No double-digit victory total is in the offing. No sixth consecutive New Year's Day bowl seems feasible, what with so many alluring Big 12 teams available for the Gator Bowl to invite. (Yesterday)
West Virginia's final home game of the regular-season, and the Senior Night finale for quarterback Patrick White and classmates, has been set to kick off at 8 p.m. Saturday against South Florida at Mountaineer Field. (11/29/2008)
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West Virginia quarterback Pat White is pushed out of bounds by the Panthers' Eric Thatcher yesterday.
Tears still welling in his eyes long afterward, Patrick White hurt worse yesterday than a year earlier. (11/29/2008)
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Pitt's LeSean McCoy runs into the end zone to help get his team within two points of West Virginia in the fourth quarter of yesterday's Backward Brawl.
Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt was once one of the top defensive coordinators in the NFL. (11/29/2008)
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Pitt's Jovani Chappel is congratulated by teammates Greg Williams and Eric Thatcher after his fourth quarter interception against West Virginia yesterday at Heinz Field.
Pitt junior cornerback Jovani Chappel has struggled at times this year and he has had to endure plenty of criticism -- but after yesterday's Panthers victory in the Backyard Brawl he was all smiles. (11/29/2008)