West Virginia football

With the Backyard Brawl back after an 11-year hiatus, we look at the stories, games and dynamics that make the Pitt-West Virginia rivalry so entertaining.

So just to finally experience that myself and be able to play in the game is going to be a crazy thing." So I'm just getting that mindset where I'm just going to lay down on the line." And if it's important to our fans in the Panther nation, it's important to me. But it just happened and was one of the things that you could not have predicted would happen." "Our guys were 8, 9, 10, 11 years old last time this game was played, so there's not a whole lot of recall, even from the guys that are from the state of West Virginia. "The stadium was packed, the sidelines were packed," Hostetler said. "They already had the banner hanging out in front of the Hilton down in New Orleans," Wannstedt said. The whole balance of the series changed." The final game of the regular season was expected to be a tuneup. "You know, the way it was portrayed to me from the people in Pittsburgh, the Pitt people always viewed Penn State as the game that they wanted to win most. TO UNDERSTAND THE passion of the Backyard Brawl, one must understand the region and demographics in which the age-old rivalry exists. "Both these guys dropped their gloves and just started wailing on each other, and the whistles were blowing," Wannstedt said.

PITTSBURGH – The talking, the stories, the articles, the pep rallies and the hype videos are finally beyond us and now it's time to play some football.

10 – West Virginia and Pitt rank among the top TEN teams in terms of returning offensive line experience among Power 5 programs this year. At any rate, the West Virginia-Pitt game has featured some of the greatest players and coaches in college football history. Those two schools have played just four times since 2000 and have notoriously not gotten along together in the sandbox – much to the detriment of Eastern sports. 4 – The 2002 Backyard Brawl ranks FOURTH in all-time attendance at Heinz Field (Acrisure Stadium) with 66,731 showing up to see No. Of course, all of them put their hands in the air. Other than Army-Navy and Lehigh-Lafayette, what other historical football rivalries are there in this part of the country? Just an average of three points separate the two in those 49 games, in West Virginia's favor. Before then, most of the games were played in Pittsburgh because Pitt was clearly the better program, winning more than 75% of the games. "We still plan to play West Virginia," he once said in the mid-1960s. In the late 1930s, however, when Pitt's administration refused to keep up with Jock Sutherland's promises to his players, the two parted ways and the program began its long decline. In fact, Pitt actually dropped West Virginia from its schedule for a four-year period from 1939-43. That viewpoint softens considerably in the Northern Panhandle, where the Steelers, Penguins and Pirates can be easily separated from the Panthers.

One of the most historic college football rivalries resumes on Thursday night when Pittsburgh hosts West Virginia in the Backyard Brawl.

“In a first game, especially a first game when you have a rivalry game that’s coming back for the first time in however long it’s been, over 10 years, there’s going to be a lot of emotions,” said first-year offensive coordinator Graham Harrell. For Brown and the rest of his staff, there are too many little pictures to worry about. “The key is going to be to not beat yourself in those situations regardless of who you’re playing. West Virginia bailed on the now-defunct Big East the following year for the Big 12. Taking down the defending ACC champions on the road could be an impactful step in the right direction. Daniels starting for the Mountaineers and Kedon Slovis for the Panthers. Not that Brown is ready to talk about the big picture. “That’s what it comes down to in rivalry games.” They’ve spent the last 10 years warily eyeing each other from afar. Pitt followed suit a year later to join the ACC. [Primanti’s](https://primantibros.com/) glory. This matchup also features a pair of former USC quarterbacks with J.T.

The Backyard Brawl returns as West Virginia faces No. 17 Pittsburgh for the first time in over a decade on Thursday in this college football showdown.

West Virginia is looking to pick up where it left off last time the rivalry was played. Slovis was named the starting QB and a team captain last week. Even with the departure of last year's starting quarterback Kenny Picket, who was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round, expectations are still very high for the Panthers, making this an exciting rivalry matchup to really kick off the college football season.

The Backyard Brawl is renewed as the West Virginia Mountaineers go on the road to take on the defending ACC Champion Pittsburgh Panthers.

The game can also be streamed on [fuboTV](https://www.fubo.tv/stream/college-football/). Tipico has no influence over nor are any such revenues in any way dependent on or linked to the newsrooms or news coverage. Gannett may earn revenue from Tipico for audience referrals to betting services. The schools haven't played since 2011, and both are breaking in new quarterbacks. What are the odds for West Virginia at Pittsburgh? Addison is now where Slovis used to be...at USC.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — M.J. Devonshire returned a tipped pass 56 yards for a touchdown with 2:58 remaining and No. 17 Pitt beat West Virginia 38-31 on Thursday ...

