After Huggins’ exit, interim coach Josh Eilert up for challenge with rebuilt lineup at West Virginia
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia had an offseason that no one hoped for. Hall of Fame coach Bob Huggins is gone following a June drunken-driving arrest. Assistant Josh Eilert was named interim coach and worked feverishly to keep his roster from imploding because players had an emergency 30-day window to...
Kedon Slovis faces West Virginia again, this time with BYU
BYU (5-3, 2-3 Big 12) at West Virginia (5-3, 3-2) 7 p.m. Saturday, Fox Line: West Virginia by 10 1/2, according to FanDuel SportsBook. Series record: West Virginia leads 1-0. WHAT’S AT STAKE? One team will become bowl eligible. BYU is looking for a strong November to avoid its worst...
Big 12 releases 4 years of football opponents for 16-team conference, with annual BYU-Utah gameVideo
The Big 12 on Wednesday released four years of football opponents for its newly expanded 16-team conference, including a yearly BYU-Utah game and an emphasis on other in-state rivalries. The Big 12 adds Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah from the Pac-12 in 2024 while saying goodbye to Oklahoma and...
West Virginia’s Kerr Kriisa suspended 9 games for receiving impermissible benefits at ArizonaVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia guard Kerr Kriisa was suspended nine games for receiving impermissible benefits. West Virginia announced the suspension Tuesday. West Virginia’s athletic department said in a statement that it learned in late August that Kriisa admitted to receiving the benefits while enrolled at Arizona. Kriisa arrived at...
West Virginia forward Akok Akok released from hospital after collapsing on court during exhibition
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia forward Akok Akok has been released from a hospital where he was taken after collapsing on the court during an exhibition game. “Akok is recovering at his home in Morgantown,” West Virginia interim coach Josh Eilert said in a statement Sunday. “He will continue to...
West Virginia grounds UCF down to score 41-28 Big 12 road winVideo
ORLANDO, Fla. — Garrett Green ran for three touchdowns, West Virginia’s defense forced four turnovers, including two interceptions from cornerback Beanie Bishop Jr., to slow down the high-powered UCF offense and the Mountaineers beat the Knights, 41-28, on Saturday. UCF quarterback John Rhys Plumlee threw three picks, bringing his season...
West Virginia forward Akok Akok hospitalized, stable after collapsing on court during exhibition
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia forward Akok Akok was hospitalized in stable condition after collapsing on the court during an exhibition game on Friday night. Akok suffered a medical emergency early in the second half of the game with George Mason, West Virginia’s athletic department said in a statement. Medical...
UCF, West Virginia seek bounce-back win at The Bounce House
West Virginia (4-3, 2-2 Big 12) at UCF (3-4, 0-4 Big 12), noon (FS1) Line: UCF by 7, according to FanDuel SportsBook Series record: West Virginia leads 2-0 WHAT’S AT STAKE? UCF has not had the introduction to the Big 12 the team hoped. Nearly midway through their inaugural season...
Ollie Gordon romps as Oklahoma State outlasts West Virginia
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Ollie Gordon II rushed for a career-high 282 yards and scored four touchdowns to lead Oklahoma State to a 48-34 victory over West Virginia on Saturday night. Alan Bowman threw two scoring passes for the Cowboys (5-2, 3-1 Big 12), who earned their third straight win and...
Oklahoma State RB Ollie Gordon goes for his 4th straight 100-yard rushing game at West VirginiaVideo
Oklahoma State (4-2, 2-1 Big 12) at West Virginia (4-2, 2-1 Big 12), 3:30 p.m. Saturday (ESPN) Line: West Virginia by 3½, according to FanDuel SportsBook. Series record: Oklahoma State leads 9-5. What’s at stake? Oklahoma State is going after its third straight victory. West Virginia saw its four-game winning...
To cap wild final minute, Houston beats West Virginia on Hail MaryVideo
HOUSTON — Donovan Smith threw a 49-yard touchdown pass that was caught by Stephon Johnson as time expired to give Houston a thrilling 41-39 win over West Virginia on Thursday night. Smith finished 21 of 27 for 253 yards and four touchdowns. He threw a Hail Mary from midfield, the...
Houston’s Dana Holgorsen takes on former school when the Cougars host surging West Virginia
West Virginia (4-1, 2-0 Big 12) at Houston (2-3, 0-2), Thursday, 7 p.m. ET (FS1) Line: West Virginia by 2 1/2, according to FanDuel SportsBook. Series record: First meeting. WHAT’S AT STAKE? Houston coach Dana Holgorsen faces his former team for the first time as the two schools meet in...
