NCAA
football - West Virginia Mountaineers take on
Louisville Cardinals
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The
No. 3 West Virginia Mountaineers and the No. 5
Louisville Cardinals take center stage on Thursday
night, with each team looking to keep their BCS
title hopes alive.
Louisville and West Virginia
are both 7-0 SU, including 2-0 in the Big East,
and are two of six remaining unbeaten teams in
Division I-A. Thursday's matchup will be the first
between two top-five Big East teams since the
rebuilt conference lost Miami, Virginia Tech and
Boston College to the ACC.
Louisville and West Virginia
were considered the top two teams in the conference
at the beginning of the season, and Thursday's
game has long been anticipated as one that would
determine who would win the conference title and
the league's automatic BCS berth. It's arguably
the best Thursday night contest ever. Louisville
backers are happy to note: The Cardinals are 5-2
ATS in their last 7 Thursday night games. West
Virginia and Louisville, both coming off bye weeks,
each have tough games ahead that could boost their
BCS numbers, including matchups against Pittsburgh
and No. 15 Rutgers. When coming off bye weeks,
the Mountaineers are 8-1 ATS in their last 9.
Last year, the Mountaineers trailed the Cardinals
by 17 points in the fourth quarter before rallying
to a 46-44 victory in three overtimes.
West Virginia RB Steve Slaton
rushed for five TDs in that game, while Louisville's
Michael Bush ran for four.
The Mountaineers have won
a school-record 14 straight games, including a
37-11 victory over UConn on Oct. 20. The winning
streak is the longest in the country behind Ohio
State's 16 in a row. The Mountaineers are 9-2
ATS in their last 11 games following a SU win.
As well, they are 8-1 ATS in their last 9 games
after allowing less than 20 points in their previous
game.
West Virginia leads all I-A teams with 319.0 rushing
ypg and ranks fourth with 459.3 total ypg. Slaton
is third nationally with 151.3 rushing ypg, and
QB Pat White has run for 349 yards with five TDs
in the last two games.
However, Louisville owns
the second-best offense in the country with 496.1
ypg, and ranks seventh in the nation with 216.0
rushing despite losing Bush for the season to
a broken leg in the season opener against Kentucky.
The Cardinals also rank 10th in the country with
280.1 passing ypg. Defensively, the two are very
solid. Both are among the top 25 teams in the
country in total yards allowed, and surrender
fewer than 90 rushing ypg to rank among the top
15.
The Cardinals are 7-0 SU
for the first time since 1925 and have won 15
straight games at home, the second-best mark in
the country behind USC's 30 straight home victories.
Louisville will be without
receivers Chris Vaughn and Scott Long, who were
suspended after being arrested on charges of second-degree
assault for allegedly shooting a woman with a
paintball gun on Oct. 22. Vaughn has four receptions
for 54 yards this season, while Long does not
have a catch.
West Virginia leads
the all-time series SU 6-1. Louisville's only
win was a 9-7 home victory in 1990.
Posted on 10/31/2006 11:01:08
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West Virginia Mountaineers take on Louisville
Cardinals
by Robby Maddux
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