I don't care what you say, "game of the week biggies" aren't played on Thursday.
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Adam Locked
Texas Buckeye
Woah, I had to double check there to make sure that this WAS being played on Thursday. I am DEFINITELY tunning in!
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I am ashamed to admit that I am very excited about watching a Big East game. I am even planning my evening around this one.
Go Louisville!
Go Louisville!
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crazybuckfan40
Head Coach
We will see if WVU can just run at a team with a decent defense or what they can do if they are actually forced to pass the ball.
Should be a fun one to watch.
Should be a fun one to watch.
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SanAntonioBuck
RIP Our Friend and Hero
I'm leaning towards the home team in this one. I agree this game should be a real couch burner!
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[SIZE=+2]Thursday game is like WVU having its own reality show[/SIZE]
Jacob Messer
Daily Mail sportswriter
[SIZE=-1]Tuesday October 31, 2006[/SIZE] Leave it to Rich Rodriguez to compare West Virginia's upcoming game against Louisville to "Survivor," the popular CBS reality show.
The third-ranked Mountaineers (7-0, 2-0) will visit the fifth-ranked Cardinals (7-0, 2-0) on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Millions of college football fans nationwide are expected to watch the ESPN-televised game, which will impact the Big East Conference standings and the Bowl Championship Series rankings.
"The beauty of some midweek games, particularly the Thursday game, is that everybody has a chance (to see you play)," Rodriguez said Monday during the Big East coaches' teleconference. "Whether you are a high school prospect or a college football fan, you have the attention of the entire audience."
Rodriguez noted that WVU already has played once on Thursday (Maryland) and once on Friday (Connecticut). Plus, his team will play once more on Thursday (Pittsburgh).
"It's like our own reality show," Rodriguez said. "I just hope they don't throw me off the island."
In "Survivor: Papa John's Cardinal Stadium," the grand prize for the winner could be a trip to the BCS National Championship game.
Many experts think the winner between No. 3 WVU and No. 5 Louisville will play the winner between No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Michigan for the national title.
The Wolverines will visit Ohio Stadium on Nov. 18 at 3:30 p.m. to face the Buckeyes in the teams' regular-season finale.
WVU, Louisville, Ohio State and Michigan are four of the six remaining unbeaten teams. The others are No. 12 Rutgers and No. 14 Boise State.
Rodriguez and Louisville Coach Bobby Petrino voiced their support for the often-criticized BCS system, which determines the two teams that play for the national championship via a hodgepodge of human polls and computer rankings.
The BCS "usually works out in the end" because "it's hard to go undefeated, particularly with a 12-game schedule," Rodriguez said. "There won't be a lot of teams going through a 12-game schedule undefeated.
"If you're undefeated and you're in a BCS conference, and there are only two of you, I believe those two will play for it all."
"The BCS works," Petrino added. "I have no complaints with it."
b>LIKE RODRIGUEZ, former WVU Coach Don Nehlen also thinks the winner between the Mountaineers and Cardinals will play for the national title if it remains unbeaten. "If they're not good enough to be in the championship game, why should they be in the BCS?" Nehlen said. "West Virginia had an easy schedule last year and beat (Southeastern Conference champion Georgia) in the Sugar Bowl to show that they can play with the big boys."
Nehlen is one of 14 former college coaches who votes in the Master Coaches Survey, which also ranks WVU third.
b>THE MOUNTAINEERS are underdogs for the first time this season. The Cardinals are favored by 1 1/2 points. "I think our guys may relish being the underdog," Rodriguez said. "We have always played very well as the so-called underdog.
"Whether you're the underdog or the favorite, going to Louisville in that environment and that setting is going to be a big challenge. We know that we have to play our best game of the year to win."
b>LOUISVILLE defensive end Zach Anderson is listed as doubtful for Thursday night's game. Anderson started six games for the Cardinals, but missed Louisville's win at Syracuse on Oct. 21. Anderson sprained the medial collateral ligament in his left knee in a win over Cincinnati on Oct. 14.
He had hoped to work his way back into the lineup in time for the showdown between the No. 5 Cardinals (7-0, 2-0 Big East) and No. 3 Mountaineers (7-0, 2-0).
"He'd definitely be doubtful right now, but maybe there's an outside chance," Petrino told the (Louisville) Courier-Journal.
