10.9% One-loss Big Ten runner-up
9.4% One-loss SEC champion
2.1% One-loss Texas
1.6% One-loss Notre Dame
0.8% One-loss Pac-10 champion

5) Which team matches up better against Michigan or Ohio State?
64.9% West Virginia
35.1% Louisville

6) What do you think is most true of West Virginia's weak non-conference schedule?
61.8% Top teams unwilling to schedule the Mountaineers
38.2% Mountaineers unwilling to schedule top teams

7) Who is the most dangerous offensive player in Thursday's game?
41.2% Pat White
36.3% Steve Slaton
22.5% Brian Brohm

8) Which team has a better defense?
36.2% Louisville
33.8% West Virginia
30.0% Neither can stop the other's offense

9) Which coach will make better use of having 10 days to prepare for the game?
56.1% Rich Rodriguez
43.9% Bobby Petrino

10) Will you watch Thursday's game? (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN)
89.7% Yes
10.3% No

Total Votes: 15,967