Sunday, September 19, 2010

Whipping the Turtles


The Turtles, I'm sorry, the Terrapins wandered into the Mountaineers backyard again yesterday. And they received the thrashing they deserved as WVU beat Maryland 31-17. Geno Smith was the star of the show once again. He was 19 for 29 for 268 yards and 4 touchdowns. WVU's offense looked impressive. Austin, Sanders, and Devine all had more yards individually than the entire Maryland offense.

Our offense was explosive. And our defense held Maryland to 17 points, 227 yards passing, and -10 rushing yards. The majority of the passing yards (140) came against young cornerback Pat Miller who was starting in place of Brandon Hogan. Hogan was suspended indefinitely this week for a DUI. He was driving the wrong way down Spruce St. at 3:00am and was pulled over. Hey, I think every Mountaineer has been guilty of driving with a buzz. God knows I have. But star players need to be more careful.

Next week the Mountaineers play LSU in Baton Rouge. A game we can win. Yeah, I said it. We can win that game. Both teams will move up in the rankings later today. LSU beat Miss. St. yesterday. LSU may be our only ranked opponent this year, so we need to take this one. And we can. More on that later.