WVU remains winless in Big 12 after blowout loss at Central Florida
Tayven Jackson threw a pair of touchdowns to Chris Domercant in the opening quarter on fourth down as UCF rolled to a 45-13 victory over visiting West Virginia on Saturday afternoon in Orlando, Fla. Jackson returned after sitting out last week’s loss with a shoulder injury suffered two weeks ago...
West Virginia, UCF jousting for first Big 12 victory
The start of Big 12 play has not gone well for West Virginia and UCF. The Mountaineers and Knights join hapless Oklahoma State as the only schools off to an 0-3 start in conference action. On the plus side, somebody will earn their first Big 12 win Saturday afternoon when...
West Virginia picked 11th in Big 12 preseason poll
Voters selected West Virginia’s men’s basketball team 11th in the Big 12 preseason poll, which was released Thursday. The Mountaineers finished 19-13 overall last season and 10-10 in the Big 12. They lost to Colorado in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament. They are set to open the...
Penn-Trafford grad Nick Turowski continues strong season at West Virginia
It has been quite a start to his sophomore golf season at West Virginia for Penn-Trafford grad Nick Turowski. After being in and out of the lineup his freshman season, Turowski is one of the top three players on the team. The Mountaineers have participated in four events, and they...
BYU offense carves up WVU
PROVO, Utah — Bear Bachmeier threw for a career-high 351 yards and a touchdown to lead No. 23 BYU to a 38-24 victory over West Virginia on Friday night. BYU (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) rolled up 517 total yards and had two takeaways. Chase Roberts had a career-high 161 yards...
West Virginia faces stiff challenge in unbeaten BYU
BYU is losing bodies and winning games. That’s usually not a long-term recipe for success in college football, but the No. 23 Cougars will try to remain unbeaten Friday night when West Virginia makes the long trip to Provo, Utah. BYU (4-0, 1-0 Big 12) started conference play last week...
West Virginia can’t dig out of deep early hole in blowout loss
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Devon Dampier threw a career-high four touchdown passes and ran for another score to lead Utah to a 48-14 win over West Virginia on Saturday. Dampier bounced back from a lopsided home loss to Texas Tech last week in which he didn’t thrown a touchdown pass, was...
Utah, West Virginia both battling for Big 12 bounce-back
Both Utah and West Virginia are licking their wounds entering Saturday’s showdown in Morgantown, W.Va., after suffering one-sided losses to open Big 12 play. The Utes (3-1, 0-1 Big 12) are just 2-8 in league games since joining the Big 12 last season. Utah sputtered on both sides of the...
West Virginia renames basketball arena to Hope Coliseum
The historic WVU Coliseum will have a new name for the first time in 55 years, West Virginia University announced Thursday. It will now be known as the Hope Coliseum after the university entered into a 10-year partnership with Hope Gas. The partnership covers naming rights, sponsorship and future donations...
Pat Narduzzi has at least 1 area of confidence coming off Pitt’s loss at WVU
Whenever a college football team drops a game in a way Pitt lost at West Virginia, the topic invariably comes up about how the players will — or won’t — bounce back emotionally when they have to take the field next time out. For Pitt, that’ll be Saturday against Louisville...
West Virginia puts up little fight in blowout loss to Kansas
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Jalon Daniels threw three touchdown passes, Emmanuel Henderson returned a kickoff 94 yards for a TD and Kansas beat West Virginia, 41-10, on Saturday night in the Big 12 opener for both teams. Leshon Williams had 19 carries for 129 yards, which included a 62-yard TD to...
Kansas and West Virginia meet in Big 12 play
West Virginia (2-1) at Kansas (2-1) Sept. 20 at 6 p.m. BetMGM College Football Odds Opening Line: Kansas by 13.5. Against the spread: Kansas 1-2, West Virginia 2-1. How to watch: Fox Sports 1 Key stats Kansas offense Overall: 413.3 yards per game (60th in FBS) Passing: 248.3 yards per...
WVU crowd, coach Rodriguez revel in Mountaineers’ victory in Backyard Brawl
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia’s disdain for Pitt was evident at virtually every corner before, during and after Saturday’s Backyard Brawl, where an overflow crowd of mainly WVU fans crammed into Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium to witness a classic comeback victory by the Mountaineers. Think Pitt’s home at...
