Sidney Glover News

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

Everyone has seen the play a ' and the replay. WVU was up 14-7 on Cincinnati in the second quarter when one fumble turned touchdown changed all the momentum.

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.

The good news - as West Virginia heads to play the highest-ranked football team it has faced in a regular season since October 2003 - is that the Mountaineers have won two of their last three games against top 5-ranked teams.

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.

Looking for a specific disturbing trend involving West Virginia this season? Never mind the 2-minute offense, which often produces, what about the 30-second defense, which rarely does? At least as that pertains to the first half of games.

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

Opening statements: We had a tough football game in Tampa. I was proud of the way our guys gave effort, but not pleased with the results by any means.

There's no getting around Davion Rogers. The 6-foot-7, 205-pound defensive lineman at Warren G. Harding High School has been wreaking havoc on opposing offenses all season.

One day, years from now, I'll reflect on Saturday's 28-24 West Virginia win over Connecticut.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Beyond the tragedy and the tributes to fallen Connecticut cornerback Jasper Howard remains one truth: The Huskies have to play a football game Saturday.

Thanks much for your participation in the West Virginia football Q&A. It is your job to ask the questions; my job to answer them -- so keep them rolling in.

West Virginia football coach Bill Stewart has spent much time and energy over the past few weeks trying to put the kibosh on a persistent rumor that he and his safety, Sidney Glover, do not get along.

For one reason or another - and mostly, it was not good ones - Sidney Glover's name was mentioned an awful lot in the offseason.

That will be the case on Saturday with West Virginia University playing host to instate rival Marshall University in the fourth annual Friends of Coal Bowl at Milan Puskar Stadium beginning at 3:30 p.m. Offensively, the Mountaineers will again look to get the football into the hands of its playmakers-fifth-year senior quarterback Jarrett Brown, ...

West Virginia , which plays host to Marshall on Saturday, is hoping it won't have to face another receiver as good as Syracuse's Mike Williams.

Since the start of the season, West Virginia coach Bill Stewart preached a "spread the wealth" motto to his offense.

A year ago, West Virginia sleepwalked through its first game against Villanova, a Division I-AA opponent, and it wasn't really a whole lot different than the scenario that presents itself this year as the Mountaineers ready themselves for Week 2 of the 2009 season.

Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez addresses the media in Ann Arbor, Mich. after allegations from anonymous players and former players who say the team has practiced far beyond the time allowed.

Bill Stewart makes no bones about it. "We have a pretty simple philosophy here," Stewart said.