BLACKSVILLE — Maddox Bowen is listed at 5-foot-10 and 135 pounds, but Weirton Madonna football coach John McCune admits that’s embellished a little bit. “The weight is right, but he’s probably more like 5-8,” McCune said.A quarterback wrapped up in the body of a second-string ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia is in need of a pick-me-up. Last week’s disappointing 34-12 loss to Penn State has put a damper on the beginning of the season and has some fans wavering on their belief in the Mountaineers this year. “My message to our fans is I wouldn’t lose faith ...
MORGANTOWN — Fatorma Mulbah just looks like a football player. AT 6-4 and 306 pounds, he’s easy to pick out of a crowd, and even easier to envision lining up in the trenches on the gridiron. That must have been exactly what Mulbah’s high school coach at Susquehanna Township in ...
MORGANTOWN — Jordan Lesley has an issue with what WVU’s defense played like against Penn State on Saturday, but he doesn’t have an issue with how the Mountaineers played. “We talk about effort, aggression and toughness and I didn’t see a lack of any of those things,” Lesley ...
Preseason favorite Utah occupies the top spot in the first Big 12 power rankings of the season. The Utes, a newcomer to the league, received seven of a possible 16 first-place votes from a panel of media that regularly covers the Big 12. Oklahoma State, which reached the league championship game in 2023, received five first-place votes. Kansas received two first-place votes, while Kansas State and Arizona each had one. The Big 12 went 14-2 in the opening weekend of the season with the only losses by West Virginia and Houston. 1. Utah Points: 245 (seven first-place ...
MORGANTOWN — Let’s be clear, WVU’s offense did not have a good day on Saturday. By points and yards, the Mountaineers’ showing against Penn State was worse than just about anything they did last season. 12 points is lower than any game from 2023 and 246 total yards only tops the ...
