West Virginia took advantage of four Pittsburgh turnovers to rout the Panthers Friday afternoon, 35-10, the 103rd playing of the “Backyard Brawl.” Read more at SB Nation Pittsburgh and our team blogs, Cardiac Hill and The Smoking Musket.
Backyard Brawl: West Virginia Keeps Big East Title Hopes Alive, Routs Pittsburgh, 35-10
West Virginia Vs. Pittsburgh: Mountaineers Upset Panthers In Backyard Brawl, 35-10
West Virginia took advantage of four Pittsburgh turnovers to rout the Panthers Friday afternoon, 35-10, the 103rd playing of the “Backyard Brawl.” It’s the second-straight win for the Mountaineers in the rivalry, and their eighth win in the past 15 meetings.
For Pitt (6-5, 4-2 Big East), the loss was especially damaging as it ruined their shot at the conference title and the automatic BCS bowl bid that goes along with it. As it stands now, West Virginia can win the Big East if they beat 4-7 Rutgers on Dec. 4 and Connecticut loses to either Cincinnati on Saturday or South Florida on Dec. 4. The UConn Huskies controls their own destiny following the Pittsburgh loss -- if UConn wins out, it earns the Big East’s automatic BCS bid because it owns the tiebreakers over bother WVU and Pitt.
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In terms of the league standings at the moment, the Panthers are at the top with a 4-1 mark in the Big East, but the team is just 6-4 overall while a second-place WVU squad is 3-2 in conference and has the best overall winning percentage with a 7-3 mark.
West Virginia has come back from back-to-back losses to post two straight wins, the most recent of those coming last weekend against Louisville in a 17-10 final on the road. After this week the Mountaineers have one last regular-season challenge at home against Rutgers.
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