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The first drive in 2Q had promise. Picked up two first downs to get to the midfield...and then we crapped the bed - first a holding penalty and then a fumble by Anderson (lose 8 yards) and now we're in a 3rd and 25 situation.

It was the 2nd drive of the quarter that was bizarre. CJ picks up 4 yards on first down. We miss a pass to Horton. On third down Green gets zero yards on a run - was that a designed QB run - I don't recall. But why abandon the run on that drive? WVU had gained 23 yards in the previous drive and no reason to believe they couldn't/shouldn't keep it going on the ground. The pass on 2nd down - ugh.

The third drive, WVU starts at it's own 10 yard line. First two runs (White then Greene) of three yards a piece get you into a very manageable 3rd and 4...Anderson with a 2 yard loss. CJ, White, and Greene were your work horses on the ground, so why have Anderson in that situation?

The fourth drive was the end of the half for two plays.

Khazarian bloodline, funded by the Rothschilds, it begins to make sense. The "elite" bankers have lost their Ukraine-based money laundering sandbox (Putin wiped it off the face of the earth, so the Ba'al worshipping Khazarians are strapped for cash and see the USD dying in January once Saudi Arabia joins BRICS). The Rothschilds, Rockefellers and sevral other trillionaire families are in a panic and need a revenue driver -- the biggest revenue driver on the planet is war. Why not light tinder in the ultimate tinderbox -- the Hamas creation that was funded by the Rothschilds, to invade Israel (which is not as much a country as a fantasy of people who don't even really resemble Jewish DNA, any longer (97% of the true Jewish genes are long gone....most of those at the "top" of the pyramid are Khazarian descent -- the same bloodline hell bent on wiping out Russis and the U.S.). Mr, sweet tea Brad Barton did a decent job compiling this. The history books will not allude to this narrative (and we don't even have to bring in the WWI and WWII narratives into this theme...but each of those had similar funding and drive, not at all following what is written in lying history texts). Login to view embedded media

Neal Brown is optimistic OL Wyatt Milum is back this week and safety Aubrey Burks practiced today in limited fashion. Doesn't expect OL Tomas Rimac back until Central Florida.

Tyrod Taylor is starting?

I’m guessing I’m not very much in tune, and the starter is injured.

This is different sans Oklahoma and Texas.

Every program that makes up the 16-team Big 12 Conference next season has now played at least half of its 2023 regular-season schedule.

How do the teams stack up at midseason?

1. Utah (5-1, 2-1 Pac-12)​

• Poll movement: Climbed one spot.
• Last week: Beat California 34-14.
• This week: Saturday at USC, 6 p.m. MDT (Fox).

The Utes had a good game plan offensively coming out of a bye week. Bryson Barnes stepped back into the starting quarterback role and made smart decisions, while Sione Vaki helped spark Utah’s rushing attack while playing both ways. And of course, the Utes defense again held an opposing team under wraps for much of the day.

Now, Utah faces USC in California, though a bit of luster came off that matchup after the Trojans lost to Notre Dame.

2. Oklahoma State (4-2, 2-1 Big 12)​

• Poll movement: Climbed three spots.
• Last week: Beat Kansas 39-32.
• This week: Saturday at West Virginia, 1:30 p.m. (ESPN).

The Cowboys have shown resilience in the past two weeks to pick up a pair of conference wins. On Saturday, that included Oklahoma State rallying to win after blowing an early 17-7 lead against the Jayhawks. West Virginia, coming off a loss, will be looking to rebound against the Cowboys.

3. Arizona (4-3, 2-2 Pac-12)​

• Poll movement: Climbed four spots.
• Last week: Beat Washington State 44-6.
• This week: Bye week.

The Wildcats were oh-so-close in Weeks 5 and 6 to springing an upset over a ranked team, and then in Week 7, Arizona left no doubt by routing the Cougars. Noah Fifita is the real deal. It’s almost too bad the Wildcats can’t build off this momentum this coming weekend; they have a bye up next.

4. TCU (4-3, 2-2 Big 12)​

• Poll movement: Climbed seven spots.
• Last week: Beat BYU 44-11.
• This week: Saturday at Kansas State, 5 p.m. (ESPN2).

The Horned Frogs seemed to capture some of the magic from last year’s national title game appearance team by drubbing the Cougars in a revival of an old rivalry. Redshirt freshman quarterback Josh Hoover had an excellent first career start, carving up the BYU defense. Kansas State will provide a much stiffer challenge this week.

5. Kansas State (4-2, 2-1 Big 12)​

• Poll movement: Climbed one spot.
• Last week: Beat Texas Tech 38-21.
• This week: Saturday vs. TCU, 5 p.m. (ESPN2).

