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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.

Connecticut's Andre Dixon and Kashif Moore enter Mountaineer Field carrying the helmet and jersey of slain teammate Jasper Howard before Saturday's game.

Posted by ESPN.com's Brian Bennett Last year's struggles in converting the offense to a more diversified attack have paid dividends in 2009.

Life for Chris Neild as West Virginia's nose guard is light on statistics and heavy on frustrations.

The Big East renewed its postseason arrangement with the Meineke Car Care Bowl on Wednesday, giving the conference four bowl games guaranteed already for the 2010-13 bowl cycle.

If nothing else, Scooter Berry's prolonged absence from West Virginia's lineup has afforded the Mountaineers an opportunity to try to develop some depth along the defensive line.

The West Virginia Mountaineers are putting the finishing touches on their preparation for Marshall.

It starts as he boards the bus each week for the stadium and, Chris Neild knows, it will happen again as he and his West Virginia University Mountaineer teammates drive out of Lakeview Resort and head toward Milan Puskar Stadium for their annual rumble with Marshall.

West Virginia starting defensive tackle Scooter Berry , a junior, has battled through a shoulder injury he sustained in the first half of the East Carolina victory Sept.

We take you back to last Thursday night. Halftime. West Virginia University 14, Colorado 10.

As Bill Stewart stood in the locker room that October night in 2008, he looked around him and he saw a West Virginia University team biting hard on defeat, a 17-14 overtime loss to Colorado leaving them with a Rocky Mountain low.