Reed Williams News

It's not as if Jock Sanders has never played tailback at West Virginia. After all, when he arrived in the same recruiting class as Noel Devine, there was a battle waged between the two for playing time.

"Winning ugly" is a descriptive phrase referring to a method by which a team doesA everything it can to lose, but still ends up on the top end of the score.A An ugly win, otherwise known as "a win is a win is a win," is acceptable on occasion as a display of a team's resiliency.

West Virginia University junior offensive lineman Eric Jobe, senior kicker Josh Lider and senior linebacker Reed Williams were named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District Two First Team on Thursday.

Last weekend was a long one for Robert Sands. West Virginia's sophomore safety was smarting from the loss to South Florida, but he was dumbfounded by one sequence late in that first half.

If there is uneasiness Reed Williams may never "play a complete every-play game again this year," as West Virginia Coach Bill Stewart forecast this week, the senior linebacker from Moorefield isn't contributing to it.

If attitude were a statistic, former Weir High standout Jack Crow might be the Most Valuable Player at West Virginia University.

The WVU Football team is trying to bounce back from last week's loss to South Florida.

West Virginia University linebacker Reed Williams has been named to the top 10 finalists for the Awards and Recognition Association's fifth annual sportsmanship award, which is given to one outstanding NCAA Division 1 collegiate football player who best personifies the spirit of sportsmanship.

TAMPA, Fla. - Let's get a few things straight here right off the bat regarding West Virginia's performance Friday night against South Florida.

The schools have met four times dating back to 2005, and the margin of victory for either school has been no more than 15 points.

West Virginia University senior linebacker Reed Williams was named Thursday to the National Scholar-Athlete class and is a finalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy.

West Virginia University's leading tackler is a huge Brooke football fan. Pat Lazear didn't just randomly pick a West Virginia high school to follow - though if he had, the top-rated Class AAA team in the state would have been as good a choice as any.

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.

The evolution of Bill Stewart as West Virginia's 32nd football coach continues. He's won games.

Despite suffering what has been termed a "minor" concussion on the first drive of last week's game against Marshall, West Virginia quarterback Jarrett Brown could be under center when the Mountaineers host UConn Saturday.

Mountaineer linebacker Reed Williams walked into the players' lounge shortly after his team had claimed state bragging rights with a 24-7 win over Marshall, and he saw the attention being paid to true freshman quarterback Geno Smith.

MORGANTOWN If there was ever a time this season when West Virginia University's defense needed to step up and take over a game, it was Saturday during the fourth annual Friends of Coal Bowl at Milan Puskar Stadium.

Regardless of loyalties to the participants or even one's opinion on whether the game should be played at all, two wholly conflicting facts about West Virginia versus Marshall - the football version - are unavoidable and undeniable.

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.

Maybe it's playing indoors, but there's something about the Carrier Dome that produces some strange goings on.