West Virginia ties score late, shocks Pitt with OT win in Backyard Brawl
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — More than enough Backyard Brawls (108 after Saturday’s contest at Milan Puskar Stadium, to be exact) have been played to confidently make some generalizations about Pitt and West Virginia’s historic rivalry. A good rule of thumb for when the Panthers and Mountaineers meet is to expect the...
Pitt, West Virginia announce 4-year extension of Backyard Brawl
One day before the 108th installment of the Backyard Brawl between Pitt and West Virginia, both schools announced an extension of the rivalry for four years from 2033-36. Those four games will be split between Acrisure and Milan Puskar stadiums, with Pitt hosting WVU on Sept. 10, 2033, and Sept....
Pitt, WVU coaches employing mind games, motivational tactics in advance of Backyard Brawl
The message appeared to have multiple layers in its intent from Pat Narduzzi. As the Pitt football coach stood at his podium to open his Monday morning press conference before this Saturday’s game at West Virginia, he read a list of results from Week 1 of the college football season....
West Virginia loses RB Jahiem White and WR Jaden Bray to season-ending injuries
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia running back Jahiem White and wide receiver Jaden Bray will miss the rest of the season with injuries, coach Rich Rodriguez said Monday. Rodriguez announced on his weekly radio show that White will undergo surgery later this week, and Bray will require surgery at some...
First Call: Justin Fields’ comments on the Steelers defense; how Russell Wilson played with the Giants; Pitt-WVU odds
Monday’s “First Call” features Justin Fields’ postgame comments about the Steelers’ defense. We check in on how Russell Wilson did for New York’s other team. Odds are out for the Backyard Brawl, but not yet for Penn State’s next game. And the Pirates head to the Beltway for a week....
Ohio beats West Virginia in Rich Rodriguez’s 1st road test
ATHENS, Ohio — Parker Navarro threw one touchdown pass, and Ohio overcame his three interceptions and held on to beat West Virginia, 17-10, on Saturday. Ohio (1-1) of the Mid-American Conference beat a Big 12 opponent for the second time in three years. West Virginia (1-1) lost preseason all-Big 12...
West Virginia squares off against Ohio in Week 2
West Virginia (1-0) at Ohio (0-1) Sept. 6 at 4 p.m. EDT. How to watch: ESPNU Key stats West Virginia Offense Overall: 625.0 yards per game (3rd in FBS) Passing: 232.0 yards per game (61st) Rushing: 393.0 yards per game (3rd) Scoring: 45.0 points per game (23rd) West Virginia Defense...
WVU overcomes slow start to pull away from Robert Morris in season opener
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A “Tiger” was on the loose Saturday at West Virginia. When Robert Morris coach Bernard Clark met the media after the Colonials’ season-opening 45-3 loss to the Mountaineers, he wasn’t in the mood for moral victories. “It’s just not in my DNA,” said Clark, the former Orange...
Rich Rodriguez starts 2nd stint at West Virginia in opener against Robert Morris
Robert Morris at West Virginia Saturday, 2 p.m. Eastern BetMGM College Football Odds: West Virginia by 38 1/2. How to watch: ESPN+ Key stats West Virginia (2024) Overall offense: 404.0 yards per game (53rd in FBS) Passing: 210.3 yards per game (87th) Rushing: 193.7 yards per game (27th) Scoring: 29.2...
Alabama, West Virginia agree to cancel 2026-27 series and schedule Group of Five opponents
Alabama and West Virginia mutually agreed to cancel their home-and-home series that had been scheduled for 2026 and 2027, the schools announced Tuesday. Alabama said it was making adjustments to its nonconference schedule in response to last week’s announcement that the SEC would go from playing eight to nine league...
Pat McAfee, Bill Stewart headline West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame class
Pat McAfee, who was one of the top kickers and punters in the Big East Conference, became an All-Pro in the NFL and is now a sports media star, will join fellow West Virginia greats in the latest class of the school’s Sports Hall of Fame. Wren Baker, WVU’s vice...
No. 11 Arizona State seeks encore in Big 12; WVU’s Rich Rodriguez excited for returnVideo
Arizona State was a big surprise debuting in the Big 12 with a conference championship and making the College Football Playoff after being picked to finish at the bottom of the 16-team league. Kenny Dillingham, the 35-year-old coach now in his third season at his alma mater, bluntly told his...
