WVU Football

As you may remember from a blog a few months ago, I grew up in Morgantown, WV. Morgantown is a smaller town, population is about 28,000...but during the school year, there are about 50,000 people in Morgantown because of the students at WVU. (The red county is Monongalia...where Morgantown is located.)

One of the greatest highlights of living in Morgantown is Mountaineer Football. On game day, the Mountaineer (Puskar) field is the largest city in West Virginia. This means, if you aren't going to the game, you STAY HOME. Pictured below is the field, the large building beyond the score board is the hospital where I watched my first game from after a bad car accident. We got in the accident the Thursday night before when my dad, brother and I were on our way to do a devo/chapel for the football players.

This small town will always be close to my heart and a place I consider home. But you are probably wondering why, on this day, I chose to talk about WVU Football. Well.....if you happened to have ESPN on anytime betweetn 7PM and 11PM you witnessed the epitome of what great football is. And for those of you who have underestimated the Mountaineers (Adam Hill..haha), if winning the Sugar Bowl last year wasn't enough, this year will prove you wrong!

This from ESPN on last night's game:

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- For one quarter Thursday night, No. 5 West Virginia made the debate about who's No. 1 moot. For one quarter, the Mountaineers looked like the best team in the East. Not the Big East -- the NFC East.
West Virginia scored 14 points before the Maryland offense stepped on the field and 28 points before the Terps moved past the Mountaineers' 49-yard-line.
All in the first quarter.
Sophomore tailback Steve Slaton scored touchdowns of 38 and 37 yards, and he ran 52 yards to set up a third score.
All in the first quarter.
West Virginia converted two Maryland turnovers into touchdowns.
In, yep, the first quarter.