MORGANTOWN – In the old days – otherwise known as early in Tom Izzo’s coaching career – what transpired in West Virginia’s 90-81 overtime exhibition loss against Maryland on Sunday would have been met with the gridiron experience. Putting it simply, when Izzo’s Michigan State ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football faced a third-and-9 from its own two-yard line. The Mountaineers needed just a field goal to win the game over Cincinnati. With his fit on his own colors, quarterback Michael Hawkins Jr. snapped the ball and heaved a pass to receiver Prince Strachan, who ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers threw for 253 yards and two touchdowns to rally the Pittsburgh Steelers from a 13-point, fourth-quarter deficit to a 26-19 overtime victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. Rodgers shrugged off a slow start to lead four fourth-quarter scoring drives, then finished off a 12-play, 70-yard march with a 7-yard TD throw to Germie Bernard to give the Steelers (4-2) the lead for good with 3:15 remaining in OT. Rookie Jalon Daniels drove the Bucs (1-5) to midfield on the ensuing possession, but Tampa Bay could only get as close as the Steelers 48 ...
MORGANTOWN — With his back foot a step away from the back of his own end zone and, quite possibly, WVU’s season on the line, Michael Hawkins Jr. launched what may go down as one of the most memorable passes in program history. On the other end, well, it was a prince of a play and it ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football’s 52-31 loss to Arizona handed the Mountaineers their third-straight loss of the season. WVU is 3-3 on the year and winless in the Big 12 (0-3). The Mountaineers are one of five teams in the Big 12 without a conference win, but are the only team with three conference losses, making them last in the standings. For the second-straight season, Rich Rodriguez has started conference play 0-3. Last year, the sky wasn’t falling because Rodriguez had the excuse of its Year 1, but that no longer applies, so hexagons are falling from above. The fire ...
