MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Social media can be a double-edged sword.
 
On one hand, it has allowed us to catch up with long-lost friends. On the other hand, it has also served as a reminder of why some of those friends were long lost in the first place!
 
Nevertheless, some of the social media things I have really enjoyed are the Facebook groups I have been invited to through the years including one, Old Mountaineer Field 1924-79, which has put me in touch with many former WVU players from the Art Lewis, Gene Corum, Jim Carlen, Bobby Bowden and Frank Cignetti eras.
 
It was through this group that a couple of rare radio recordings from the early 1970s that were in the possession of former Mountaineer running back Dwyane Woods made their way to me.
 
And when I say rare I MEAN RARE.
 
I was once told that most of the old archived broadcasts of West Virginia University football and men's basketball games were destroyed many, many years ago, the result of a petty dispute.
 
So, discovering old Mountaineer Sports Network recordings from the 1970s is a pretty significant find.
 
And this one is particularly rare since it involves one of the most memorable plays of the Bobby Bowden era. No, it's not Bill McKenzie's kick to beat Pitt. We have that recording.
 
This one is Jack Tennant's description of Danny Buggs' 69-yard punt return with just eight seconds left to give the Mountaineers a 20-13 victory over Maryland at College Park in 1973.
 
How many times can you recall a college football game being decided in the game's waning seconds on a punt return?
 
A field goal? Yes. 
 
A long pass? Of course. 
 
A short run? No question. 
 
A kickoff return? Maybe.
 
But a punt return? Get out of town!
 
All Maryland coach Jerry Claiborne had to do was instruct his punter Phil Wagenhein to kick the ball out of bounds and the game would have ended in a 13-13 tie.
 
He didn't and Buggs made him pay for it.
 
Afterward, Claiborne admitted he made a big mistake punting the football to the electric Buggs, who averaged more than 20 yards each time he touched the football as a sophomore in 1972.
 
What is also forgotten is that Maryland nearly turned the tables on West Virginia when backup quarterback Ben Kinard took the ensuing kickoff, threw a lateral pass across the field to Frank Russell and Russell rambled 66 yards before he was finally caught from behind at the WVU 21!
 
Amazing!
 
So is this little piece of Mountaineer Sports Network history, synced with footage from the 1973 West Virginia University football highlight film.
 
A special tip of the cap to our Chris Ostien for enhancing the recording and syncing it to the highlight video.
 
We hope you enjoy!