WVU Sports

West Virginia Looking to Avoid Upset Against Penguins

MORGANTOWN — It took the University of Tennessee only three series to figure out that the only way to keep No. 14 West Virginia’s offense out of the end zone was to control the football. And, now you can bet that every team remaining on the Mountaineers’ schedule will attempt to mock what the Volunteers accomplished in their 40-14 loss on Saturday. “What went from being a very close football game… basically with a little bit lack of execution, and execution on their part…. Gets out of hand just like that,” first-year UT coach Jeremy Pruitt explained. “That’s what ...

Food, Will Grier And Adjustments

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ever wonder what a college football coach does when his team is forced to wait out a prolonged halftime? Well, if you are West Virginia’s Dana Holgorsen, the plan is a simple one. “Watched football games, ate two bananas, had a couple cold beverages and then ...

West Virginia Makes Statement in Season Opener

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It isn’t in Will Grier’s nature to panic. So two dropped touchdown passes, a 10-minute drive by the opposing offense and an hour-long weather delay at halftime weren’t about to distract the West Virginia senior quarterback on Saturday. Grier got his Heisman Trophy ...

Grier Throws Five Touchdowns in Win

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — First impressions usually are the most lasting ones. Just ask first-year University of Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt. “Yeah, to answer your question, he (WVU’s Will Grier is pretty good. The thing I was most impressed with was he let the game come to him. “In the ...

No. 17 WVU Opens Season Today Vs. Vols

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The hype and the practices are over. Now it’s time for No. 17 West Virginia University and Coach Dana Holgorsen and his staff to show Mountaineers fans what they can expect to witness when the 2018 edition of the Mountaineers run onto the field today at Bank of America Stadium for their showdown with Southeastern Conference member Tennessee. “There are a lot of unknowns,” Holgorsen explained during Tuesday’s press conference. “We’re expecting them to be very multiple on offense. We don’t know which quarterback they are going to go with. What they ask ...

Pruitt Opens Coaching Tenure Against WVU

MORGANTOWN — It’s been eight years, but West Virginia’s Dana Holgorsen remembers his first game as head coach and can relate to what University of Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt will be going through when his Volunteers look to knock off the No. 17 ranked Mountaineers when the two teams ...