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The WVU football team could pull off a history-making victory this Saturday against TCU. Only twice in the WVU football team’s history has it went on the road and beat a top 10 opponent. Plus, the two times it previously happened, the Mountaineers were facing out-of-conference teams. This time around, West Virginia has a chance…

Here are two under-the-radar names for this year’s Heisman Trophy. The two frontrunners for the Heisman Trophy this season are obvious: Penn State’s Saquon Barkley and Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield. We’re only five weeks into the season, though, so who else could win it? Kirk Herbstreit named two dark-horse candidates in Awful Announcing’s podcast this week.…

By Allan Taylor in Sports, WVU Sports | October 04, 2017 at 12:49PMCOMMENTARYMORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Jake Spavital arrived with reassurance when Kenny Hill was still a high school treasure at Southlake Carroll. Kliff Kingsbury had left for Texas Tech, and Spavital was fresh on the scene at Texas A&M, making sure Hill remained committed to…

WVU’s ‘work in progress’ needs to progress By Mitch Vingle Staff writer Source: Mitch Vingle: WVU’s ‘work in progress’ needs to progress | WVU Gameday | wvgazettemail.com

Source: West Virginia Football: 5 reasons the Mountaineers will beat TCU

West Virginia hopes run defense will improve against TCUBy JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer Source: West Virginia hopes run defense will improve against TCU | News OK

TCU features ‘special’ special teams units by Bob Hertzel Sports Columnist 15 hrs ago (0) What’s in a name? So wrote William Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet. Take the name “special teams.” Considered by many to be the third wheel on a bicycle, so to speak, but think about it for a moment. “Special teams”,…

Source: Big 12 QBs come from good stock; Holgorsen still trying to find team’s identity | WVU SPORTS | theet.com

MORGANTOWN — Much has been written about Gary Patterson and his four-down defensive alignment.The way it plays just two true linebackers, preferring instead to employ a pair of hybrid safeties, much like WVU, and often times split coverages on the back end with the five defensive backs. Instead or revisiting such, we’ll take a look…

Horned Frogs head coach Gary Patterson is a fan of studying his peers, including Dana Holgorsen of West Virginia, whose team is in town on Saturday. Source: TCU Football: Patterson studies Big 12 coaches, Holgorsen | Fort Worth Star-Telegram