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Ten West Virginia football players made the all-Big East teams announced Wednesday, including five defenders and both specialists.

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.

Rutgers freshman Mohamed Sanu was too old to play football in his senior year of high school, so he opted to attend college for the spring semester where he was able to work out with the football team.

With the 19-16 victory Nov. 27 against Pitt, West Virginia polished off its home schedule a spotless 7-0 -- something the program hadn't done since 1993.

Brian Kelly wants no part of a piece of the Big East Conference title. He wants it all.

Much has been made in recent weeks of the regained health of West Virginia's football defense.

For their efforts in a 19-16 win against rival Pitt on Friday, two West Virginia players -- kicker Tyler Bitancurt and safety Robert Sands -- received Big East player of the week honors today.

By JIM BUTTA, jbutta@newsandsentinel.com AND STEVE HEMMELGARN, shemmelgarn@newsandsentinel.com MORGANTOWN-When one team plays another more than 100 times, one would believe that anything that could happen in a game would have.

West Virginia placekicker Tyler Bitancurt carved his name among the legends of The Backyard Brawl history on Friday night with his last-second, game-winning 43-yard field goal.

The uniform of the day for the West Virginia University Mountaineers was blue tops and blue pants, blue on blue as it were, which in retrospect is terribly fitting.

Noel Devine rushed for 134 yards and Tyler Bitancurt kicked four field goals, including a 43-yarder as time expired to lift West Virginia to a 19-16 win over No.

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 ...

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

An SI.com fan survey rates West Virginia as having the rudest fans and UConn as being the most polite.

This is about perspective. Considering the passion that is involved in the Backyard Brawl, perspective often is lost.

Robert Sands was traveling in Florida for a young leaders convention as an uncommitted high school senior on Dec.

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West Virginia's approach to addressing a controversial replay call at Cincinnati on Friday is to leave well enough alone.

Everyone has seen the play a ' and the replay. WVU was up 14-7 on Cincinnati in the second quarter when one fumble turned touchdown changed all the momentum.

Robert Sands has developed into a sparkling free safety in West Virginia's defensive secondary this year.