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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 victory over BCS No.

West Virginia has replaced Notre Dame as the top contender to play an ACC team in the Konica Minolta Gator Bowl, Jan.

Maybe No. 8 Pitt will shake off the disappointment of its first Backyard Brawl loss to West Virginia since 2006, beat No.

The 24-hour window allotted to Rutgers players for enjoying a victory was damaged late Friday night.

Though Nevada threatened, there's still no team in the WAC that can conquer Boise State.

Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium was a cold place to be Friday night. But with the turkey and trimmings all long-since consumed - and a representative of the Gator Bowl in the press box - the facility heated up very quickly.

Tony Pike answered all the questions six times over. Pike, a senior quarterback, returned from an injury to his nonthrowing arm and had a record day Friday, passing for six touchdowns in a 49-36 victory over visiting Illinois that kept fifth-ranked Cincinnati unbeaten.

For the most part, West Virginia's football team has not been critically injured by special teams play this season.

In retrospect, Bill Stewart said Monday that he would likely take the same approach to West Virginia's crucial late-game series against Cincinnati that he took during Friday night's game: Go for the make-or-break touchdown.

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.

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.

There are defensive struggles. And then there was West Virginia's 17-9 game of survival against Louisville Saturday at Milan Puskar Stadium.

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.

The West Virginia University Mountaineers got back on the winning track Saturday afternoon at Milan Puskar Stadium.

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.

Not that West Virginia's football team doesn't have even more pressing issues as far as offense, defense and injuries, but by Saturday's home game with Louisville the Mountaineers might also have some new looks on special teams.

Losses do not agree with Bill Stewart. Given a day to think about and recover from Friday night's 30-19 loss at South Florida that turned the race for a Big East championship into a trip up Pike's Peak with a 60-pound pack on West Virginia's back, Stewart had a bit of an edge on for his Sunday press conference.

Freshman B.J. Daniels racked up 336 yards of offense and threw for three touchdowns, leading South Florida to a 30-19 victory over 20th-ranked West Virginia.Daniels, who took over as the starting quarterback when Matt Grothe suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in a September 19 game against Charleston ...

Noel Devine ran for 178 yards on 23 carries and broke off a go-ahead 56-yard scoring run late in the fourth quarter, as No.

Brandon Hogan apparently has the knack against Marshall. The 5-foot-10, 188-pound junior recovered a fumble, intercepted a pass and had five tackles in West Virginia's 24-7 win over the Thundering Herd last Saturday in Morgantown.