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Countdown to Kickoff
November 19, 2014 04:02 PM | General
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia plays host to 12th-ranked Kansas State tonight at Milan Puskar Stadium. It will be the final home appearance for 19 seniors:
Mario Alford (WR)
Ishmael Banks (CB)
Michael Calicchio (OL)
Cullen Christian (S)
Mark Glowinski (OL)
Brandon Golson (LB)
Tanner Grose (LB)
Dontrill Hyman (DL)
Brandon Jackson (DL)
Michael Molinari (H/K)
Logan Moore (QB/WR)
Shaquille Riddick (DL)
Dreamius Smith (RB)
Jewone Snow (LB)
Quinton Spain (OL)
Wes Tonkery (LB)
Clint Trickett (QB)
Kevin White (WR)
Maurice Zereoue (RB)
Tonight’s game will kickoff at 7 p.m. and will be televised nationally on FOX Sports 1 (Tim Brando and Joel Klatt). The Mountaineer Sports Network from IMG’s coverage begins with the Mountaineer Tailgate Show beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Here is tonight’s Countdown to Kickoff, presented by the Friends of Coal:
10 – West Virginia has lost only TEN times (out of 80 games) since 2002 when winning the turnover battle.
9 – Earlier this year, West Virginia’s defense held Kansas to just NINE total first downs – the second time this season the Mountaineers held an opponent to fewer than 10 first downs in a game (Towson, 7).
8 – With one more win it will be the 16th time under veteran coach Bill Snyder that Kansas State has won at least EIGHT games in a season, including four straight dating back to 2010.
7 –Quarterback Clint Trickett continues to lead the Big 12 Conference in 300-yard passing games with SEVEN. He has thrown for more than 300 yards in nine out of his 18 career games played at WVU.
6 – Sophomore Josh Lambert has successfully kicked SIX field goals of 44 yards or longer so far this season, including four of 50 yards or longer.
5 – Tonight’s game against Kansas State will be the FIFTH top-15-ranked team West Virginia has faced this year. The others are Alabama, Oklahoma, Baylor and TCU.
4 – West Virginia is FOUR games above .500 in games played on Thursday (35-31-3 overall).
3 – Clint Trickett ranks THIRD nationally with 3,173 yards passing heading into tonight’s game.
2 – Kansas State is ranked SECOND in the country this week in fewest yards penalized with 290. The Wildcats are also third in fewest penalties per game at 3.56.
1 – West Virginia continues to rank FIRST in the country in most third down conversions this year with 79.
Enjoy tonight’s game and be sure to stop back afterward for complete postgame coverage.
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