Article:WVU 48 VILLINOVA 21 REALLY???

            If someone just looks at the score, you would think the Mountaineers solidly

beat the Wildcats decisively, but looking at the stats and not knowing the score, you

would think WVU would have lost or least think it was a closer game than recorded.

Villinova had more yards, first downs and more time of possession.

                                                VILL        WVU

         1st Downs                        28            21           Total Yards                      399         354          Passing                           266         205          Rushing                          133         149          Penalties                       7-60         5-40           3rd Down Conv              8-14         6-9          4th Down Conversions    0-0          0-0          Turnovers                        3             1          Possession                   37:22        22:38



              Offensively I would have to say the  Mountaineers  are one of the top Offenses

'''in the nation. But the defense is another story it's young and needs to tighten up if the'''

Mountaineers  want  to be able to do what they did last year,   or even maybe play for it

'''all. I don't believe they will be able to outscore teams to keep on winning,  East Carolina '''

is hosting  WVU  next saturday and  they  just showed  the  very  good  Va. Tech  team

'''that they can play football. Sitting here watching South Fla.  play tells me the Big East'''

is going to be competitive this year also.

               Jeff Castell  better get his defense better prepared,  solidify that front line and

'''cover better in the secondary, or it's going to a long season. If it wasn't for WVU capitalizing'''

'''off the turnovers this would have deffinately been a different ball game. Morty Ivy did look '''

'''on defense  and  how about  Jock Sanders  becoming a playmaker on offense. Makes'''

the  Mountaineer  offense very problematic for any defense to defend against.

'''              Still I can't hardly wait for each gameday. It's not going to be a boring season,'''

that's for sure.



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