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NC STATE (8-4) VS WEST VIRGINIA (9-3) |
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Rushing
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Passing
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Points
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TO’s
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ST
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A.O.R
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| NC STATE | 54 |
240
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20
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2.6
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99.5 |
| WEST VIRGINIA |
146
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225
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25
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2.1
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98.5 |
| WV and NCSt meet for the 10th time and 3rd time overall in the bowls but this is the first meeting S/’79. Both tms faced Cincinnati and Maryland with WV winning both by an avg score of 34-14 while NCSt was 1-1 losing to MD in the finale, a game they needed to win to earn an ACC Title berth. WV fans are known for travelling well and the Champs Bowl bypassed a chance to get ND to take the Mountaineers TY but they may be regretting that decision now as ticket sales have been very poor. On the other side the Pack’s #47 offense is led by prolific Jr Wilson, who may be playing in his final gm here (MLB). He enters this gm leading the ACC in pass ypg and ttl off and has put up 12 300 yd pass gms in his career. The #44 D is led by NCSt’s outstanding group of LB’s. Nate Irving, who DNP LY after a horrific car accident, has rebounded to be #2 in the ACC in tfl including setting a schl rec’d with 8 tfl vs WF surpassing #1 DC Mario Williams record of 6 (‘05). The ST’s (#103) seemed to take a hit when PK Czajkowski was declared OFY in early Nov. He came back vs rival UNC and hit a 47 yd FG in the 4 pt gm. The PR unit avg 9.3 ypr but has recorded an outstanding 3 PR TD’s while the Pack gives up 21.9 with 2 TD on KR. WV’s season has been a little rocky and ultimately disappointing as they narrowly missed out on a BCS Bowl due to B2B losses to Syr and a 16-13 loss in OT to Connecticut. After those 2 losses fans were calling for HC Stewart to be ousted, but the Mountaineers were able to regroup on their bye week and won their L/4 gms. However that was not good enough as they introduced former Ok St OC Dana Holgorsen as their new HC (will take over in 2012) just a few days ago but he was not part of the bowl preparations. QB Smith had great stats overall in his 1st year as a st’r but had some rough outings in the tm’s 2 losses with a 1-3 ratio vs Syr and Conn (WV -6 TO’s in those 2 gms). Star RB Devine was hampered by a foot inj all yr and his production fell drastically (-581 yds) but he managed to play in every gm. WV’s (#4) defense is vastly underrated as they are #2 in the nation in rush D allowing just 85 ypg and have only all’d 3 rush TD’s (#1 in NCAA). WV is #59 in my ST rankings finishing #3 in the BE in net punting (37.4) but having just avg numbers on returns. |
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