Virginia Tech is 3-1 with its only loss coming against Alabama State to start the season.
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“We’re a blue-collar program”, Rhoads said. “I could still clean some things up”. “We knew a lot of people gave up on us in October”.
Jameel McKay had one of his best games at Iowa State in front of his former coach. “It was my first two games, so I’m still trying to get in a rhythm and the flow of the game”. The next head coach is inheriting some exciting young talent on offense. Helped raise them, help them grow and mature as they have and they do. “These guys have been real good”, Iowa State coach Steve Prohm said. Why not go all-in for your final game as head coach? “I really appreciate coach Rhoads and everything he’s done for me and the program”.
ABOUT WEST VIRGINIA (6-4, 3-4): Wendell Smallwood ranks second to Warren in rushing yards per game (129) in Big 12 play and has been the most consistent performer for the Mountaineers, topping the 100-yard mark last weekend for the seventh time in his last eight games. The Ohio native then went 9-4 and 7-5, and the Rockets beat Arkansas State in a bowl game last season for another 9-4 finish.
The Cyclones fired Rhoads last Sunday, but AD Jamie Pollard agreed to let him stay on for the team’s final game, Saturday at West Virginia (a 30-6 WVU win). Iowa State has only turned the ball over 40 times this season compared to Virginia Tech’s 60. “I’m happy we’re 7-4 and I’m proud of our defense, but that’s about all I can say”.
West Virginia returns to action Saturday with its regular season finale at Kansas State.
Iowa State will hire Matt Campbell as its next football coach, Nick Piotrowicz of the Toledo Blade is reporting. I think we’ve got our feet back under us. Howard was 12/26 for 202 yards, 1 touchdown and 1 interception through the air. But through the first five games of the season, the transfer from Eastern Illinois had been Illinois’ most consistent perimeter defender, at one point starting five straight games primarily because of his efforts at that end of the floor.
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Quarterback Skyler Howard put the game away with a 32-yard touchdown keeper though West Virginia (7-4, 4-4 Big 12) failed to produce its typically effective ground game.