The Wildcats turned to freshman quarterback Avery Johnson fully in the second half, and he scored five rushing touchdowns as Kansas State pulled away for the win. Is there a QB controversy brewing for the Wildcats? It could make for an intriguing storyline heading into a home game vs. TCU.

6. West Virginia (4-2, 2-1 Big 12)​

• Poll movement: Dropped five spots.
• Last week: Lost to Houston 41-39.
• This week: Saturday vs. Oklahoma State, 1:30 p.m. (ESPN).

Well, that was unexpected. After an impressive four-game winning streak, the Mountaineers were tripped up by a struggling Houston team — and in thrilling fashion, no less, with two go-ahead touchdowns in the final 12 seconds. West Virginia, after playing on Thursday night, has a little extra time to prepare for a critical game against the Cowboys.

7. Kansas (5-2, 2-2 Big 12)​

• Poll movement: Dropped four spots.
• Last week: Lost at Oklahoma State 39-32.
• This week: Bye week.

The Jayhawks lost for the second time in three weeks as preseason Big 12 offensive player of the year Jalon Daniels missed more time, though Jason Bean filled in well at QB for Kansas. The Jayhawks will use their bye to recoup, and then try to finish the season strong.

8. Iowa State (4-3, 3-1 Big 12)​

• Poll movement: Climbed two spots.
• Last week: Beat Cincinnati 30-10.
• This week: Bye week.

The Cyclones find themselves just a half-game behind Oklahoma in the Big 12 standings after putting away Big 12 newcomer Cincinnati. Iowa State has a solid chance to contend for a spot in the league championship game late in the regular season, with a winnable trio of games — at Baylor, vs. Kansas, at BYU — following a bye.

9. Texas Tech (3-4, 2-2 Big 12)​

• Poll movement: Dropped one spot.
• Last week: Lost to Kansas State 38-21.
• This week: Saturday at BYU, 5 p.m. (FS1).

The Red Raiders’ good vibes from a two-game winning streak came to a halt in the lopsided loss to Kansas State, when Texas Tech had to turn to true freshman Jake Strong after another quarterback injury. Both BYU and Texas Tech will be desperate for a win this weekend.



Future Big 12 power rankings: Where do teams stand midway through the season?

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10. BYU (4-2, 1-2 Big 12)​

• Poll movement: Dropped six spots.
• Last week: Lost at TCU 44-11.
• This week: Saturday vs. Texas Tech, 5 p.m. (FS1).

While the Cougars have shown cracks in their foundation in the first half of the season, everything came crashing down in an uncompetitive loss to TCU. BYU struggled mightily in all three facets of the game and looked every bit of a program overwhelmed in its first season in a power conference.

The most realistic goal for the Cougars this season has been just becoming bowl eligible, and the game against Texas Tech is perhaps one of their best chances to pick up a win in the back half of the schedule.

11. Colorado (4-3, 1-3 Pac-12)​

• Poll movement: Dropped three spots.
• Last week: Lost to Stanford 46-43.
• This week: Bye week.

Wow. Wow. Wow. It feels as if Colorado’s win to start the Coach Prime era was a year ago, not a month ago. On Friday, the Buffaloes blew a 29-0 lead to lowly Stanford and now Colorado could be fighting just to become bowl eligible. Deion Sanders’ team needs this bye to reset and shake off the last few weeks.

12. Houston (3-3, 1-2 Big 12)​

• Poll movement: Climbed four spots.
• Last week: Beat West Virginia 41-39.
• This week: Saturday vs. Texas, 2 p.m. (Fox).

What in the world was that? Houston needed a miracle after giving up a touchdown with 12 seconds remaining against West Virginia, and the Cougars got one with a Hail Mary walk-on touchdown. Houston is the first Big 12 newbie to earn a win over an existing Big 12 member, and it was one for the memory books.

13. Baylor (2-4, 1-2 Big 12)​

• Poll movement: Dropped one spot.
• Last week: Bye week.
• This week: Saturday at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. (ESPN+).

Not much has gone right in Waco this season, so maybe it was the perfect time for Baylor to use a bye week to refocus. A game against struggling Big 12 newcomer Cincinnati could give the Bears the chance to get to .500 on the year in conference play.

14. UCF (3-3, 0-3 Big 12)​

• Poll movement: Dropped one spot.
• Last week: Bye week.
• This week: Saturday at Oklahoma, 10 a.m. (ABC).

The Knights looked promising early in the season, but going winless through their first three conference games has dampened the mood about what UCF can do this season. The schedule doesn’t do them any favors this week, as the Knights are set to play at Oklahoma.

