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Teams we’ve already played were 0-7 yesterday (KU had a bye). Teams still left to play on our schedule were 3-0 (UC had a bye).

Coach Brown better call a few movers and make arrangements. Today’s games have been a damning indictment of our team. OK St and Zona are terrible, ISU and Kansas St are very beatable, Pitt finally played a good team and are getting spanked, and Ped St is not a world beater. Geez. Cements what a poor program we have and how far we have dropped. Disheartening. Yes, we knew this before but today verified what we all believed.

He figured out how to not let KSU score 45 on them at home

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Nov. 2, 2024) – The No. 3-seed West Virginia University women’s soccer team dropped a heartbreaking, double-overtime match in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Sprouts Farmers Market Big 12 Championship, falling 1-0 to No. 6-seed Kansas inside CPKC Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on Saturday night.

In pouring rain conditions that persisted throughout the match, the Mountaineers (12-5-2, 8-2-1 Big 12) and Jayhawks endured a defensive battle that lasted the full 90 minutes. After the full time whistle, the match was scoreless and went into the first overtime period of the season and the Big 12 Tournament so far this year. Neither team managed to find the back of the net in the first, so it went into a second overtime period.

Unfortunately for West Virginia, it was Kansas who would find the golden goal in the 101st minute. The Jayhawk offense broke through WVU’s back line and slotted a ball past redshirt sophomore keeper Mackenzie Smith for the game-ending score.

In the final box score, Kansas outshot West Virginia, 15-6, including 9-3 in shots on goal. KU also earned six corner kicks, compared to just three for WVU. Smith tallied eight saves in the loss, marking a new single-match career high for the Apex, North Carolina, native.

With the loss, the Mountaineers fall to 10-4-2 all-time against the Jayhawks, as well as 1-2 in neutral-site meetings. Additionally, WVU is now 17-5-3 in the Big 12 Championship all time, while it is the squad’s first loss in an overtime match in the league tournament. West Virginia’s all-time overtime record at the Big 12 Championship is now 2-1-3.

The Mountaineers will now await to learn their fate in the 2024 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Tournament. The NCAA Selection Show is set for Monday, Nov. 11, at 4 p.m. ET, while the First Round will commence Nov. 15-17. West Virginia is looking to make its 23rd appearance in the national tournament.

For more information on the Mountaineers, follow @WVUWomensSoccer on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

It is a bye week for WVU. Comes at a good time to get injuries healed. I am not a believer in "A loss can feel like a win" a moral victory, so I guess I am not a believer that a win, can feel like a loss. However, if ever there was one the AZ game might qualify. Did anybody not think we were going to lose the game in the 4th QTR?

19 games on the slate this week. Early first game so we can see the matchup of two of the most mentioned replacement coaches on this board go head-to-head. Wed 10/30 7:00PM. Tie breaker total points scored tOSU vs PSU.

Wed 10/30 7:00PM ESPN Jacksonville State vs Liberty
Sat 11/02 Noon ACCN Stanford vs NCSU
Sat 11/02 Noon CW VPI vs Syr
Sat 11/02 Noon FS1 Minn vs ILL
Sat 11/02 Noon Fox tOSU vs PSU Pts
Sat 11/02 Noon ESPN Ole Miss vs Ark
Sat 11/02 12:45PM SECN Vanderbilt vs Auburn
Sat 11/02 3:30PM ACCN UNC vs FSU
Sat 11/02 3:30PM ESPN TT vs ISU
Sat 11/02 3:30PM CBS Or vs Mich
Sat 11/02 3:30PM PEAS Ind vs MSU
Sat 11/02 3:30PM ABC UFL vs UGA
Sat 11/02 3:30PM FS1 AZ vs UCF
Sat 11/02 7:30PM ESPN Louisville vs Clemson
Sat 11/02 7:30PM NBC Wisc vs Iowa
Sat 11/02 7:30PM BTN USC vs Wash
Sat 11/02 7:30PM ABC TXA&M vs USC
Sat 11/02 8:00PM ESPN2 TCU vs Baylor
Sat 11/02 8:00PM ACCN sPitt vs SMU


My Picks:

Liberty over Jacksonville State
NCSU over Stanford
VPI over Syr
ILL over Minn
PSU over tOSU 43 Pts
Ole Miss over Ark
Auburn over Vanderbilt
UNC over FSU
ISU over TT
Or over Mich
Ind over MSU
UGA over UFL
UCF over AZ
Clemson over Louisville
Iowa over Wisc
USC over Wash
TXA&M over USC
Baylor over TCU
SMU over sPitt

Pregammimg for night 2 of Billy. Night one was memorable. Miller lites and maybe a Buffalo trace mini before I go in.

No way we lose a lead in the 4th quarter, no way, not this F'n weekend, I guarantee it!

Better bowl game? Coaching going forward? Still unlikely Big XII championship game. Thoughts.

Are socialists/communist, but all socialists/communist are democrats!

Brad Howe is a clown. Basically said that Lesley’s firing will hopefully light a fire under the players asses to start playing better. Um, hello??? The talent is subpar but the coaching…including the secondary coach that is still there is even worse!