Against the UCF Knights who came into this game with a 4-6 record and needing to win this game and beat pre season Big 12 favorite Utah the following week too become bowl eligible. The game started out The game started with UCF taking the opening kick but had to punt on 4th and 8 from their own 27-yard line. WVU would start their opening drive from their own 32 and drove 68 yards on 8 plays o take a quick 7-0 lead on a ne yard C.J. Donaldson TD run. On their 2nd possession the Knights would fumble the ball after driving 41 yards to the WVU 1 yard line. The Mountaineers recovered and converted this turnover into a touchdown driving 66 yards on 14 plays taking 6:21 off the 1st quarter clock getting a 3 yard td run from Jahiem White and with 1:47 to go in the 1st quarter it was 14-0 EERs !!

After both teams traded punts UCF would finally get on the scoreboard marching 59 yards on 7 plays with senior tailback R.J. Harvey busting in from 2 yards out and with 8:37 to go in the 1st half it was now 14-7 EERs!! After both teams again traded punts, West Virginia would once again get on the board to increase their lead before halftime with a 12 play 71 yard drive that took up the rest of the time in the first half and ended with a 12 yard TD pass from Garrett Greene to Rodney Gallagher III and we went into the break 21-7 EERs!

WVU would take the opening kick of the 2nd half and wasted little time getting on the board again. After a 36 yard kickoff return by super sophomore Preston Fox set up the Mountaineer offense at their own 44 yard line WVU would drive 56 yards in 5 plays highlighted by a beautiful 36 yard scamper by sophomore Jahiem White to the Knights 2 yard line and 2 plays later C.J. Donaldson would bang in from a yard out and with 12:10 to go in the 3rd quarter it was 28-7 EERs and at this point I truly believed it would end up a WVU rout, something like 49-17 or something like that however that was certainly not to be the case as after both teams again traded punts UCF got back on the board with an 85 yard drive in just 5 plays ending with a 45 yard td pass from freshman quarterback Dyan Rizk to senior wideout Kobe Hudson and with 5:38 to go in the 3rd quarter it was now 28-14 WVU. At this point I was a bit concerned of a late comeback after seeing the 45-yard TD pass completion once again exposing the WVU secondary and its struggles.

The Mountaineers would ease those fears a bit by answering the UCF touchdown with a 35-yard Michael Hayes field goal on their next possession to make it a 31-14 giving WVU a 3 score 17-point lead with 12:15 to go in the game. The Knights would score another touchdown to cut the lead to 31-21 with 5:20 to go in the game but the Mountaineer offense was able to get a couple of 1st downs and run out the clock to preserve their 6th victory and become bowl eligible. If WVU were to up upset the Texas Tech Red Raiders next Saturday in Lubbock at noon on Fox Sports 1 to finish 7-5 they would perhaps end up with a decent bowl game, however if they lose and finish 6-6, they will be heading to what I always refer to as a Fleabag bowl, perhaps even the Motor City Bowl here in Detroit at Ford Field in late December.

Now the talk turns to will coach Neal Brown survive this most likely 6-6 season or will Wren Baker make a coaching change and who would it be. Many believe Rich Rodrigez could return too WVU. Who said the old phrase You can never go home again!