The Mountaineers held an opponent out of the end zone for the third time, and Skyler Howard threw one touchdown pass and ran for another score to lead West Virginia to a 30-6 win over Iowa State on Saturday. Rhoads finished with a 32-55 record.
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“You can define Jameel’s game quickly but it is incredibly hard to stop because he is so long and athletic”, Williams said.
“That catapulted the momentum, changed the whole pace and fired us up”, Niang said.
“Special. He’s my blood”, Rhoads said. “And I’ve got to improve-got to get more confidence in it”. “This is really important to me, and doing it the right way and getting it to where it needs to be is important to me”. “It is special with every single one of them”. Iowa State is grabbing 44.3 rebounds per game, which is good for 33rd in the country. That looks like it’ll be the last game for the OH native who took over the Rockets in their bowl game in 2011 when Tim Beckman left Toledo to take the head coaching job with the Illinois Fighting Illini.
Which is a very nice hire for Iowa State. But the Cyclones would connect on a 33-yard field goal by Cole Netten on the first play of the second quarter to cut the Mountaineers lead to 7-3. Toledo beat Iowa State this season 30-23 in double overtime on September 19 and have won nine games in three of four seasons under Campbell.
West Virginia’s 415 yards averaged to 5.8 per play, precisely in line with WVU’s season pace. West Virginia also has two shutouts this season for the first time since 1996. “Their ability to work to get the shots was better than us”, IL coach John Groce said. They’re a ballclub that never quits and I think that’s a symbol of what Paul Rhoads is all about. He was an All-American defensive lineman for a Mount Union team that won three straight NCAA Division III Football Championships between 2000 and 2002.
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K.J. Dillon’s interception on Iowa State’s opening series set up Howard’s scoring toss to Shelton Gibson, who took a short pass and weaved his way across the field for a 60-yard TD. That may be the case on the offensive side, as sophomore quarterback Joel Lanning has accounted for four passing touchdowns and three rushing scores over the last two weeks while freshman running back Mike Warren is second in the Big 12 with 1,265 yards on the ground.
