Filed under: South Florida, West Virginia, Big East
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. -- Sometimes the exceptional is also the mundane. Protecting an impressive 24-6-2 all-time record in home night games, including a 17-2 mark since 2000, West Virginia steadily put away Big East rival South Florida 20-6 Thursday. It was a methodical victory for the 5-1 Mountaineers before a less-than-capacity home crowd of 54,955. Normally raucous, the Milan Puskar Stadium crowd mirrored the steady coolness of its football heroes.A hook-and-lateral touchdown just before halftime by Noel Devine via Jock Sanders provided the only fireworks for the Mountaineers, who barely needed any to put South Florida (which falls to 3-3) and its depressed offense away. "In eight quarters we've put up nine points as an offense, we've got to take a hard look at where we are, what we're doing, who we're doing it with, how we're doing it," said South Florida coach Skip Holtz.
West Virginia sophomore quarterback Geno Smith continued to grow in his sixth career start, taking several sacks instead of making poor throws on several third downs. Overall, he completed an efficient 24 of 31 passes, at one point connecting on 13 straight. Perhaps things could have been more explosive, but star tailback Devine has been nursing a bone bruise and shifty receiver Tavon Austin took a kick to the ribs on a kick return in the second quarter that seemed to slow him down.
No matter.
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