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West Virginia beats slumping Texas, keeps bowl hopes alive 
Suddenly, Texas has just a week left in a stunningly bad season under first-year coach Steve Sarkisian. West Virginia will get one more chance to avoid joining the Longhorns in ending the year in late November. Jared Doege threw three touchdown passes, and Leddie Brown rushed for 158 yards and...
West Virginia lets big lead slip away, loses to unbeaten Marquette 
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Tyler Kolek scored 18 points, Justin Lewis added 17 and undefeated Marquette rallied from a double-digit deficit for the third straight game to beat West Virginia, 82-71, Friday night in a semifinal of the Charleston Classic. Kam Jones scored all 12 of his points off four 3-pointers...
West Virginia, Texas face must-wins to remain bowl eligible
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Disappointing football seasons for Texas and West Virginia have come down to this: Win twice or stay home. Both need two victories to at least make something out of their respective messes by becoming bowl eligible. One of those goals will end when they meet Saturday. Texas...
WVU tops Elon as Bob Huggins ties Roy Williams on all-time wins list 
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Taz Sherman scored a career-high 27 points to lead West Virginia to an 87-68 victory over Elon on Thursday night in the Shriners Children’s Charleston Classic, moving Mountaineers coach Bob Huggins further up on the all-time wins list. Huggins earned his 903rd career victory, passing Bob Knight...
Hard-hitting Hall of Fame linebacker Sam Huff dies at 87
Sam Huff, the hard-hitting Hall of Fame linebacker who helped the New York Giants reach six NFL title games from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s and later became a popular player and announcer in Washington, died Saturday. He was 87. Huff family lawyer Deborah Matthews told the Associated Press...
Vaughn leads Kansas State to 34-17 win over West Virginia 
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kansas State kept watching West Virginia stubbornly convert fourth downs to keep its comeback hopes alive. Finally, the Wildcats did the same thing on fourth down to dash them. Deuce Vaughn ran for 121 yards and a touchdown, Sammy Wheeler had a touchdown catch along with a...
West Virginia rolls over Pitt, gives coach Bob Huggins milestone victory
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — William Jeffress understands the dire situation standing like a fortress between Pitt and success on the basketball court. “Most nights we walk in the gym,” he said, “the odds aren’t in our favor. Our team has been through a lot. We lost a lot. “That’s OK because...
West Virginia hopes to reverse fortunes against red-hot Kansas State 
MANHATTAN, Kan. — West Virginia coach Neal Brown made an obvious observation about Kansas State this week. “They’re playing their best football of the year,” he said. If only the Mountaineers could say the same thing. They were trending in the right direction after back-to-back wins over TCU and Iowa...
WVU shakes off sluggish start, beats Oakland in season opener 
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Taz Sherman scored 18 points to lead West Virginia to a 60-53 victory over Oakland in the season opener for both teams Tuesday night. Sean McNeil had 11 points for the Mountaineers, who took a double-digit lead early in the second half but struggled offensively down the...
West Virginia among 9 Big 12 teams hoping to be bowl-eligible 
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The bizarre nature of the college football season in the Big 12 can be summed up by the fact that TCU and Texas Tech, both having already fired their coaches, could be headed to bowl games in a few short weeks. In fact, half the league’s...
Sanders throws 2 TDs passes, No. 11 Oklahoma State tops WVU 
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Spencer Sanders threw two touchdown passes, No. 11 Oklahoma State had eight sacks and the Cowboys beat West Virginia, 24-3, on Saturday. Oklahoma State (8-1, 5-1 Big 12, No. 11 CFP) has won seven straight over the Mountaineers (4-5, 2-4). The Cowboys pushed around West Virginia’s offensive...
No. 11 Oklahoma State expects test vs. improved West Virginia
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia’s second half of the schedule is chock full of opposing running backs who have diced their way through defenses. Mountaineers coach Neal Brown is especially concerned about the next one: No. 11 Oklahoma State’s Jaylen Warren. The 215-pound Warren averages 22 carries for the run-oriented...
Jarret Doege, Leddie Brown lead West Virginia over No. 22 Iowa State 
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Jarret Doege threw three touchdown passes, Leddie Brown ran for two scores and West Virginia upset No. 22 Iowa State, 38-31, on Saturday. West Virginia (4-4, 2-3 Big 12) came alive on offense after averaging 20 points in its first four conference games. Iowa State (5-3, 3-2)...
