West Virginia University NCAA News

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

It could be a week or a month or half a season. It could happen overnight or it could take a year or more.

Back in October, when West Virginia's basketball team was a while away from the start of preseason practice but playing pickup games at the WVU Coliseum, Da'Sean Butler let outsiders in on what the Mountaineers did to pass the time.

Cincinnati - West Virginia had plenty of opportunities Friday night to seize control of its game with unbeaten and No.

"I was on the bench and we started losing and Coach Huggins called a timeout and he was screaming and I really took that to heart," Jennings said.

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.

West Virginia officially begins one of the most anticipated basketball seasons at the school in a generation this afternoon with a game against Loyola .

The Cincinnati Bearcats get West Virginia at home this week and hope to exploit some key injuries to the Mountaineers.

For all of the real or perceived shortcomings West Virginia fans see in their 2009 football team, there is one thing they honest-to-goodness can't kick about.

Through nine games, Cincinnati hasn't lost a fumble, something no other college football team in an division in the country can say.

MORGANTOWN Cincinnati coach Brian Kelly said he doesn't see much of difference between the running back stylings of the Mountaineers Jock Sanders and Noel Devine, but he said he does notice one difference.

Receiver Mardy Gilyard has nicknames for both of Cincinnati's quarterbacks. Zach Collaros? He's "Joystick," a reference to the way he darts one way and then another.

West Virginia At Cincinnati GAME NOTES: The fifth-ranked Cincinnati Bearcats try move one step closer to repeating as Big East champions, as they host the West Virginia Mountaineers in a key league bout this Friday at Nippert Stadium.

When Bill Stewart gathered his team following the loss to South Florida, the West Virginia coach asked his players to give more.

"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.

Backup quarterback Zach Collaros helped set a Cincinnati record for total offense, but he might not get a chance to lead the fifth-ranked Bearcats to the first 10-0 start in school history.

Looking for a specific disturbing trend involving West Virginia this season? Never mind the 2-minute offense, which often produces, what about the 30-second defense, which rarely does? At least as that pertains to the first half of games.

The Mountaineer Men's Basketball team opened its season Sunday afternoon, at the Coliseum, with an exhibition win over Mountain State University.

Jarrett Brown threw a touchdown pass but managed little offense and West Virginia struggled to beat Louisville 17-9 on Saturday.