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Saturday, October 27, 2007

Half time stats

If you wanted to see teams run the ball, you're watching the right game.

The two teams combined for 216 rushing yards in the first half (113 for West Virginia, 103 for Rutgers).

Those numbers are skewed a little bit by a fumbled snap that cost the Mountaineers 23 yards. If you take away that snap, the Mountaineers have 136 rushing yards on 21 attempts.

Pat White has 12 carries for 72 yards and a touchdown (six yards per carry) and Steve Slaton has 8 carries for 65 yards and a touchdown (7.8 YPC).

Ray Rice has 76 yards on 19 carries for the Scarlet Knights (four yards per carry), while Jabu Lovelace has four carries for 24 yards (6 YPC)

White and Mike Teel have both attempted nine passes, but White has completed six for 54 yards while Teel has completed just three for 27 yards. That number, however, could easily be five completions for about 40 yards, but Tiquan Underwood dropped two catchable passes. Teel also had a would-be touchdown pass to Underwood broken up.

The rain has stopped -- at least for the time being -- and the sky is a little bit brighter, though the lights are still on.

The Mountaineers will receive to start the second half. A touchdown on their opening drive would likely put the game out of reach and force the Knights to start passing the ball a lot more, which they don't want to do.

We'll see if the Knights D is up to the challenge, both on this drive and for the rest of the game.

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