15. Arizona State (1-5, 0-3 Pac-12)​

• Poll movement: Dropped one spot.
• Last week: Bye week.
• This week: Saturday at Washington, 8:30 p.m. (FS1).

The Sun Devils showed better effort and more competitiveness right before their bye, but it still wasn’t enough. Now, they get a Washington team that is coming off a thrilling win over Oregon and looks every bit of a national championship contender.

16. Cincinnati (2-4, 0-3 Big 12)​

• Poll movement: Dropped one spot.
• Last week: Lost to Iowa State 30-10.
• This week: Saturday vs. Baylor, 10 a.m. (ESPN+).

The Bearcats just can’t seem to get enough going to make a run at their first Big 12 win — although Cincinnati had BYU on the ropes for most of the first half in their game a couple weeks back. Could a matchup against a struggling Bears program help Cincinnati break out a little?

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (Oct. 16. 2023) – The West Virginia University rifle team holds firm at No. 1 in the first edition of the 2023-24 Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association (CRCA) poll, the organization announced.



The Mountaineers are a perfect 3-0 on the season including a 3-0 mark in the Great America Rifle Conference. WVU holds the top aggregate (4745.6) and smallbore (2363.3) average in the nation, which is 9.4 and 10.3 points ahead of TCU, respectively. West Virginia’s average of 2382.3 in air rifle is second behind TCU which holds a mark of 2383.



No. 2 TCU, No. 3 Ole Miss, No. 4 Nebraska and No. 5 Kentucky followed behind and rounded out the top five. Joining WVU, Kentucky and Ole Miss in the poll from the GARC is No. 10 Memphis, No. 12 Akron, No. 13 Navy and No. 16 Army.



Fifth-year senior Mary Tucker leads the nation in smallbore average at 593 and is third in aggregate average at 1189. Senior Molly McGhin ranks 10th in the nation in air rifle average at 596.3.



WVU takes the week off before hitting the road for two matches. West Virginia takes on TCU and Nebraska on Oct. 28-29, respectively. Both matches will be held in Fort Worth, Texas at the TCU Rifle Range.

For more information on the Mountaineers, visit WVUsports.com and follow WVURifle on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

West Virginia has offered Chuck Love.

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West Virginia has received a commitment from David Hagen. He's a 2024 RHP/3B from Archbishop Moeller in Ohio.

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--West Virginia head coach Neal Brown said that they have a last play grouping but they didn't put it in because they had two plays. They didn't have any offensive guys in it. The best defensive guys are the best vertical guys and bottom line they didn't execute. If he had to do anything again they would have pressured, they would have brought five. They played extremely poor and Houston deserved to win the game and they did all the things that they didn't do over the four game winning streak. Houston was hungrier and they won both sides of the line of scrimmage. Special teams the core guys didn't play well and it wasn't good enough overall. It was the first time they lost the field position battle all year. On the kickoff return, they got guys all off their landmarks. They didn't bully blocks and they had three guys just whiff. They had poor kick locations with the ball not in the air enough. Oliver Straw had his worst game in two years with hangtime and placement. The punt return team gave Preston Fox no chance and they didn't do well. Kickoff return team blocked it well but the returners didn't see it. By far the worst performance defensively of the year, with high pad levels and they didn't shed blocks. They needed to dominate with the front six. The zone drops were off and they didn't get to their spots which gave up easy completions. They scored touchdowns on five of their last seven drives and they had zero takeaways. Tomiwa Durojaiye played decently and Fatorma Mulbah played well but that was about it. Offensively that was their best game. Kole Taylor and Devin Carter were good. They just weren't good enough up front in the run game and a lot of missed opportunities in the first half. They had chances to put the game away and couldn't do it. They had plenty of opportunities to win that game but they didn't. They're moving forward and he isn't going to talk about that game moving forward after this press conference.

--Oklahoma State is one of the hottest teams in the country. They have won two games against ranked opponents after the bye week and they simplified what they were doing and are playing with a lot of confidence right now. Oklahoma State is focused on running the football. Alan Bowman has been through the league and has settled down and playing well. Ollie Gordon is playing very well at running back and they have some wide receivers that can really go. Their offensive line is playing better as well. On defense it's a three man front with three safeties and if you look at them they're playing fundamental football with good hands. At linebacker this might be the most talented group that they've played. At corner, they have to get hands off them better than they did the other night because this will be a tough matchup there. They've got their hands full and they are excited to get back to work and they will respond.

