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West Virginia's defense has struggled recently to stop the run. So it might be the worst time of the year for No.

The starting defensive lineup most figured would lead West Virginia when fall camp ended in August finally started a game together at Cincinnati.

Two years ago, the Backyard Brawl. Jarrett Brown remembers it well. West Virginia was ranked No.

Bill Stewart, as West Virginia 's coach, knows college football's instant replay rule.

A friend dared me to write that Chad Ochocinco was seen bribing officials at Nippert Stadium Friday night.

West Virginia's approach to addressing a controversial replay call at Cincinnati on Friday is to leave well enough alone.

Replay was not good to West Virginia Friday night. In fact, perhaps the key play in the Mountaineers' 24-21 loss to Cincinnati was a result of video review.

With a week off and then facing difficult closing games against Pitt and on the road at Rutgers, West Virginia's football season is far from over.

Receiver Mardy Gilyard has nicknames for both of Cincinnati's quarterbacks. Zach Collaros? He's "Joystick," a reference to the way he darts one way and then another.

Forget math as you know it. Zero is gigantic. At this time of year in college football, there is no bigger number in the loss column.

The compartmentalized four-game season West Virginia Coach Bill Stewart commenced following the South Florida loss had just shrunk to three games with an underwhelming 17-9 victory at home against Louisville, quite likely the worst team in the Big East.

Much has been made about the breakout season of defensive lineman Chris Neild for West Virginia.

West Virginia defensive end Julian Miller called it "crunch time.'' At the end of WVU's 17-9 home victory over Louisville Saturday, Miller was the captain of crunches.

Chris Neild already has given himself to a position that doesn't get a lot of attention, but West Virginia's nose guard was a little upset last Friday when he had the spotlight taken away from him.

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett On a short-yardage play in last week's game at South Florida, West Virginia nose tackle Chris Neild found himself in the middle of a four-man assault.

Tyler Urban, Ryan Clarke, Geno Smith, Tavon Austin, Shawne Alston, Josh Jenkins have all made significant contributions as young players.

With so many unknowns involving mindsets and emotions present before Saturday's kickoff, Tavon Austin gave West Virginia as good a start as it could have requested against unquestionably inspired Connecticut.

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For the second straight week, Noel Devine was the Big East offensive player of the week.

Earlier this week columnist Chuck Landon of the Huntington Herald-Dispatch stumbled across section of West Virginia University Athletic Director Ed Pastilong's deposition in the Rich Rodriguez mess that centered upon the school's long-standing claim to self-sufficiency within the athletic department.