What a Comeback!

It's a Friday night in my dorm, and I am watching the West Virginia - Marshall game. Throughout, Marshall's defense has dominated - I mean, DOMINATED - this game - until the last five minutes of the fourth quarter. The score was 21-6 Marshall when the West Virginia Mountaineers came storming back with stud running back and future NFL star Noel Devine (who has the most rushing yards in the program's storied history).



 (I have to include this video, since it involves my Maryland Terps get thrashed in '07)

The Mountaineers, despite committing costly false-start and holding penalties, still hung on, barely. The drive started on their OWN two-yard-line. With 30 seconds left and ball on the Thundering Herd 10-yard-line (21-13 Marshall during this drive). Marshall's defensive players caused the Mountaineers to backpedal, and time was ticking... 20 seconds left, and the young West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith calls a hurry-up offense while Marshall's players were celebrating. Calm and cool under pressure, Smith lofted a touch pass to the back of the end zone... for a TOUCHDOWN! 21-19, with UWV coming back! They make the two-point conversion to tie the game and send it to overtime.


Temporary Video of Game is HERE! 

The touchdown seemed eerily reminiscent to the 2009 Vikings-49ers game, with the pass by Favre to tight end Greg Lewis at the buzzer..





Overtime of West Virginia-Marshall Game:

• West Virginia starts with the possession
• They lose yards on their possession
• End up kicking a field goal
• Marshall gets ball
• On a throw to the running back, Marshall ends up losing yards
• On third down, they get back most of the yards on a slant to the wide receiver
• Fourth down, they MISS a game-tying field goal - shanked right

Game Over, West Virginia WINS!!!