2 West Virginia football players carted off field are set to return to campusVideo
Injured linebacker Trey Lathan and safety Aubrey Burks are set to return to West Virginia’s campus after they were carted off the field and taken to a hospital during a 24-21 win at TCU over the weekend, coach Neal Brown said Monday. Lathan underwent surgery on a lower leg injury...
West Virginia stages 2nd-half rally, ends TCU’s Big 12 win streak
FORT WORTH, Texas — West Virginia defensive lineman Sean Martin was among the players forced off the field on a tough night for injuries for the Mountaineers. He was back out there at the end. Martin and Mike Lockhart blocked field goals in the final five minutes after Michael Hayes...
TCU takes 10-game Big 12 regular-season winning streak into visit from West VirginiaVideo
West Virginia (3-1, 1-0 Big 12) at TCU (3-1, 1-0), Saturday, 8 p.m. (ESPN2) Line: TCU by 13 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. Series record: West Virginia leads 7-5. WHAT’S AT STAKE? TCU hasn’t lost a Big 12 regular-season game under coach Sonny Dykes, who is in his second season....
Before renewal of basketball Backyard Brawl, West Virginia will open season against Missouri State
West Virginia men’s basketball, under the direction of interim coach Josh Eilert, will open the regular season Nov. 6 against Missouri State at the WVU Coliseum. The game will be one of nine regular-season nonconference games at home, including the Big East-Big 12 Battle against St. John’s on Dec. 1,...
Nicco Marchiol throws TD in 1st start; West Virginia holds off Texas Tech
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Nicco Marchiol threw a touchdown pass in his first start, CJ Donaldson added a short TD run and West Virginia held off Texas Tech, 20-13, in their Big 12 opener Saturday. Texas Tech backup quarterback Behren Morton came on for the injured Tyler Shough in the first...
Texas Tech travels to West Virginia for Big 12 opener; Mountaineers’ QB Garrett Greene questionable
Texas Tech (1-2) at West Virginia (2-1), Saturday, 3:30 p.m. ET (ESPN+) Line: Texas Tech by 6 1/2, according to FanDuel SportsBook Series Record: Tied 6-6. WHAT’S AT STAKE West Virginia is on a two-game winning streak, and coach Neal Brown has yet to win three in a row. Now...
Latrobe’s Alex Tatsch earns scholarship offer from West Virginia
Alex Tatsch spent a perfect late-summer day in Morgantown. He looked around a college campus, watched the Backyard Brawl and came home with a souvenir: a scholarship offer. West Virginia extended an offer to the Latrobe junior football standout Saturday, stamping his potential as a Power 5 prospect. After an...
Analysis: West Virginia defense knew Pitt QB Phil Jurkovec ‘wasn’t that good at his job’
When random fans complain about Pitt quarterback Phil Jurkovec or rain boos upon him from high above the playing surface, that’s never good. If Jurkovec continues to struggle next Saturday against North Carolina, you can imagine what Acrisure Stadium will sound like. Yet no matter how hard the fans scream...
West Virginia backup QB Nicco Marchiol displays cool nerves in Backyard Brawl victory
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — About midway through the first quarter of the Backyard Brawl, West Virginia coach Neal Brown suddenly was working with a highly condensed playbook. His starting quarterback, Garrett Greene, had left the game with an apparent leg injury, and in Greene’s place entered Nicco Marchiol, a redshirt freshman...
Phil Jurkovec struggles in Pitt’s Backyard Brawl loss to West Virginia
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Pitt tried to be the bully Saturday night in the 106th renewal of the Backyard Brawl at Milan Puskar Stadium. Instead, the 17-6 loss to West Virginia ended with questions about Pitt quarterback Phil Jurkovec from everyone but coach Pat Narduzzi. Whether he’s ready to acknowledge it...
Before their teams do battle, Pitt and WVU fans keeping things friendly in Morgantown
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Before Pitt and West Virginia took the field Saturday night at Milan Puskar Stadium, an ocean of tailgaters helped create a college gameday atmosphere about as good as it gets. That much was predictable. Saturday’s contest between the Panthers and Mountaineers, the 106th installment of the Backyard...
WVU players, coaches expecting 106th installment of Backyard Brawl to be a dogfight
Last weekend, violent lightning storms in the Morgantown, W.Va., area brought on a delay of nearly two hours that paused play between the Mountaineers and Duquesne. By the time the weather calmed to a light drizzle, only a fraction of the 50,037 fans who originally filed into Milan Puskar Stadium...
West Virginia eager for the chance to host a rebooted Backyard Brawl against Pitt
The Backyard Brawl between Pitt (1-1) and West Virginia (1-1) returned a year ago in Pittsburgh. Both teams have already lost a game this season. But enthusiasm for the next chapter of the rivalry, set to be written at Mountaineer Field on Saturday night (7:30 p.m.), hasn’t waned at all....