Yet fourth-year coach Neal Brown didn't feel confident enough in his running game to go for it on fourth-and-1 at the Pitt 48 midway through the fourth quarter and his team up 31-24. The schedule is user-friendly and while Slovis needed time to get warmed up, he did a fairly solid impression of former Pitt star The Mountaineers (0-1) drove deep into Pitt territory in the final minute and Daniels hit Reese Smith on a fourth-down fling that appeared to bring the ball to the Pitt 1. [Rodney Hammond Jr.](/roster.aspx?rp_id=12005) ran for 74 yards and two touchdowns before leaving in the fourth quarter because of a right leg injury that appeared serious. Replays showed the ball skimmed the turf before Smith could bring it in and the crowd of 70,622 — the largest to attend a sporting event in the city's history — erupted. 17 Pitt beat West Virginia 38-31 on Thursday night in the return of the Backyard Brawl - and an instant classic edition of one of college football's great rivalry games.

The Pittsburgh Panthers will open up the season against the West Virginia Mountaineers in the Backyard Brawl on Thursday night at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh.

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Mountaineers punt team coming out to punt from the Pitt 44. 7:32 p.m.: Bold move by Pitt to drop back and go for the pass on third-and-9 from the 4. He connects with Israel Abanikanda for a 5-yard gain to the WVU 29, bringing up fourth-and-3. Slovis gets the ball off after facing pressure from Taijh Alston; the rusher gets to Slovis, but the QB does a great job of getting the ball to Means; he makes a nifty move but loses the ball in the process. West Virginia runs the ball with Mathis, and he gets 18 yards to the Pitt 39-yard line. 8:41 p.m.: Daniels hits Ford-Wheaton on the slant, but Rashad Battle does a good job of stopping him at the line to gain. He hits James with defenders in his face for a 21-yard gain to the 26-yard line. 9:25 p.m.: Appears to be miscommunication between Daniels and the receiver. 9:56 p.m.: WVU's continued insistence on the run softens up the front: Donaldson breaks a 16-yard gain up the gut. He breaks a 24-yard gain down the left sideline to make it first-and-goal from the 1. 10:35 p.m.: Donaldson is tripped up and falls a yard short of the line to gain, bringing up fourth-and-1. Devonshire, who takes it to the house for a pick-six.

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Pitt won the toss, deferred to the second half and the Mountaineers will start with the ball. Pitt matches the Mountaineers with a 37-yard punt and WVU takes over at the Panthers’ 45 with 9:39 left in the first quarter. — West Virginia forces a three-and-out, and CJ Donaldson blocks the ensuing punt attempt, positioning the Mountaineers’ at the Pitt 4. PITT 17, West Virginia 17, 5:54 3rd qtr West Virginia faces second-and-9 from the Pitt 16 on the first play of the fourth quarter. — The third quarter ends with Pitt leading 24-17, but West Virginia is in the red zone following yet another productive play from Donaldson — this one a 20-yard run that culminated with a facemask penalty on the Panthers. WEST VIRGINIA 24, Pitt 24, 14:52 4th qtr — SCORE: After the Mountaineers force a punt, Daniels scores from 1 yard out on a quarterback sneak and West Virginia is back on top by a touchdown. — The Mountaineers elect to punt instead of trying to gain 1 yard from the Pitt 48. PITT 31, West Virginia 31, 3:41 4th qtr PITTSBURGH — A much-anticipated renewal of one of college football’s most storied rivalries is how West Virginia and Pitt start their 2022 season when the nearby schools clash in a 7 p.m. Pitt has a 61-40-3 all-time advantage in the series, though West Virginia is 18-9-2 since 1983.

Pittsburgh football DB Marquis Williams had this NSFW message for the West Virginia Mountaineers football team after the Backyard Brawl win.

“West Virginia athletic director Shane Lyons got into a shouting match with a Pitt staff member before leaving. Then, the shenanigans started. Immediately after Pitt’s 38-31 victory, Panthers defensive back Marquis Williams took an age-old chant and turned it upside down, punctuating his team’s victory over their hated rivals in the process.