West Virginia looks to avoid another loss to Brock Purdy, No. 22 Iowa State
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia has yet to figure out a way to slow down Iowa State quarterback Brock Purdy. The senior will get the chance to beat the Mountaineers for the fourth straight season Saturday when No. 22 Iowa State (5-2, 3-1 Big 12) plays at West Virginia (3-4,...
West Virginia tops TCU despite TD kick return at start
FORT WORTH, Texas — Leddie Brown ran for three touchdowns, and West Virginia overcame Derius Davis’ 100-yard return for a score on the opening kickoff in a 29-17 victory over TCU on Saturday night. Brown’s 1-yard plunge put the Mountaineers (3-4, 1-3 Big 12) ahead for good in the second...
West Virginia men’s basketball preview: Bob Huggins enters 40th season with 900 wins
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia’s Bob Huggins enters his 40th season as a head coach with 900 career wins and a new two-year contract extension. This season figures to be a challenge after five of the Mountaineers’ top eight scorers departed and it takes time for seven newcomers to adjust...
West Virginia refreshed, hopes to take advantage of struggling TCU defense 
FORT WORTH, Texas — TCU’s often-stingy defense is in an unfamiliar place among the triple-digit crowd in the NCAA rankings, with two losses when scoring in the 30s after years of coach Gary Patterson preaching the Horned Frogs needed only one more point than the other team. West Virginia (2-4,...
Expansion, eventual departures of Oklahoma, Texas on minds of Big 12 basketball coaches 
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chris Beard got right to it. His Texas Longhorns will have a target on their backs. “We’ve already begun talking to our players about how difficult it’s going to be,” he said. “But it’s really no different than anywhere else I’ve ever coached. If you’re going...
West Virginia’s Big 12 struggles continue with loss at Baylor 
WACO, Texas — Gerry Bohanon saw something in his Baylor teammates during the week with the offense coming off a poor showing that helped knocked the Bears out of the Top 25. Whatever the quarterback saw showed up on game day. Bohanon had career highs of 336 yards passing and...
Baylor, West Virginia trying to get run games going again
Baylor wants to regain its swagger in the run game. West Virginia would be satisfied with any progress. The Bears and Mountaineers meet Saturday in Waco, Texas, after both lost games in which they failed to score in the first half. Baylor had averaged 272 rushing yards in its first...
Greensburg’s Mark Goetz wins WVU Invitational
West Virginia fifth-year senior golfer Mark Goetz captured his second consecutive Mountaineer Invitational by shooting a career-low 63 during the final day at Pete Dye Golf Club in Bridgeport, W.Va. Goetz also won the tournament in 2020. The Kiski School graduate and Greensburg native is a member of Hannastown Golf...
West Virginia loses to Texas Tech on FG with 18 seconds left 
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The score was tied, Texas Tech was about to take over deep in its own territory with time running down in the fourth quarter, and quarterback Henry Colombi had one thing to say to running back SaRodorick Thompson. “I turned to SaRodorick and I said, ‘This is...
Texas Tech goes for 3rd straight win over WVU with backup QB
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Good things happen when Texas Tech starts a backup quarterback against West Virginia. On Saturday the Red Raiders (3-1, 0-1 Big 12) will try to beat the Mountaineers (2-2, 0-1) for the third straight year doing just that. Henry Colombi will get his first start of the...
West Virginia offense struggling to score TDs after halftime 
West Virginia coach Neal Brown’s offense needs a late energy boost. The Mountaineers started strong against three Power Five opponents this season only to fall flat, managing a field goal after halftime in each game. There’s plenty of things to sort out, and Brown hopes to have them done by...
West Virginia loses on last-second FG at No. 4 Oklahoma 
NORMAN, Okla. — Gabe Brkic’s 30-yard field goal as time expired gave No. 4 Oklahoma a 16-13 win over West Virginia on Saturday night. Oklahoma started its final possession at its 8-yard line with 3 minutes, 39 seconds remaining. Quarterback Spencer Rattler, who was booed by the home fans on...


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