[SIZE=+2]Thursday game is like WVU having its own reality show[/SIZE]
Jacob Messer
Daily Mail sportswriter
[SIZE=-1]Tuesday October 31, 2006[/SIZE] Leave it to Rich Rodriguez to compare West Virginia's upcoming game against Louisville to "Survivor," the popular CBS reality show.
The third-ranked Mountaineers (7-0, 2-0) will visit the fifth-ranked Cardinals (7-0, 2-0) on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.
Millions of college football fans nationwide are expected to watch the ESPN-televised game, which will impact the Big East Conference standings and the Bowl Championship Series rankings.
"The beauty of some midweek games, particularly the Thursday game, is that everybody has a chance (to see you play)," Rodriguez said Monday during the Big East coaches' teleconference. "Whether you are a high school prospect or a college football fan, you have the attention of the entire audience."
Rodriguez noted that WVU already has played once on Thursday (Maryland) and once on Friday (Connecticut). Plus, his team will play once more on Thursday (Pittsburgh).
"It's like our own reality show," Rodriguez said. "I just hope they don't throw me off the island."
In "Survivor: Papa John's Cardinal Stadium," the grand prize for the winner could be a trip to the BCS National Championship game.
Many experts think the winner between No. 3 WVU and No. 5 Louisville will play the winner between No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Michigan for the national title.
The Wolverines will visit Ohio Stadium on Nov. 18 at 3:30 p.m. to face the Buckeyes in the teams' regular-season finale.
WVU, Louisville, Ohio State and Michigan are four of the six remaining unbeaten teams. The others are No. 12 Rutgers and No. 14 Boise State.
Rodriguez and Louisville Coach Bobby Petrino voiced their support for the often-criticized BCS system, which determines the two teams that play for the national championship via a hodgepodge of human polls and computer rankings.
The BCS "usually works out in the end" because "it's hard to go undefeated, particularly with a 12-game schedule," Rodriguez said. "There won't be a lot of teams going through a 12-game schedule undefeated.
"If you're undefeated and you're in a BCS conference, and there are only two of you, I believe those two will play for it all."
"The BCS works," Petrino added. "I have no complaints with it."
b>LIKE RODRIGUEZ, former WVU Coach Don Nehlen also thinks the winner between the Mountaineers and Cardinals will play for the national title if it remains unbeaten. "If they're not good enough to be in the championship game, why should they be in the BCS?" Nehlen said. "West Virginia had an easy schedule last year and beat (Southeastern Conference champion Georgia) in the Sugar Bowl to show that they can play with the big boys."
Nehlen is one of 14 former college coaches who votes in the Master Coaches Survey, which also ranks WVU third.
b>THE MOUNTAINEERS are underdogs for the first time this season. The Cardinals are favored by 1 1/2 points. "I think our guys may relish being the underdog," Rodriguez said. "We have always played very well as the so-called underdog.
"Whether you're the underdog or the favorite, going to Louisville in that environment and that setting is going to be a big challenge. We know that we have to play our best game of the year to win."
b>LOUISVILLE defensive end Zach Anderson is listed as doubtful for Thursday night's game. Anderson started six games for the Cardinals, but missed Louisville's win at Syracuse on Oct. 21. Anderson sprained the medial collateral ligament in his left knee in a win over Cincinnati on Oct. 14.
He had hoped to work his way back into the lineup in time for the showdown between the No. 5 Cardinals (7-0, 2-0 Big East) and No. 3 Mountaineers (7-0, 2-0).
"He'd definitely be doubtful right now, but maybe there's an outside chance," Petrino told the (Louisville) Courier-Journal.
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I have been bashing WVU all year because of their schedule and probably wont change my mind if they win this one.
However, taking a look at Louisville they may have a case.
They beat a half decent SEC team (Kentucky) by 31 and a mid-level Big XII school (K St) by 18. And they whipped Miami by 24 when we still though Miami was good. They have won only one game by less than two TDs despite playing a few games without their starting QB.
WVU on the other hand not only played a weak non-conf schedule, but they have yet to play any of the top six teams in their own conference.
However, taking a look at Louisville they may have a case.
They beat a half decent SEC team (Kentucky) by 31 and a mid-level Big XII school (K St) by 18. And they whipped Miami by 24 when we still though Miami was good. They have won only one game by less than two TDs despite playing a few games without their starting QB.
