WHO HAS BEAR CLAWS AND HAS NEVER WON IN MORGANTOWN? We're celebrating a Thursday night victory over Baylor and looking ahead to a Texas Tech road trip against the league's best passing attack!

Summary

On this week's Got Your Eers On? we’re basking in the glow of 9 days of happiness following a Thursday night home win over Baylor that gets the Mountaineers back to 0.500, we look ahead to a Lubbock road trip that will have the WVU defense facing down the conference’s best passing attack, and we talk a little bit of basketball following WVU’s recent Gold-Blue Debut. Join us for all this and more on this week’s episode of Got Your Eers On!

Show Notes:

Segment 1: WVU beats Baylor at home, 43-40

• The crowd for this game was…not great
  • Announced at 45,293
• Jasir Cox had a crucial scoop and score to tie the game at 17
• Kaden Prather had a catch and run td to tie things at 24 early in the 3rd quarter
• Dante Stills has now tied the all time tackles for loss record
• Dante also blocked an XP that Jacolby Spells returned for 2 to cut the Baylor lead to 37-33
  • It was the first XP blocked since 2001
• Tony Mathis got loose on a 24 yd td run to put WVU ahead 40-37 late
• Announcers called WVU “the Musketeers” at one point during this game
• Neal Brown: “The people here tonight saw a heck of a football game. And the people who weren’t are probably disappointed.”
• WVU defense created ‘havoc plays’ that ultimately won this game
• Mike O’Laughlin officially ruled out for the remainder of the season after a knee injury
• CJ Donaldson Concussion Protocol and may return vs Texas Tech
• ESPN’s Football Power Index win % odds for #WVU’s remaining schedule:
  • @ Texas Tech 41.7%
  • TCU 42.7%
  • @ Iowa State 35.5%
  • Oklahoma 58.6%
  • Kansas State 53.6%
  • @ Oklahoma State 26.8%
  • Predicted finish: 5-7
• WVU vs Texas Tech Saturday in Lubbock 3p EST (FS1)
  • Odds Tech by 4
  • o/u - 68.5

Basketball:

• The first Ken Pomeroy rankings of the season are out
  • WVU is 73
  • 9th in the Big 12
  • 3 Big 12 schools in the top 10
• Apparently Jimmy Bell is down 70 lbs after working out like a madman since his arrival
• Blue/Gold Scrimmage was on Friday Nite.
  • Perimeter shooting might be an issue 8-27 from 3!
  • Shooting Might be a problem 28-72 from the field (39%)
  • Erik Steven had a block
  • Joe Toussaint look strong…2 steals, 5 assists
• Closed SCRIMMAGE Saturday vs Dayton then…
• WVU plays on TV on Friday Oct 28th on ESPN plus vs Bowling Green

Keeping Score: PRE-SEASON PREDICTIONS

This week's predictions:

• Gweedoe: WVU, 47-43
• Johnson: Texas Tech, 38-31
• Scoot: Texas Tech, 48-35

Game	Scoot	Gweedoe	Johnson	Actual
@Pitt	Loss	Loss	Loss	Loss, 38-31
Kansas	Win	Win	Win	Loss, 55-42, OT
Towson	Win	Win	Win	Win, 65-7
@Virginia Tech	Win	Win	Win	Win, 33-10
@Texas	Loss	Loss	Loss	Loss, 38-20
Baylor	Loss	Loss	Loss	Win, 43-40
@Texas Tech	Loss	Win	Loss
TCU	Win	Win	Win
@Iowa State	Loss	Loss	Loss
Oklahoma	Loss	Loss	Loss
Kansas State	Loss	Loss	Win
@Oklahoma State	Loss	Loss	Loss
Total	4 - 8	5 - 7	5 - 7	3 - 3

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