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West Virginia Defense Stands Tall in 2OT Win

MORGANTOWN -- The West Virginia offense wasn’t clicking all day but its defense stood tall time after time. In the end, a toe-dragging interception in the back of the end zone by Tykee Smith set up the game-winning touchdown by running back Leddie Brown in 2OT to give the Mountaineers a 27-21 victory. “Obviously, we just had a pretty good celebration in the locker room,” WVU coach Neal Brown said. “I’ll say this, winning is hard. I think in COVID times, it’s probably even harder. That was a great program win.” In the first overtime, it took Baylor just one play to put ...

WVU Welcomes Baylor

MORGANTOWN — There were plenty of lessons to be learned from last week’s film session for the West Virginia football team. The Mountaineers dropped their Big 12 opener on the road to Oklahoma State by a 27-13 score — a game that included several key self-inflicted wounds. For ...

WVU Falls To Oklahoma St.

STILLWATER, Okla. — For Chuba Hubbard and Oklahoma State, it wasn’t pretty, but in the end, when it really mattered, he and his team made the plays they needed to. Hubbard scored on a 23-yard run with 1:17 remaining to salvage a difficult afternoon and help No. 15 Oklahoma State beat ...

WVU Strolls Into Stillwater

MORGANTOWN — There are plenty of questions and maybe even more hype surrounding West Virginia University’s Big 12 Opener on Saturday in Stillwater, Ok., where the Mountaineers will face No. 15 Oklahoma State at 3:30 p.m. inside Boone Pickens Stadium. The main questions are, will ...

West Virginia Ready For Some Football

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University football coach Neal Brown said it best, “it’s finally time for football.” After an offseason of questions and a summer of uncertainty, the Mountaineers open their season Saturday at noon when they welcome Eastern Kentucky (0-1) onto Mountaineer ...

WVU Will Play Season Opener Without Spectators

MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, in conjunction with University, local and state officials, has determined that football’s season opener against Eastern Kentucky on Sept. 12 will take place without spectators at Milan Puskar Stadium. Due to safety precautions from the COVID-19 pandemic, only essential game operations personnel and families of the players and football staff will be admitted. Expected capacity at Big 12 Conference home games, starting on Oct. 3 vs. Baylor, will be announced in the future and determined by local public ...