Countdown to Kickoff TCU – West Virginia University Athletics

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia meets No. 7 TCU in a Homecoming sport in the present day at Milan Puskar Stadium.
 
The Horned Frogs are coming off consecutive wins over Kansas State and Oklahoma State after rallying from double-digit deficits in every sport. TCU trailed then-No. 8 Oklahoma State 24-7 early within the second quarter earlier than prevailing 43-40 in double time beyond regulation in Stillwater.
 
Last Saturday, TCU trailed then-No. 17 Kansas State by 18 factors early within the second quarter earlier than outscoring the Wildcats 28-0 over the remaining 41 minutes of the sport.
 
TCU’s different convention victories have come in opposition to Oklahoma (55-24) and Kansas (38-31) after sweeping nonconference video games in opposition to Colorado, Tarleton and SMU.
 
Coach Sonny Dykes, in his first season at TCU, has his workforce off to a 7-0 begin for the third time within the final 4 years, two of these coming whereas he was at SMU. In 2019, his Mustangs misplaced for the primary time after the eighth week of the season, and final 12 months, he had SMU 7-0 out of the sport earlier than falling to 19^th-ranked Houston.
 
Last 12 months, Dykes’ workforce misplaced 4 of their closing 5 video games and in 2019, SMU dropped three of its final 5. During the COVID 12 months in 2020, SMU was 5-0 popping out of the gate earlier than dropping three of its final 5.
 
Since 2019, Dykes has been Mr. October, his groups successful 28 of their 30 soccer video games till the calendar flips to November. After that, they’re simply 7-11.
 
Hopefully, that comes into play this Saturday when West Virginia tries to lengthen its 4-sport successful streak over TCU and knock the Horned Frogs from the ranks of the unbeaten.
 
TCU sits atop the Big 12 standings with Oklahoma State and Kansas State proper behind with one loss every. Texas reveals a 3-2 document, adopted by 2-2 Baylor and Texas Tech.
 
Kansas is 2-2, Oklahoma and West Virginia are 1-3, whereas Iowa State is winless at 0-4.
 
The different Big 12 video games this weekend present Oklahoma at Iowa State at midday, Oklahoma State at Kansas State at 3:30 p.m. and Baylor at Texas Tech at 7:30 p.m. Saturday night time.
 
Texas and Kansas are idle.
 
Here is in the present day’s Countdown to Kickoff:
 
10 – At least one Mountaineer defensive participant has completed with TEN or extra tackles in 26 of the final 57 video games.
 
9 – A large receiver had caught a number of touchdowns NINE occasions in the course of the Neal Brown period at WVU, together with twice this season.
 
8 – West Virginia ranks 22^nd nationally in interceptions amongst FBS faculties with 93 over the past EIGHT years.
 
7 – SEVENTH ranked TCU is the best ranked workforce to play at Milan Puskar Stadium for the reason that Mountaineers confronted No. 6 Oklahoma right here in 2018.
 
6 – West Virginia has scored not less than 30 factors SIX occasions in its 11 all-time conferences in opposition to TCU.
 
5 – The Mountaineers are averaging 34.6 factors of their FIVE prior video games in opposition to TCU in Morgantown.
 
4 – WVU has received FOUR straight in opposition to TCU and is 7-4 general now in opposition to the Horned Frogs. Neal Brown has wins over TCU in 2019 (20-17), 2020 (24-6) and 2021 (29-17).
 
3 – West Virginia stays the one college within the Big 12 to have THREE receivers ranked among the many high 10 in receptions per sport – Bryce Ford-Wheaton (No. 3), Kaden Prather (No. 5) and Sam James (No. 10).
 
2 – Junior huge receiver Bryce Ford-Wheaton ranks SECOND within the nation in contested catches this week with 14, in accordance to Pro Football Focus College.
 
1 – Casey Legg is tied for FIRST within the nation in discipline aim share, making all 11 of his kicks to this point this season.
 
WVU is looking for its first victory over a Top 10-ranked workforce since besting No. 4 Baylor 41-27 in Morgantown on Oct. 18, 2014.
 
Today’s contest will kick off at midday and might be televised nationally on ESPN (Bob Wischusen, Roddy Jones, and Kris Budden).
 
Mountaineer Sports Network radio protection begins at 9 a.m. with the GoMart Mountaineer Tailgate Show main into common community protection with Tony Caridi, Dwight Wallace and Jed Drenning at 11 a.m. on stations all through West Virginia. 
 
You may catch the printed on the Varsity Network and WVU Gameday apps, in addition to Sirius satellite tv for pc radio on channel 156 or 206, or the XM app on channel 969.

Real-time livestats protection can be out there by Stat Broadcast. 

 

West Virginia leads the general sequence 7-4. 

Be certain to cease again afterward for full postgame protection.