Josh Hoover tossed a goal pass and TCU outlived West Virginia 23-17. TCU hardly outgained West Virginia 343-342 however took advantage of its possibilities.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.( AP)– Josh Hoover tossed a goal pass, Nate McCashland kicked 3 basket and TCU outlived West Virginia 23-17 on Saturday evening.
TCU (6-2, 3-2 Huge 12) hardly outgained West Virginia 343-342 however took advantage of its possibilities.
” Our people simply needed to digestive tract it out,” TCU train Sonny Dykes claimed. “The last 2 roadway video games, we located a method to shed. Tonight, we located a method to win.”
TCU began its very first 3 belongings previous midfield and led 10-0 prior to West Virginia had actually summoned an initially down. Each group scored their preliminary goal on a brief area adhering to a bad punting.
After Trent Fight opened up the racking up on a 1-yard run for the Horned Frogs, Hoover misleaded West Virginia’s protection with a phony handoff, after that located Eric McAlister on a 4-yard racking up throw midway via the 2nd quarter for a 17-7 lead.
McAlister, that was targeted 18 times, captured 9 masquerade 124 backyards. Hoover, linked with 2 others for the most TD passes (21) in the nation getting in play Saturday, ended up 24 of 39 for 247 backyards.
McCashland kicked basket of 35, 22 and 41 backyards.
Dykes claimed Hoover was shocked on a difficult deal with on a first-quarter run however remained in the video game.
” I do not recognize if he coincided considering that,” Dykes claimed.
Hoover took the hit in stride.
” That becomes part of the video game,” he claimed. “You’re going to obtain knocked around every once in a while. You have actually simply reached tremble it off and go on to the following play and simply maintain shooting away.”
West Virginia (2-6, 0-5) has actually shed 5 right. The Mountaineers have actually been held to 17 or less factors 5 times this period.
West Virginia fresher Scotty Fox Jr. tossed 2 goal passes, consisting of a 28-yarder to Jeff Weimer with 3:15 continuing to be in the video game.
TCU recuperated the following onside kick and went out the clock. McAlister offered his group a scare, however. He captured a 21-yard hand down 3rd down however stumbled and colleague Significant Everhart recuperated it at the West Virginia 19 with 2 mins left.
Fox, the 4th quarterback utilized by the Mountaineers this period because of injuries, went 28 of 41 for 301 backyards in his 2nd straight beginning. It noted the very first time in over a month that West Virginia exceeded 150 passing backyards.
” A real fresher quarterback with 10 brand-new beginners around him, I assumed the child acquitted himself rather well,” claimed West Virginia train Rich Rodriguez.
Dykes claimed Fox “played lights out,” including that “one of the most excellent point, truthfully for a real freshers is, they looked after the round. They really did not transform the round over.”
West Virginia was set on going all out on 4th down despite where the round was, however the Mountaineers transformed simply 2 of 7 shots. Among those fallen short efforts came with the TCU 22.
” That was a wild video game,” Dykes claimed.
TCU: The Horned Frogs were held to their least factors this period however obtained examined by an identified West Virginia group having fun in its yearly Coal Thrill video game.
West Virginia: The Mountaineers, with 80-some brand-new gamers on the lineup, are going to their worst period considering that 2001, when they went 3-8 in Rodriguez’s inaugural period of his very first job at the institution. They should win all 4 continuing to be video games to end up being dish qualified.
TCU has following Saturday off prior to organizing Iowa State on Nov. 8.
West Virginia dips into Houston on Saturday.
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