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Former West Virginia University Wide Receiver Ivan McCartney is looking to return to his former team. McCartney announced via twitter that he wants to return to WVU for his senior season. He tweeted,
McCartney left the WVU football program last fall. Now he wants to return to the Mountaineers.
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Irvin violated the NFL's policy on performance enhancing substances
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For most Mountaineer Fans, when you say the name John Pennington, one thing comes to mind… an amazing diving catch in the endzone that helped WVU beat Pitt in 2003. "I apologize if this is the millionth
Former Mountaineer Wide Receiver, John Pennington, has started a unique business for active adults in Charleston, West Virginia called The Athletic and Social League.
There was no question when West Virginia's spring game wrapped up that the quarterback battle had only just begun. With no indication as to which of the two candidates – junior Paul Millard or redshirt
Transfer brings experience to quarterback battle, but head coach warns it's a wide open competition.
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The race for the Heisman Trophy is always an interesting one
hinging on this great play or that critical mistake. Sometimes one game can
severely derail a frontrunner. West Virginia University Quarterback Geno Smith
did not lose the Heisman Trophy following his performance in the game at Texas
Tech. What he did was show that he is in fact human. As a result, Smith fell
back down to the pack of other Heisman Trophy contenders.
Smith completed 29 of 55 passes for 295 yards and one
touchdown. He has still not thrown an interception the entire season. Sure,
many of Smith's passes in this game were not right on target as they were
through his first five games. His receivers also dropped passes that they
caught earlier in the season.
Let's examine the Heisman race midway through the season:
| NAME |
SCHOOL |
POSITION |
STATS |
| GENO SMITH |
WVU |
QB |
2,291 Pass Yds, 25 TD, 0 INT |
| COLLIN KLEIN |
KANSAS ST |
QB |
1,074 Pass Yds, 7 TD, 2 INT
510 Rush Yds, 10 TD
|
| MATT BARKLEY |
USC |
QB |
1,475 Pass Yds, 16 TD, 6 INT |
| BRAXTON MILLER |
OHIO ST |
QB |
1,271 Pass Yds, 11 TD, 4 INT
912 Rush Yds, 9 TD
|
| LANDRY JONES |
OKLAHOMA |
QB |
1,358 Pass Yds, 9 TD, 3 INT |
| D'ANTHONY THOMAS |
OREGON |
RB |
377 Rush Yds, 6 TD
205 Rec. Yds, 3 TD
|
Typically some of the criteria for Heisman candidates
include performing well on the big stage and creating some memorable moments
during the season.
Smith has already done well on the big stage against Texas.
He completed 25 of 35 passes for 268 yards and four touchdowns. Smith will have
the national spotlight once again this weekend when Kansas State comes to
Morgantown for a primetime kickoff.
Memorable moments also sway in Geno Smith's favor. He had
one in week one of the season when he took a broken play and carried the ball
28 yards for a touchdown. Smith also commanded national attention with a
spectacular performance against Baylor in a 70-63 WVU victory. Smith completed
45 of 51 passes for 656 yards and eight touchdowns in that game.
The first six games of the season allowed Smith to establish
himself as the frontrunner for the Heisman Trophy. The last six games of the
season will determine whether or not Geno Smith becomes West Virginia's first
Heisman Trophy winner.
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