--Wyatt Milum should be back as Brown feels confident. Aubrey Burks practiced today limited and UCF is likely the time that Tomas Rimac would be back. Justin Johnson was sick and didn't practice last week and Tirek Austin-Cave practiced today.

--Credit Houston that was the best they've played and he isn't discrediting them but they lost the game. Then you go through the ownership and it's about the response as he looked at 15 different plays on both sides of the ball that led to this game.

--Devin Carter left about 60-yards out on the field. They played him more inside against Houston and that's more of a fit for him. He can build off that and they need him to have those type of games moving forward because he made a lot of that happen with run after the catch.

--Whatever the opposite of really good is on defense that's how they played against Houston. They did not deal well with unstructured. Brown felt that he should have handled the bye week a little different and stuck with their original plan of practicing hard on Tuesday and Wednesday. You make notes and you don't repeat the same mistake.

--Your biggest concern is you don't cover everything from a situational aspect. You go back and it was an odd situation. There's a lot of different things they can do with 7 seconds. They can throw the outcut and they could also have done the hook and ladder scenario. They do a lot of hail mary practice, but it's often one play with a dead ball. They didn't execute that play but he could have had them better prepared as well. You're always learning.

--Brown told Garrett Greene right after the game that he knew that happened. What makes him great is his energy, he doesn't have very many bad days and he's always upbeat but you have to be able to limit that whether that's playing quarterback or celebrating a touchdown. But without him West Virginia isn't even in the game, he played very well. They put a ton on him in the run/read game and it was the best he played with his decision-making. Still, he knows better.

--The rule is the rule with taking your helmet off on the field.

--Brown wanted to get Devin Carter some more free runs. They wanted to get him some free runs off the ball and be able to play him on both sides. He is smart and they knew he could handle it. They're going to continue to do that.

--Offensively they were about where they wanted to be in terms of playing the number of players.

--Brown said his name is on the program and he is responsible for it all. Love is telling people the truth and holding people accountable and as a leader you have to set that standard. He has to make more decisions than anybody in the program so he makes more mistakes. You have to be transparent and you lose credibility if you don't. He takes a lot of his approach from his dad who was a leader.

--Pre-snap movement you're trying to get some looks on alignments and get them moving sideways and take their eyes off their keys. They pick and choose because some styles of defense it doesn't matter they will line up regardless. Tempo they will pick and choose. They aren't going to be a team that presses the gas all the time.

--Mike Gundy has done it for a really long time and he's won scoring high and won being one of the top defenses in the country. So he's done it a bunch of different ways and has stayed true to himself. They rebounded from how they performed against South Alabama.

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WVU remains undefeated after beating two ranked teams this weekend. WVU's next matches are against #2 TCU and #4 Nebraska in Fort Worth Oct 28-29.

I am shocked with the lack of respect for this Bball team. I am going to be positive and assume Battle will be eligible.

With all due respect to big Jimmy Bell we have a massive upgrade with Edwards at center. Massive !

We have a true point guard. Johnson played solid D and was scoring down the stretch but he was not a PG.

Having a center and true PG will be massive. While Erik was the heart and soul of the team he struggled on D and was not overly athletic. Welcome home Mr. Battle. He’s a different dude.

Losing Mitchell hurts a little on offense but we upgraded on the boards and D end. I’m calling that a push.

I am / was a huge Huggins guy. But his offense flat out sucked the last few years. I am happy to see a change in philosophy. I also think Seth and Harris both excel in the new offense.

We have enough depth on the bench to be productive. I also love the staff. Young and full of energy.

Elite 8 type of team !

Competitor site states WVU is in his final 4 along with Georgia, Washington, and ASU. Announcing November 3rd.



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According to Coach weren’t we suppose to hear something from the NCAA last week?

Did I miss the announcement?

So far 4 interceptions this season. Glad to see him back healthy playing at a high level. One guy that I wished stayed.

Louisville -8
Duke -3.5
WVU - 2.5

Shortly after I read the article about the snap counts for the recent game, I took a walk. Starting to think about the stats and came to a glaring conclusion, part of which came from other's comments. We only played two corners and two safeties during the game. That stat INCLUDES the last play (hail mary). So, we: (1) did not add any defensive backs during an obvious "hail mary" throw (2) left all linebackers in for coverage in a pass play (3) did not even rush any linebackers to put pressure on the QB. All that must fall on Jordan Lesley. When you think about it, we totally had the incorrect personnel in the game for a final "hail mary" play. We should have added DBs and rushed one LB, in my opinion. Huge logistical failure on our part. YES, Greene's play led to our being in this predicament, but we never made the necessary adjustments. Did not realize any of this until the snap counts were released.

Jose Perez has committed to Arizona State