WVU on the other hand not only played a weak non-conf schedule, but they have yet to play any of the top six teams in their own conference.
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Cornerback6
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For the sake of match up issues in a potential championship game, I want Lousiville to win because it would drive me absolutely crazy to watch West Virginia's offense for 30 minutes against us. I cannot stand playing teams who are that one dimensional. I also like to play opponents with similar offenses to those that we have faced, so I'm definitely pulling for LVille in this one.
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Big time
One day until WVU-Louisville
Associated Press
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) ? Tucked in the hills of West Virginia lies the Land of the Misfits.
It?s where unwanted and overlooked football players find opportunity, where they always play as if it were the last two minutes of the half, and where birthday cakes are handed out after practice.
These Mountaineers, with an undersized running back, under-appreciated quarterback and unconventional offense, have a 14-game winning streak, the best running game in the country and a place among college football?s elite entering one of the biggest games of the season.
No. 3 West Virginia plays at Big East rival and No. 5 Louisville on Thursday night, a matchup with national championship ramifications.
It?s the latest step in the journey for lead misfit and Mountaineers coach Rich Rodriguez, who couldn?t help but notice the similarities in his team and the characters in the Christmas cartoon ?Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer? who end up on The Island of Misfit Toys.
?Remember how Herbie (actually, his name was Hermey) could only be a dentist in the Land of the Misfits?? Rodriguez explained recently. ?Well, maybe this is the only place in Division I where I could be a head coach. Maybe it?s the only place where Pat White could play quarterback. Maybe it?s the only place where Steve Slaton could be a running back??
Rodriguez returned to his home state six years ago to replace Don Nehlen, who retired after 21 seasons at West Virginia. Born in Grant Town, population about 400 and a 30-minute drive from Morgantown, Rodriguez knew the obstacles he?d face at West Virginia: ?Location and population,? he said.
There?s just not a lot of Division I-A prospects around Morgantown.
Rodriguez and his staff scour the country for players, then have to sell them on living in a place some can?t find on a map.
West Virginia doesn?t get many blue chippers.
?We?re a blue-collar team,? said center Dan Mozes, whose only other scholarship offer came from Wake Forest. ?We have nothing given to us. We work hard for everything we get. We?re not five-star recruits. We?re three to two stars ? or no stars.?
White and Slaton epitomize the West Virginia way.
White, from Daphne, Ala., wasn?t highly recruited out of high school, in part because many schools figured he?d play pro baseball. He was drafted by the Angels. LSU gave him a look, but wanted him to play defensive back. Rodriguez was the only one who gave him a shot to play quarterback, so it was off to West Virginia for White.
It took some explaining to his friends back home.
?A lot of people don?t know that West Virginia even exists,? White said. ?I had that last year, ?Are you backing up Marcus Vick? Are you going to Virginia Tech?? Or, ?When you going back to Virginia.?
Slaton, from Levittown, Pa., and listed generously at 5-foot-10 and 190 pounds, also didn?t get much attention out of high school. Maryland offered him a scholarship, then pulled the offer and West Virginia scooped him up.
Going into the 2004 season, White was a redshirt freshman sharing the quarterback job, and Slaton was a freshman who wasn?t playing at all. By the time the season was over, they were the focal points of the offense. White ran for 952 yards and passed for 828 more. Slaton ran for 1,128 yards and 17 touchdowns.
?Definitely, I think I surprised myself,? Slaton said. ?I had the talent to do good things, but the way things are going it?s still like a dream. I just came into the right program at the right time.?
So did White. Rodriguez called it the ?perfect storm.?
That storm rained down on Georgia in the Sugar Bowl last season. West Virginia?s 38-35 win, with Slaton running for 204 yards and White getting 197 total yards, validated the Mountaineers? success.
West Virginia (7-0) hasn?t slowed down since, averaging 319 yards rushing and 41 points per game this season with its no-huddle, spread-option attack.
?My favorite thing about the offense is the fast pace,? White said.
The Mountaineers practice like they play.
?If they changed the 25-second (play) clock to 10 seconds, that would be fine,? Rodriguez said.
Their practices are also loud. The pop of pads echoes throughout the empty stands at Milan Puskar Stadium. Coaches bark at players. Players yap at each other. White loudly chants ?Let?s Goooo Mountaineers.? There?s even a few chuckles sprinkled in, but never do the Mountaineers slow down.
