Wendell Smallwood ran for 141 yards and a touchdown for West Virginia (7-5, 4-5), but he didn’t have the ball in his hands with the game on the line. The West Virginia big man was one rebound shy of his sixth double-double, finishing the game with 26 points and nine rebounds.
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For West Virginia, the chance at an eight-win regular season and a higher spot in the Big 12 standings – which could affect its bowl destination – and the opportunity to log its first win against the Wildcats since joining the conference are both motivating factors.
24 – WVU’s schedule has been easier during a four-game win streak.
West Virginia quarterback Skyler Howard started on the bench last season when Kansas State visited Morgantown. Kansas State has a 5-6 record for the year.
“We beat ourselves”, West Virginia wide receiver Jordan Thompson said.
Nebraska, the 5-7 team ahead of Kansas State in the April rankings, has said it would accept a bowl bid.
“Liv calls the play, and those were some of the best picks we set all night”.
The Wildcats would likely have earned a bowl invite even with a defeat because there are not enough six-win teams to fill all the slots, and a few will be allocated based on Academic Progress Rate.
When Holgorsen says “they”, he’s talking about his seniors, a group of 21 for whom an eighth win would mean the most because it is the first class to spent its entire college career in the Big 12. “I think that’s important”. West Virginia’s Josh Lambert kicked first-half field goals of 40 and 19 yards and added a 28-yarder in the fourth quarter.
It was early in the second half that Hubener was crunched by a pair of defenders.
West Virginia has been coming on strong this season, and wisdom has it that they are simply the stronger team.
Appalachian State Mountaineers scored 37.5 points compared to allowed 17.5 points with point differential of 20.0.
SAN DIEGO STATE (-4¹/₂) over Air Force: San Diego State quarterback Maxwell Smith will miss this game due to injury, but that doesn’t scare me here.
“Considering the meltdown – I say meltdown, and that is not an accurate statement – the fact that we were unsuccessful in those six attempts, there would perhaps be some rewarding feelings for everyone if that were the case”.
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After more than a week off since winning the Las Vegas Invitational, West Virginia wasted little time before suffocating Kennesaw State with the press.
