Mountaineers' Offense Too Much for Cavaliers
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Five Mountaineers score in double figures to lead Appalachian State past Virginia, 80-69, in the first round of the San Juan Shootout on Tuesday.
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Rasheed Marshall rushed for 110 yards and threw a touchdown pass and Mike Lorello had two interceptions last night to lead West Virginia to a 31-19 victory over Connecticut in the Mountaineers' Big East opener. Marshall repeatedly rescued an offense that sputtered for almost three quarters. With leading rusher Kay-Jay Harris sidelined with injuries, Marshall and ...
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Vincent Fuller intercepted Rasheed Marshall's pass with 18 seconds left and Virginia Tech beat West Virginia, jeopardizing the Mountaineers' championship hopes.
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Akron at No. 12 Virginia    Where:  Scott Stadium, Charlottesville   When:  3 p.m.    Radio:  WTNT-570    Tickets:  Sold out    Another Top QB:  Like North Carolina's Darian Durant last week, Akron quarterback Charlie Frye is the key to his team's slim chances of upsetting the Cavaliers. The 6-foot-4 senior, likened by Virginia Coach Al Groh to recent ACC stars Matt Schaub and Philip Rivers, ranks fourth among active NCAA quarterbacks with 9,048 career passing yards. In losses the past two weeks to Penn State and Middle Tennessee, Frye completed 60 of 80 passes for 622 yards. Weather permitting, he will present a challenge for an inexperienced Virginia secondary that made a few too many errors in deep coverage in its first two games.
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Everyone who follows Virginia football has a particular memory of the Cavaliers&#39; epic victory over Florida State in 1995. Adrian Burnim and Anthony Poindexter teaming to stop Warrick Dunn inches short of the goal line on the game&#39;s final play.
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Virginia tries three different quarterbacks and all of them fail to get going as the Cavaliers suffer an upset 17-10 loss at the hands of Western Michigan.
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Sean Glennon and Virginia Tech's offense started slow again, but the No. 14 Hokies' fly-to-the-ball defense was again more than capable of shouldering the load Saturday, holding Duke to 149 total yards in a 36-0 victory. The Hokies (3-0) even had more points than Duke had total yards after Glennon's second touchdown pass, a 25-yarder to Josh Morgan midway through the third quarter.
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Bryan Randall dropped back, unleashing a deep spiral down the left sideline. A redshirt freshman named Josh Hyman caught the pass in stride, behind Virginia&#39;s secondary for the prettiest of touchdowns.
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Rasheed Marshall set a Big East career rushing mark for quarterbacks and threw three touchdown passes while leading No. 15 West Virginia over Syracuse, 27-6, last night.
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And not just because the Cavaliers&#39; 1-3-1 zone was too much for the visiting Wildcats, but because nothing - uncharacteristically - seemed to go right in a 78-60 loss to Virginia at University Hall in front of 7,792 fans, some of whom stormed the court
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Appalachian Stateâs defeat of fifth-ranked Michigan was a stunning upset by any measure, but was not as great a shock to those who have followed the team.
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The Hokies have scored just three touchdowns on offense the last three games. They hope to find their groove against Florida A&M, which has been thumped by weak teams.
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Steve Slaton's speed and Maryland's sloppiness turned West Virginia's first anticipated test of the season into a laugher.
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Marah Strickland and Kristi Toliver made consecutive 3-pointers in the second half Friday night to help No. 4 Maryland defeat host Virginia, 74-62.
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Virginia Tech just couldn&#39;t seem to get going. There were turnovers. There were botched plays. There were missed opportunities.
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ATLANTA -- Alvin Pearman scored two touchdowns and Virginia came up with four key turnovers, leading the 18th-ranked Cavaliers to a 30-10 victory over Georgia Tech yesterday.
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No. 19 Maryland is a potent offensive team this season, one with several players who are capable scoring threats. But occasionally, even the best shooters fail to get their shots to fall.