?We?re going to be loud, demanding, intense, but I also want to laugh, too,? Rodriguez said.
When the work is done ? and the Mountaineers probably get more done in an hour than most teams do in two ? Rodriguez gathers his team around for a speech. With the Louisville game just days away, he keeps it short.
?We got another four days of work,? he said. ?But in four days, we?re going to have a lot of fun.?
Then it?s time to honor the day?s birthday boys with a rousing Happy Birthday from the team and a small cake.
It?s a tradition that Rodriguez started when he was head coach for seven years at NAIA Glenville State in West Virginia before he went to work with Tommy Bowden at Tulane, then Clemson.
?I always used to say if I ever get a Division I job, I want to take a small college approach,? he said. ?Don?t get hung up on the enormity of the importance of it all.?
For the Mountaineers to compete with the Goliaths of college football ? Ohio State, Michigan, Florida and Texas ? they too must be true to their roots.
?I hope our guys feel every day they have something to prove,? Rodriguez said. ?If they don?t have something to prove, they don?t belong here.?
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One day until WVU-Louisville
Associated Press
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) ? Tucked in the hills of West Virginia lies the Land of the Misfits.
It?s where unwanted and overlooked football players find opportunity, where they always play as if it were the last two minutes of the half, and where birthday cakes are handed out after practice.
These Mountaineers, with an undersized running back, under-appreciated quarterback and unconventional offense, have a 14-game winning streak, the best running game in the country and a place among college football?s elite entering one of the biggest games of the season.
No. 3 West Virginia plays at Big East rival and No. 5 Louisville on Thursday night, a matchup with national championship ramifications.
It?s the latest step in the journey for lead misfit and Mountaineers coach Rich Rodriguez, who couldn?t help but notice the similarities in his team and the characters in the Christmas cartoon ?Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer? who end up on The Island of Misfit Toys.
?Remember how Herbie (actually, his name was Hermey) could only be a dentist in the Land of the Misfits?? Rodriguez explained recently. ?Well, maybe this is the only place in Division I where I could be a head coach. Maybe it?s the only place where Pat White could play quarterback. Maybe it?s the only place where Steve Slaton could be a running back??
Rodriguez returned to his home state six years ago to replace Don Nehlen, who retired after 21 seasons at West Virginia. Born in Grant Town, population about 400 and a 30-minute drive from Morgantown, Rodriguez knew the obstacles he?d face at West Virginia: ?Location and population,? he said.
There?s just not a lot of Division I-A prospects around Morgantown.
Rodriguez and his staff scour the country for players, then have to sell them on living in a place some can?t find on a map.
West Virginia doesn?t get many blue chippers.
?We?re a blue-collar team,? said center Dan Mozes, whose only other scholarship offer came from Wake Forest. ?We have nothing given to us. We work hard for everything we get. We?re not five-star recruits. We?re three to two stars ? or no stars.?
White and Slaton epitomize the West Virginia way.
White, from Daphne, Ala., wasn?t highly recruited out of high school, in part because many schools figured he?d play pro baseball. He was drafted by the Angels. LSU gave him a look, but wanted him to play defensive back. Rodriguez was the only one who gave him a shot to play quarterback, so it was off to West Virginia for White.
It took some explaining to his friends back home.
?A lot of people don?t know that West Virginia even exists,? White said. ?I had that last year, ?Are you backing up Marcus Vick? Are you going to Virginia Tech?? Or, ?When you going back to Virginia.?
Slaton, from Levittown, Pa., and listed generously at 5-foot-10 and 190 pounds, also didn?t get much attention out of high school. Maryland offered him a scholarship, then pulled the offer and West Virginia scooped him up.
Going into the 2004 season, White was a redshirt freshman sharing the quarterback job, and Slaton was a freshman who wasn?t playing at all. By the time the season was over, they were the focal points of the offense. White ran for 952 yards and passed for 828 more. Slaton ran for 1,128 yards and 17 touchdowns.
?Definitely, I think I surprised myself,? Slaton said. ?I had the talent to do good things, but the way things are going it?s still like a dream. I just came into the right program at the right time.?
So did White. Rodriguez called it the ?perfect storm.?
That storm rained down on Georgia in the Sugar Bowl last season. West Virginia?s 38-35 win, with Slaton running for 204 yards and White getting 197 total yards, validated the Mountaineers? success.
