Reed Williams News

West Virginia linebacker Reed Williams was in New York on Tuesday, being recognized by the National Football Foundation during the 2009 College Football Hall of Fame new conference at the Waldorf-Astoria. Williams was named a scholar-athlete finalist.

In the end, West Virginia got exactly what it deserves. A Jan. 1 bowl, as Bill Stewart and his team accepted a bid to the Gator Bowl after Saturday's 24-21 win at Rutgers.

Snow was falling as the West Virginia football walked into the locker rooms at Rutgers Stadium.

MORGANTOWN Despite having an 8-3 record and blowing out a top-25 opponent in South Florida, Rutgers has seen its share of troubles in advancing the football downfield this season.

Now that West Virginia University has its defensive unit together and healthy, safety Sidney Glover and defensive tackle Scooter Berry playing and middle linebacker Reed Williams feeling no pain in his shoulders, the unit is playing its best football of the season.

Today, 7 p.m. - Milan Puskar Stadium, Morgantown, W.Va. TV: ESPN2 Favorite: Pick'em Records: Pitt 9-1, 5-0 Big East; West Virginia 7-3, 3-2 Last meeting: Pitt won, 19-15, last season at Heinz Field and leads the all-time series, 61-37-3. Outlook: The Panthers, vying for their seventh consecutive win, have put together their best 10-game start since ...

Like his counterpart on the West Virginia Mountaineers, Pittsburgh middle linebacker Adam Gunn didn't need the assorted bumps and bruises that come with another year of college football.

Reed Williams was just like pretty much everyone else on West Virginia's sideline at the end of Friday night's Backyard Brawl with Pitt.

West Virginia's defense has struggled recently to stop the run. So it might be the worst time of the year for No.

West Virginia University senior linebacker Reed Williams was an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American second-team selection Tuesday.

The starting defensive lineup most figured would lead West Virginia when fall camp ended in August finally started a game together at Cincinnati.

Reed Williams has plenty of motivation heading into Friday's Backyard Brawl with Pitt.

MORGANTOWN Though a Bowl Championship Series bid and Big East title are out of the question this season for the West Virginia University football team, the players know there is still a reason to bring their "A" game to the field over these last two weeks.

With a week off and then facing difficult closing games against Pitt and on the road at Rutgers, West Virginia's football season is far from over.

West Virginia University linebacker Reed Williams is one of 12 finalists for the 2009 Wuerffel Trophy, the national award that honors the college football player who best combines exemplary community service with outstanding academic and athletic achievement.

West Virginia University linebacker Reed Williams has been named a finalist for the 2009 Wuerffel Trophy, which is named for former Florida quarterback Danny Wuerffel and honors the college football player who best demonstrates exemplary community service, academics and athletics.

It's not as if Jock Sanders has never played tailback at West Virginia. After all, when he arrived in the same recruiting class as Noel Devine, there was a battle waged between the two for playing time.

"Winning ugly" is a descriptive phrase referring to a method by which a team doesA everything it can to lose, but still ends up on the top end of the score.A An ugly win, otherwise known as "a win is a win is a win," is acceptable on occasion as a display of a team's resiliency.

West Virginia University junior offensive lineman Eric Jobe, senior kicker Josh Lider and senior linebacker Reed Williams were named to the ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District Two First Team on Thursday.

Last weekend was a long one for Robert Sands. West Virginia's sophomore safety was smarting from the loss to South Florida, but he was dumbfounded by one sequence late in that first half.