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Noel Devine rushed for 134 yards and Tyler Bitancurt kicked four field goals, including a 43-yarder as time expired to lift West Virginia to a 19-16 win over No.

Freshman Tavon Austin has never played in the Backyard Brawl, but Friday, the West Virginia receiver can experience what his older teammates call an "intense" rivalry.

I've been a major proponent of West Virginia head coach Bill Stewart, but now is the time to reconsider my position.A Not change, mind you, but seriously look at the next card.

Pittsburgh's shocking upset of West Virginia in Morgantown two years ago was a positive end to an otherwise disappointing season.

West Virginia Mountaineers elevated its level of play against the No. 5 team in the nation Friday, but came up short in a disappointing and frustrating 24-21 loss to Cincinnati.

By now, everyone's hashed out the two bad calls that cost West Virginia a chance to upset a Top five team at its home field and stay in the chase for the Big East Title: a 'The Cincy fumble at the goal line that was reversed and turned into a touchdown.

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The sun beat me up this morning, making me wonder who beat me up last night. Dr. Cutty Sark did all he could, but he could neither change what had transpired on the field at Nippert Stadium nor make any more sense of it at the time.

Everybody nationally was looking up the road to Pittsburgh as the place where the Bearcats' title hopes might be dashed.

When at its best Friday night, West Virginia's offense was under center. For proof, consult only two plays: Ryan Clarke's 37-yard touchdown in the second quarter out of an I formation that was aided greatly by the presence of two fullbacks and, of course, Jock Sanders' one-yard gain from a shotgun set on a critical third-and-9 late in the fourth ...

Buried in all the hype of Friday night's Big East football showdown between West Virginia and host Cincinnati was a scoreboard film clip.

In a game that played itself out the way West Virginia University's 24-21 loss to Cincinnati did on Friday night, the Mountaineers had to have a hero.

Life has improved in the press box. Some guy next to me who hacked and sniffled through the whole first half just left.

West Virginia prepares to play the biggest game of its season -and arguably of Bill Stewart's time as head coach - against No.

West Virginia University football coach Bill Stewart believes starters Jarrett Brown and Noel Devine will be able to play Friday when the Mountaineers travel to Big East Conference leader and top-5 Cincinnati, but he is preparing his troops as if they won't. "Both should be capable of playing if treatment goes well," Stewart said Sunday.

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In a perfect world, Connecticut would have beaten West Virginia last Saturday at Mountaineer Field.

South Florida finally got the better of one of the Big East's best teams. Quarterback B.J. Daniels, who completed fewer than 50-percent of his passes and accounted for half as many touchdowns as he did turnovers the past two games, passed for232 yards and three scores and rushed for 104 yards and a series of key conversions to lead the Bulls past ...

Right about 3:11 Saturday afternoon, when UConn was all mixed up and didn't know what to do to stop Noel Devine from winning that game, it became absolutely obvious No.A 7 needed to be included in the Heisman Trophy discussion.