West Virginia (7-0) hasn?t slowed down since, averaging 319 yards rushing and 41 points per game this season with its no-huddle, spread-option attack.
?My favorite thing about the offense is the fast pace,? White said.
The Mountaineers practice like they play.
?If they changed the 25-second (play) clock to 10 seconds, that would be fine,? Rodriguez said.
Their practices are also loud. The pop of pads echoes throughout the empty stands at Milan Puskar Stadium. Coaches bark at players. Players yap at each other. White loudly chants ?Let?s Goooo Mountaineers.? There?s even a few chuckles sprinkled in, but never do the Mountaineers slow down.
?We?re going to be loud, demanding, intense, but I also want to laugh, too,? Rodriguez said.
When the work is done ? and the Mountaineers probably get more done in an hour than most teams do in two ? Rodriguez gathers his team around for a speech. With the Louisville game just days away, he keeps it short.
?We got another four days of work,? he said. ?But in four days, we?re going to have a lot of fun.?
Then it?s time to honor the day?s birthday boys with a rousing Happy Birthday from the team and a small cake.
It?s a tradition that Rodriguez started when he was head coach for seven years at NAIA Glenville State in West Virginia before he went to work with Tommy Bowden at Tulane, then Clemson.
?I always used to say if I ever get a Division I job, I want to take a small college approach,? he said. ?Don?t get hung up on the enormity of the importance of it all.?
For the Mountaineers to compete with the Goliaths of college football ? Ohio State, Michigan, Florida and Texas ? they too must be true to their roots.
?I hope our guys feel every day they have something to prove,? Rodriguez said. ?If they don?t have something to prove, they don?t belong here.?
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Louisville could join BCS elite
Doug Haller
The Arizona Republic
Nov. 1, 2006 12:00 AM It's not so strange that the week's strongest sports buzz stems from Louisville, a blue-collar city on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River.
What's strange is that the commotion stems from college football - and not the Breeders' Cup, which is contested Saturday at storied Churchill Downs.
When fifth-ranked Louisville hosts No. 3 West Virginia on Thursday in front of ESPN cameras, a transformation of sorts could take place. If Louisville wins, the Cardinals might once and for all shed their basketball-school label and officially join football's elite.
In doing so, they also could gain inside position for the BCS national title game Jan. 8 in Glendale, which has their growing fan base wrapped in a frenzy seldom experienced.
"For us, this is huge," Louisville alumnus Todd Schmiedeler said. "I've always been able to get tickets for any game. For this one? Impossible. And I'm the president of the alumni association."
According to media reports, brokers are selling tickets for $290 to $1,000, depending on your preferred view inside sold-out Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. Representatives from three BCS bowls - including Fiesta Bowl President John Junker - will watch from an extended press box alongside 150 media members.
All this is big news for a program that has lived in the shadows of Denny Crum and nine men's basketball Final Four appearances, a program that once considered dropping out of Division I-A football altogether.
"At one point, they were literally giving away tickets at convenience stores," said Billy Reed, a longtime Kentucky journalist and author. "Once they hired Howard Schnellenberger in 1985, the program started to climb. But to have a chance to win this game and maybe play for a title, for those of us who have been around here, it's really amazing."
Louisville, which also has unbeaten Rutgers left on its schedule, entered the season with high hopes, but injuries tempered title talk. Heisman Trophy candidate Michael Bush, last year's Big East leading rusher, broke his right leg. Quarterback Brian Brohm missed two games with an injured thumb.
Still, the wins kept coming behind coach Bobby Petrino. Against Kentucky, Temple and Miami. Against Kansas State, Cincinnati and Syracuse, bringing the Cardinals to West Virginia and the country's top rushing offense.
Louisville Male High School coach Bob Redman, a former Cardinals center, said he has never seen anything like it. He noticed something different near the end of the Miami game, a 31-7 rout at home. Cardinals fans are notorious for leaving early to beat the postgame traffic, he said. But on that Saturday, as the final seconds ticked, Redman looked around.
"Not a single person had left," he said. "I told my wife that I was glad I've lived long enough to see something like that. Once the game was over, fans rushed the field, everybody was having fun. Things like that haven't been an everyday occurrence for us."
As a result, Schmiedeler, the alumni association president, has put together a task force that meets regularly, mailing out ticket and travel information to 50,000 alumni so they know what to do if Louisville ends up in a BCS bowl. The last thing they'd want is to meet Ohio State or Michigan in Glendale and be overwhelmed.
