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West Virginia struggles past Louisville 17-9 (AP)

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:10:40 PST

Jarrett Brown threw a touchdown pass but managed little offense and West Virginia struggled to beat Louisville 17-9 on Saturday. Running back Noel Devine played sparingly after tweaking an ankle and the Mountaineers (7-2, 3-1 Big East) were outgained 301-273, but improved to 6-0 at home. Devine was limited to 56 yards on 13 carries to surpass 1,000 yards for the second straight season.

West Virginia Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:50:35 PST

West Virginia is getting back down to business after a Friday night fright night in Tampa, losing to the Bulls of South Florida.

Everything that could go wrong went wrong. The runners couldn't run, the defenders couldn't defend.

"That game is behind us and hopefully we learned something," coach Bill Stewart said. "We are in the final stretch of the season. Some teams have played nine games but we have played eight and have four left. This is when you find out how tough a football team you have."

With Louisville on deck, followed by a closing run of Cincinnati, Pitt and Rutgers—the Bearcats and Scarlet Knights on the road—the season only gets tougher than it has been.

Stewart is making sure his team does not look past Louisville.

"They are...

South Florida stops No. 20 West Virginia again (AP)

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:48:49 PDT

South Florida's B.J. Daniels gave West Virginia fits with his arm and his feet. The entertaining redshirt freshman quarterback threw for 232 yards and rushed for 104 more to account for more offense than the 20th-ranked Mountaineers managed as a team in the Bulls' 30-19 victory Friday night. Daniels threw for three touchdowns, and the Bulls rebounded from two subpar defensive performances to...