MORGANTOWN — West Virginia and Kansas find themselves in the same, unenviable position this week. Heading into Saturday’s Big 12 opener in Morgantown (noon, ESPN2), both the […]
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WVU looking for bounce-back performance in Big 12 opener vs. Kansas
MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia Mountaineers are in need of a bounce-back in the worst way. It’s only week four, but a win in the team’s Big […]
Despite his early season struggles, WVU coaches know Kansas QB Jalon Daniels is dangerous
MORGANTOWN — Saturday’s matchup between Kansas and West Virginia will be nearly a year to the day when Jayhawks quarterback Jalon Daniels suffered the back injury that […]
NOTEBOOK: Spells and Crandall are the next men up for WVU’s ailing secondary
MORGANTOWN — With the struggles in pass defense, West Virginia is turning to a new pair of cornerbacks looking for relief this week. Junior Jacolby Spalls and […]
COLUMN: Narduzzi waited until hitting rock bottom to make a change; Neal Brown doesn’t have that luxury
Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi is as old school as college head coaches come. A defensive mind, Narduzzi just wants his offense to run the ball, control the […]
Eli Holstein passes Pitt to comeback win against WVU in Backyard Brawl
PITTSBURGH — Trailing by 10 and the clock dwindling, there was no panic on the Pittsburgh sideline. No nervousness. No anxiety. Given the way Eli Holstein is […]
NOTEBOOK: WVU’s offense stalls in crunch time in Brawl loss against Pitt
PITTSBURGH — West Virginia’s offense ran out of gas at the most crucial time in Saturday’s 38-34 loss to Pitt. The Mountaineers got their offense moving in […]
The Backyard Brawl returns to Pittsburgh with the 107th clash between the Mountaineers and Panthers
MORGANTOWN — The biggest game of the year isn’t typically played in the middle of September, but it’s hard to argue that there is ever a bigger […]
COLUMN: Brown and Narduzzi show there’s more than one way to coach a football team
Morgantown and Pittsburgh are close enough that the weather doesn’t drastically change from one place to the other. We’ve had a beautiful week of weather here in […]
COLUMN: The only way to get players to care about the Brawl is to keep playing it
The Backyard Brawl is critically important to the WVU and Pitt football programs and their fans. For the players, not so much. Yet. The players know the […]