"The buzz around town is not so much about this game; it's about what can happen if we win this game," Schmiedeler said.
Louisville could join BCS elite
Doug Haller
The Arizona Republic
Nov. 1, 2006 12:00 AM It's not so strange that the week's strongest sports buzz stems from Louisville, a blue-collar city on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River.
What's strange is that the commotion stems from college football - and not the Breeders' Cup, which is contested Saturday at storied Churchill Downs.
When fifth-ranked Louisville hosts No. 3 West Virginia on Thursday in front of ESPN cameras, a transformation of sorts could take place. If Louisville wins, the Cardinals might once and for all shed their basketball-school label and officially join football's elite.
In doing so, they also could gain inside position for the BCS national title game Jan. 8 in Glendale, which has their growing fan base wrapped in a frenzy seldom experienced.
"For us, this is huge," Louisville alumnus Todd Schmiedeler said. "I've always been able to get tickets for any game. For this one? Impossible. And I'm the president of the alumni association."
According to media reports, brokers are selling tickets for $290 to $1,000, depending on your preferred view inside sold-out Papa John's Cardinal Stadium. Representatives from three BCS bowls - including Fiesta Bowl President John Junker - will watch from an extended press box alongside 150 media members.
All this is big news for a program that has lived in the shadows of Denny Crum and nine men's basketball Final Four appearances, a program that once considered dropping out of Division I-A football altogether.
"At one point, they were literally giving away tickets at convenience stores," said Billy Reed, a longtime Kentucky journalist and author. "Once they hired Howard Schnellenberger in 1985, the program started to climb. But to have a chance to win this game and maybe play for a title, for those of us who have been around here, it's really amazing."
Louisville, which also has unbeaten Rutgers left on its schedule, entered the season with high hopes, but injuries tempered title talk. Heisman Trophy candidate Michael Bush, last year's Big East leading rusher, broke his right leg. Quarterback Brian Brohm missed two games with an injured thumb.
Still, the wins kept coming behind coach Bobby Petrino. Against Kentucky, Temple and Miami. Against Kansas State, Cincinnati and Syracuse, bringing the Cardinals to West Virginia and the country's top rushing offense.
Louisville Male High School coach Bob Redman, a former Cardinals center, said he has never seen anything like it. He noticed something different near the end of the Miami game, a 31-7 rout at home. Cardinals fans are notorious for leaving early to beat the postgame traffic, he said. But on that Saturday, as the final seconds ticked, Redman looked around.
"Not a single person had left," he said. "I told my wife that I was glad I've lived long enough to see something like that. Once the game was over, fans rushed the field, everybody was having fun. Things like that haven't been an everyday occurrence for us."
As a result, Schmiedeler, the alumni association president, has put together a task force that meets regularly, mailing out ticket and travel information to 50,000 alumni so they know what to do if Louisville ends up in a BCS bowl. The last thing they'd want is to meet Ohio State or Michigan in Glendale and be overwhelmed.
"The buzz around town is not so much about this game; it's about what can happen if we win this game," Schmiedeler said.
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Mountaineers, Cards ready for a battle
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 11/2/06
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
West Virginia and Louisville picked the wrong day to play one of the great games of last season. The Mountaineers and Cardinals played a triple overtime classic in which West Virginia rallied for 17 points in the fourth quarter and won 46-44. But it was the same day ? Oct. 15, 2005 ? that Southern California beat Notre Dame 34-31 and grabbed all the national headlines.
TONIGHT
No. 3 West Virginia (plus 1 1/2) at No. 5 Louisville:
Big East's best combine to average 79 points per game . . . WEST VIRGINIA 33-30.
Mountaineers, Cards ready for a battle
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 11/2/06
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
West Virginia and Louisville picked the wrong day to play one of the great games of last season. The Mountaineers and Cardinals played a triple overtime classic in which West Virginia rallied for 17 points in the fourth quarter and won 46-44. But it was the same day ? Oct. 15, 2005 ? that Southern California beat Notre Dame 34-31 and grabbed all the national headlines.
TONIGHT
No. 3 West Virginia (plus 1 1/2) at No. 5 Louisville:
Big East's best combine to average 79 points per game . . . WEST VIRGINIA 33-30.
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